10 New Year's Resolutions That Have Nothing to Do With Losing Weight or Changing Your Body

Thenew year is fast approaching, and along with it often comes the onslaught of messaging that you should work out harder, eat differently and make yourself smaller in 2021. You know the drill: new year, new you. But why does it feel like that messaging applies exclusively to weight and size?

To be clear, wanting to work out or eat more vegetablesare not bad resolutions. They’re just not theonlyresolutions that you can make going into 2021.

Your body, you know, the one that just got you through a traumatic and unprecedented nine months, deserves to spend the next 12 doing what makes it feel good: inside and out.

Here are a few ideas:

Get Into a Regular Sleeping Pattern

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Sleeping is the best. By getting yourself into a consistent sleep routine, you can improve your stress levels, improve your mood, bolster your immune system and so much more. So commit to sleeping without your phone (and not scrolling through Instagram until 3 a.m.), and get a new alarm clock in the new year so that you can wake up totally rested and ready to take on the day.

Become a Morning Person

Once you’ve got a solid sleep schedule in place, you can level up and work on becoming a morning person. It turns out waking up and immediately staring at TikTok while downing your coffee isn’t great for your mental or physical health! Who knew!?

Get Organized

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Okay, okay, we know that 2020 was a s— show and we all basically threw our planners out the window, but this is the year to get back to getting organized.

Order yourself a crisp new planner or calendar, and get to writing out your goals for this year. You can stick to a traditional planner, a wellness planner (likethis one from Ban.do) or try a desktop planner (like these fromHadron Epoch) to spruce up your work from home space.

Overhaul Your Closet

Read the Books on Your ‘To Be Read’ List

It turns out that once you buy the books, you’re actually supposed to read them. Go through your bookshelf or Good Reads and get going! Start with a goal of 10 books in the new year and see how you do.

Build a Budget

Buy a Recipe Book and Work Through itJulie & JuliaStyle

There has never been a better time to try something new than right now!

Get Hydrated

Because we promise you that you are not drinking enough water. Go ahead and take a sip now. You’ll thank us later.

Be Kinder to Yourself

And, perhaps the most important (but not necessarily the easiest) of all: Be kinder to yourself in 2021. Here are a few simple things you can do daily:

We all deserve that in 2021!

source: people.com