New Year, New Me?
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New Year, new me? Often the phrase seems unavoidable; it appears that a New Year drives us towards change, when really it could be that just a little improvement and acceptance of ourselves thatâs needed. Whether things happened the way we wanted or didnât quite go our way in the year previous, we should always think positively about the year ahead.
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Iâve often set New Year goals but havenât necessarily stuck to them (last years âI will go to spin classes at least once a weekâ didnât last long, unsurprisingly). However this year, with improvement in mind, I based my resolutions around what would make me happier rather than how I can change myself, in the hope that this will keep me on track in 2018. I set the New Yearâs Resolution â âto worry less and not overthink things I canât changeâ.
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Even if youâre not one to make resolutions, youâre likely to go into the New Year with a slightly different mind-set. I think the first step is to be realistic and secondly to keep in mind that changing your resolution along the way is okay, just donât give up entirely!
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With this in mind I was curious to know what some of my fellow HCAU girls aimed to achieve in the New Year. Hereâs what they had to say:
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âMy New Yearâs Resolution is to be the healthiest and fittest Iâve ever been!â â Freya Gowans
‘To write more articles’ – Tamarra BinnieÂ
‘Start to meditate everyday and read more books’- Anna McIver
‘Promise to take more time for myself’ – Anette BieseÂ
âJust do things that I really want to do in life and let go of toxic relationshipsâ â Natascha Ewert
âMy “resolution” is to not have a resolution – to not set way too ambitious goals that I would inevitably give up but instead embrace myself, flaws and all.â â Eszter SĂłlyom
âTo be more of a minimalistâ â Katie Cessford
âTo worry less!! I worry about stuff that I can’t change and things that aren’t my issues to worry about, or even things that haven’t even happened yet!â â India McLean
âMy resolution is not to have one. I never stick to them!â â Holly Judge
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