10+ Realistic New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve

by John Griffith Jan 4, 2023 @ 14:20

Want to make new year’s resolutions, but afraid they will fail? Don’t worry. While more than half of all resolutions fail, this doesn’t have to mean yours will too. The right resolutions can improve your life, you just have to know how to set them and how to plan for them, in order to achieve them. That’s why today we will show you how to set, achieve and complete them, as well as give you some ideas and milestones for realistic new year’s resolutions.

While more than half of all resolutions fail, this doesn’t have to mean yours will too

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Why Should You Make New Year’s Resolutions?
Realistic New Year’s Resolutions
#Eat Healthier
#New Fitness Routine
#Stress Less
#Budgeting
#Upgraded Beauty Routines
#Home Improvement
#Healthy Mind
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Why Should You Make New Year’s Resolutions?

Resolutions for the new year usually aim at bettering your health, learning a new skill, creating a new habit, or in general just bringing in a new, positive lifestyle change. However, many resolutions tend to be unsuccessful. So, why should you make one, if it’s bound to fail? Because if you make a resolution, and it’s reasonable, achievable, and made into smaller steps it’s more than likely to succeed. Then you will be left with the satisfaction of actually achieving your resolution, and you’ll have brought a positive change in your life. So, in a nutshell resolutions are worth it, you just need to know how to make them attainable.

Many resolutions tend to be unsuccessful

Realistic New Year’s Resolutions

Lose weight. Learn a new language. Start eating healthy. Cut out alcohol. Get a raise. Every year we make the same old resolutions that we never manage to keep, or we just forget about by the end of January. In 2023, it’s time to start making SMART resolutions that will make you feel good, are achievable, have a clear plan, and have plenty of satisfying milestones to keep you motivated. Here are resolutions you can try out this year.

Every year we make the same old resolutions that we never manage to keep

#Eat Healthier

Eating healthier is a classic resolution, that may seem super unattainable. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of small changes you can start adding to your eating habits that can help you realistically revamp your diet for the better.

Eating healthier is a classic resolution

Check in with your body after a meal to see how it feels
Forget about old food rules, such as “carbs are evil”
Eat more fruits and veggies
Drink more liquids or include water rich produce
Start meal prepping
Cook at least twice a week
Eat seasonally
Try to add more nutrients, rather than eating fewer calories
Incorporate more plant-based alternatives
Start changing your mindset about food, it is fuel, not an enemy
Balance is key – enjoy produce, sweets, carbs, and everything in moderation

Eat more fruits and veggies

#New Fitness Routine

Another very classic resolution that fails after the first few weeks of January. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of ways you can start introducing fitness and exercise to your daily life, while making it enjoyable and healthy.

There are plenty of ways you can start introducing fitness and exercise to your daily life

Do exercises that feel fun – dancing, YouTube workouts, hiking
Add an outdoor activity (yes, walking counts)
Stretch more
Try a new workout once a month
Don’t make these basic workout mistakes – overeating, not resting, and more
Prioritize rest and recovery as much as your workouts
Take the stairs
Schedule your workouts and plan ahead
Be active in ways that you don’t think of as exercise, like cleaning, swimming with friends, going dancing, ice skating

Do exercises that feel fun

#Stress Less

If you are trying to be more mindful of your mental health and want to stress less, then there are plenty of ways to practice this. It’s all about balance in life, and you must try to find it. Here are some ways you can relax more.

It’s all about balance in life

Prioritize hobbies and people that make you happy
Start letting go of relationships that don’t make you feel good
Practice gratitude
Have a morning and night routine that make you feel relaxed and happy
Try to stay off social media as much as possible
Get enough sleep
Don’t be afraid to start saying “no”
Make time for you-time

Get enough quality sleep

#Budgeting

Are you trying to stay on top of your budget this year, but are scared it seems overwhelming? Don’t worry, we are in this together. Money is a tricky subject, and it’s a different situation for everyone, but that doesn’t mean you can’start to add small changes in your budgeting to achieve your goal.

Are you trying to stay on top of your budget this year?

Set up an emergency fund
Find a way to track your salary (excel, notes, apps)
Start saving – this can mean from a dollar a day, to $20 a week, to a $100 a month
Make sure you pay off anything that needs to be paid off every month – rent, mortgage, car payments, subscriptions
Make replacement where possible – do you really need the most expensive brand of toilet paper?
Have a savings goal – for vacation, a new home, new phone
Try to take public transport when you can to save on gas

Set up an emergency fund

#Upgraded Beauty Routines

If you are in the mood to pamper yourself more, but don’t want to spend a ton of money and time, you can start by incorporating small and exiting new things that make you feel better. And when you feel your best, you also look your best.

You can start by incorporating small and exiting new things

Try a new nail color
Start wearing sunscreen
Make your haircut appointments in advance
Experiment with new makeup – try a new eyeshadow
Stay on top of your grooming
Start exfoliating your body (2/3 times a week)
Focus on scalp-care
Be consistent with your skincare
Try new products – new shampoo, new foundation, new beard care and so on
Make a dermatologist appointment

Try a new nail color

#Home Improvement

Upgrading your home can have many benefits. It makes you feel better mentally, physically and creates an enjoyable space for you to hang out in it. However, home improvement is expensive. On the bright side, sometimes even the cheapest and smallest of changes can make a big difference.

Upgrading your home can have many benefits

Create a daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal cleaning routine
Tackle one home project each month
Make sure to declutter often
Go to second hand shops for new furniture
Make a big change, like painting a wall, new couch, or so on
Clean as you go – while something is cooking, do the dishes
Add more plants
Swap out old things – raggy towels, ripped sheets
Make seasonal updates – add flowers

Create a daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal cleaning routine

#Healthy Mind

A healthy, peaceful mind is very important. As humans, we need to make sure our mental state and brain health are looked after well, so these are good new year’s resolutions. There are a lot of fun ways you can exercise your brain and practice mindfulness.

A healthy, peaceful mind is very important

Start reading more books
Do more deep breathing exercises
Drink more tea
Start writing in a journal
Quit habits such as smoking or drinking too much
Do plenty of brain exercises – puzzles, crosswords and so on
Eat more brain foods
Enjoy content that doesn’t stress you out

Drink more tea

These were some of our favorite new year’s resolutions that are realistic and achievable. We hope you found this article useful. Now you can start working on achieving your favorite resolutions without worrying that they will fail.

These were some of our favorite new year’s resolutions that are realistic and achievable

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John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.