I still can’t believe it’ll be 2020 in 13 days, time indeed files without caution. This year has been a roller coaster of experience and lessons, I have learned a lot about creating a positive slate for your mind, working rigorously, setting your anchor of faith with no bird in sight and I’ll say it’s an exciting journey.
It’s sad to bid the hands of time goodbye before these chapters would close up to another uncertain, untold chapter. But then what is life if not the acceptance of the uncertain, bracing up for each adventure, twist, and turn.
I have come to understand that life peels several layers of our uniqueness and aura through the change in tide, the stamp of stories and sequence of activities it teaches us.
2020 for me will be a year of more direction, growth, and clarity for my spiritual and physical journey. I personally love to set new goals, run on fresh tracks of experience, and try my hands on new soils though it can be scary.
I don’t know what your 2019 offered, how the scene of your every stage rolled out; it could have been rosy, cheesy or challenging but you made it to this point and each experience is a badge of honor, a reason and edification of your strength.
Before 2020, I’ll love to share some New Year resolutions, it can be a cliché term for some people but I want you to know that outlying your intentions can serve as a functional compass. I want you to see these resolutions as intentions for 2020, I want you to set short/small goals.
We oftentimes set so many goals as a blueprint for change and it becomes tiring for us to catch up with the demands of these changes all at once. The new version of yourself doesn’t have to wait till next year. You can begin where you are, right now. Don’t let timeliness be the catalyst for your growth; you are the spark you’ve always needed.
Life is a journey, you simply cannot turn your life around in one piece but you can change your life gradually within months or even weeks by adhering to certain steps. There are several steps to the hallway of success, you reaching the top is all about how you position yourself to climb each obstacle/step.
So in the spirit of new beginnings, resolutions, and goal setting, I want you to adhere to certain rules in setting your new year resolutions.
- Set realistic and defined goals: We often make new year resolutions that are not realistic, resolutions that we can’t fulfill leading to more discouragement and less fulfillment; so, next year set realistic goals.
- Take things slowly.
- Pick yourself back up each time you fall, do not give up!
- Celebrate every win, both big and small.
- Enjoy every process involved with polishing the gold mile of strength through each narrow twist and turn life exposes you to.
Today on the blog, I will be sharing 50 New year resolutions (Intentions) you can set for the new year. Do not become overwhelmed by such a huge list, you can simply start by adopting 2 of these resolutions every month consistently. I really love resolutions, the act of acknowledging that you need change and pushing forward in achieving that.
Let each day be a new beginning walking towards that best life. You can start now from this very moment with some of these resolutions. We often view January 1st as our start date instead of perceiving this very moment as a stage for change.
So darlings, let’s dive right into the 50 New year resolutions ideas that will skyrocket your journey to success in 2020. You can bookmark this page as a checklist of change you’ll want to adopt.
1. Become More Mindful
2019 is almost over and we are going to be stepping into a new decade; this can be overwhelming and we can’t help but think about what the future hold, those dreams, goals, and intentions that were rolled over, the tale of time telling on us… Phew! And in the process fear can be projected into our journey.
I was on this sail of confusion this time last year, I was depressed and sad that I will be entering the new year broke, without a direction, poor grades in college studying a course I wasn’t pleased with, struggling through several relationship hassles, finding and validating my self-worth.
But trust me, half a map is enough! You simply have to be mindful, prepared to enjoy each moment because each moment is fixing up the puzzle and the bigger picture life exposes at the gallery of your experience.
2. Adopt More Positivity
We live in a world full of negativity where challenges are spread across and through the struggle for survival, struggle for validation, struggle to be heard, it’s so easy to adopt negativity. Adopting a positive mindset or attitude is more like creating a slate to attract growth.
3. Self-Validation
Self-validation is extremely important in our self-acceptance journey; a lot of us lack self-validation, we go out seeking self-validation externally and this can be detrimental to our mental health and overhaul growth as individuals. In 2020 endeavor that you ain’t accustomed to people-pleasing because you want to be in their good records.
4. Develop Healthier Routines -Morning And Night Routine
Creating an efficient and ideal morning routine or night routine sets you on the right path, more like creating your own sunshine on the naked clouds. It is an instrument in setting the tone of your day, it is necessary that we put a productive check on the activities we involve ourselves in before commencing for the day.
5. Set Healthier Boundaries
This year was really overwhelming and one thing I did more often was set boundaries, saying no or yes without the feeling of guilt.
6. Journal More
Journaling saved my life! This may sound cliché but the simple act of progressing my thoughts on paper prevented me from chocking on doubts, misconducts, anxiety, and confusion. Sometimes our thoughts can be limiting and the ability to adequately communicate how we feel is difficult.
Journaling serves as a bridge to easiness, it is like whispering to yourself and listening at the same time. Keeping a journal of what is going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what’s important and what’s not.
7. Intentional Living
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else life. Don’t be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary- Steve Jobs
8. Unravel Your Purpose
Life is a journey, through each phase there are questions that are always hooked on our minds, questions about your identity, your journey, the step to take to living your best life.
The question to life answers oftentimes resides in finding one’s purpose. It is the recipe for a healthier, happier, fruitful and more interesting life. It is a process of self-reflection, introspection, listening closely and quietly, meditating, focusing and building one’s inner self and finding one’s drive.
9. Find A Sane Balance Between Relationship, Personal And Work Lives
Being balanced in life is essential for ensuring the sanity of your mind as you go through your business and activity throughout the day. Balance, a symbol of mental and emotional steadiness, is highly required for dealing with the plethora of tasks that we come across every day.
10. Relax More Often
Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one’s being. We are often caught up in the struggle of survival, finding a balance and making ends meet. In 2020 try to relax more often irrespective of the need to strive and survive.
11. Develop A Solid Self-Care Routine
Taking care of yourself should not be done only when you are sick. Cultivating a culture of self-care is an essential ingredient for a good life.
12. Eliminate Bad Habits
Bad habits are continual practices that deteriorate the quality of your life; it could be mentally, physically or spiritually. With the buzz of the chaos of life, it is sometimes difficult for us to slow down, critically evaluate and reflect on the habits that we are cloning, both the good habits and bad habits and then amend these habits.
13. Love Yourself Unconditionally
It is so important to love yourself first before you can love your life; you have to give to yourself before you can give to others. Designing a beautiful life begins with self-love; self-love breeds self-confidence, self-worth, self-respect, and self-forgiveness, do not underestimate its power.
14. Understanding That Every Season Is For A Reason
Life unveils to us in fractions; every challenge, obstacle, barrier, block, impediment, hindrance, and complication has its role to play, each rock waiting to be turned. This mindset should be adopted in 2020.
15. Build More Confidence
Confidence is an important key to growth; it is an inside job of decorating and edifying the template of your heart with strength, accepting imperfection and flaws that ushers in your uniqueness. It is knowing that you’re human flawed and awesome in your way as you dominate.
16. Adopt Better Money Habits
Just like the way you train yourself to get up early in the morning and stick with a strict diet, you also have to train yourself to have good money habits which will keep your finances in check such as keeping visible lists, money journaling, cash only cleanse, sharing money goals, automating shopping, setting regular account check-ups, creating a budget calendar.
17. Declutter More Often
Everything is energy which means everything you have around has an energetic frequency; so the more stuff you have around, the more energy that you have around you. Now, energy needs to flow; if you have a lot of things that you don’t use or haven’t used in a very long time, it is going to create blockages for new things to come into your life.
You’ll have to get rid of the old energy to allow the new energy to come in. This is what decluttering is about!
18. Be Happy!
Happiness is the universal feeling we all aspire to experience more of, yet, we can be an angry, moody, depressed bunch, can’t we? The science of happiness tells us that being happy is, indeed, a choice. But if you’re still struggling to make lemonade when life hands you lemons, maybe you just need a little swift-kick-in-the-pants motivation -Lifehack.
19. Catch Up With Family
Your family must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing. Take out time to check up on your loved ones especially older relatives.
20. Stay And Nurture Healthy Relationships
Let go of the toxic relationships that seek to control, dominate, humiliate and suppress your light. Rather maintain relationships that edify, strengthens, support and respect your emotions and your boundaries.
21. Prioritize Health
The state of your physical health is highly important; next year keep a check on your overall health, endeavor to book a doctor’s appointment, run several tests to be acquainted with your body.
22. End Procrastination
Stop turning off your priority and purpose to a lot of things that are limiting your goals and achievement by simply piling up responsibilities for a later time. It is the thief of time, my friend, do not allow it to hold you down the same road.
23. Give Thanks!
In everything, situation, and circumstance give thanks. Expressing gratitude for every single opportunity and gift life has offered you is a return slate for more goodness and prosperity. Rather than compiling a list of the things you are yet to have, be content and thankful for the things the universe has graced you with that others do not have.
24. Accept Change
Life is a roller coaster of event, things will always change. Some changes occur within months, years, days or even weeks; for you to grow as an individual you have to be willing to walk into the doors that life opens, with unclarity letting your light overcome the darkness and uncertainty.
This was a major challenge for me but I have to come to grow and understand that life is not enjoyed or lived from a place of swiftness but from the journey in balancing the chaotic adventures so my friend be more opened to the stride of change, it pushes us to the right direction and location needed to succeed and go above our current position.
25. Drink More Water
Drink more water, it is essentially important for your health as it serves as a rejuvenator and cleanser to keep you hydrated and vibrated to succeed. From flushing out waste from your body to regulating body temperature to helping your brain function. In the new year, endeavor to drink more glasses of water (2 liters every day).
26. Consume More Knowledge
In today’s fast-paced world, reading has become a dying habit. People just want to consume a little chunk of knowledge and keep feeding on entertaining content.
Consuming knowledge is feeding your mind and brain just like our body needs food to sustain optimally, our brain needs to continue learning new things to function at peak performance. You can start by reading, more studies have shown that reading can change your brain structure and enhance the cognitive process.
27. Treat Yourself Kinder
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. This may sound like a popular meaningless rant but treating yourself kinder edifies your strength and value you have to give to others.
Life becomes simpler and lighter when you treat yourself kinder with the right care. Be protective of you, your aura. Be protective of the garden that you’ve watered for so long within you. You’ve worked too hard on yourself to let anyone with dirty feet walk all over your soul.
28. Channel Into The Spiritual
Calm your mind, sharpen your understanding, meditate, and align your thoughts with the universe as everything you can ever spring into lies with you.
29. Eat Healthier
Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health.
30. Do Not Be Limited By Fear
Fear is a measuring tool of success, do not make it dominate over your life, do not become subject to it. It is supposed to work for you as a directive to prepare. Use your fears in 2020 for your own advancement. All you have achieved today is as a result of your fears.
Fear is no way a negative factor but it reminds you of the next step you must be taking, it only becomes a negative influence when you let your fears rule and torment you.
31. Become More Expressive
Learn to release the thoughts that are hanging in the roof of your tongue, express your distress when you are uncomfortable with people’s actions, needs, and commands. Do not silence your voice because of the need to please people and not come off as rude!
32. Enjoy The Little Things
Life is a puzzle that is fixed with little pieces, such as the collections of our smiles and the frames of our experience through the shutter of adventures. Life is a sum of our highs and low, a catalog of experience, so hold on to every single flip it makes and soak in the moment.
33. Learn A New Skill
Learning something new is synonyms to sharpening a gold mile in your mind, it empowers you and enable you to explore certain areas and phases in life. Every year I always try to learn a new skill that is related to my core job or passion. It could be taking a personal development class or learning how to sew etc.
34. Embrace More Peace
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating — these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.
35. Worry Less!
Everything you’ll ever need to sustain you on this journey is within you. Let go of the worry, uncertainty, fear, and obstacles; no matter what the situation is, remind yourself that you are in charge, you are doing just well, building your momentum, taking charge of a sprint at your own pace.
36. Strengthen Your Personal Relationship
The personal relationship you develop with yourself is extremely important, you’ll have to be able to sit with yourself and make love to every part of you, validating your strength, growth, and experience. You have to be able to soak in solitude.
37. Make More Investments
Investing is the act of using your money in a way that yields you a return. In 2020 instead of spending money on taking loans and living above your standard, invest more into yourself or into a business. You work hard to achieve your financial goals, it is important that your money works as hard as you do.
The future is uncertain; investing wisely gives you freedom and security over the years especially for unplanned expenditures.
38. Travel
Get more stamps of stories on your passport as you make stories and live a tale from life from each country.
39. Live Life Without Restrictions, Limitations And The Projection Of Uncertainty
Most of us are consumed with everything that is happening in the world, letting the struggle for survival, the tussle of hope, the vibrancy of change take a firm grip on us that we can’t strike an adequate connection with ourselves.
We set limitations and restrictions on your ability because of what the survival process has taught us. Next year, live more, live life to the fullest, without restrictions, limitations and the projection of uncertainty. All you need most times is half a map as a directional guide for survival.
40. Develop A Positive Mindset
Having and developing a positive mindset increases your ability to handle certain stressful and unplanned situations in life, it carves you into a resilient survivor. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
41. Learn Patience
When the waves are not flowing your way, learn to be still in the moments that your mind is tempted to run. Learn that just because concern invites itself to the table does not mean that you have to feed it. Learn that your inner compass is never wrong.
42. Practice Optimism
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier that ushers in a lot, first the ability to sense every situation that comes your way is an opportunity to grow beyond patterns.
Life will always play its tricks; raising bridges and obstacles and in order to carry a positive action you must develop a positive vision, you must control your own mind and exercise as you explore because what consumes your mind matters.
43. Track My Goals, Spendings, And Growth
Tracking your goals and growth enable you to stay focused on what’s important to reach your goal. It helps you outline obstacles and strategies on how to effectively overcome them. It can help you set more realistic goals and stay positive along the way.
44. Be Authentic
Stop asking for permission to be you. You don’t need anyone’s approval or recognition to live in your truth. Validation is cheap therapy!
45. Reduce Plastic Use
Plastic is actually really new to the earth compared to other natural contents that have been used like wood and these plastic take years to melt down hence more usage of plastic can bring about congestion on earth in several landfills.
One of the easiest ways we can protect the earth is by recycling. That is why instead of throwing things like plastic in the trash you put them in a special bin that they are sent back to factories to be recycled. For example, instead of getting a bunch of new plastic bags to carry groceries any time you go food shopping, you can substitute with paper bags or fabric bags.
46. Take Less Sugar
Eating too much sugar can seriously affect your health; it leads to weight gain, sharp mood swings, and even addiction. Excess sugar can drastically affect your brain’s heart and skin. The health benefits of cutting sugar out of our diets are exponential and its effects are almost instant.
47. Get More Quality Sleep
Many people understand that they need good nutrition in order to be healthy. They need to exercise to keep their body fit, few people, on the other hand, understand the importance of sleep as the third pillow of good health.
During sleep, a lot of critical things happen for the brain, we actually remove toxins that have built up because of the burning of energy during the daytime and when we go to sleep those toxins are flushed away from the brain.
48. Start Saving
It’s not how much you make each month that matters — it’s how much you save along with the flexibility and time outside work that you have.
49. Live On A Budget
Budgeting allows you to create a spending plan for your money, it ensures that you will always have enough money for the things you need and the things that are important to you. Following a budget or spending plan will also keep you out of debt or help you work your way out of debt if you are currently in debt.
50. Create Time For Yourself
Do not get lost in the bustle and race for others and neglect yourself. Watch that movie, bath yourself with that expensive lotion; do not save it up for unknown days, and give yourself a treat.
51. Do Not Dim Your Light For Others
You are not a shelter for people’s pain, you are not a cure for people’s loneliness, you do not live to validate anyone, it is not your job to breathe life into people’s existence and decorate everyone’s comfort zone.
52. Forgive Yourself
You are not defined by how much you’ve healed or how much you haven’t. You deserve chances at happiness irrespective of what your past and what your growth looks like. Stop waiting for an apology from the people who hurt you to finally give yourself permission to heal.
Make love to the parts of yourself that old connections are disconnected. Dip the parts they broke in self-love, wait for no one to come along and kiss your wounds.
53. Stop Negative Talk
Work on positive talk- The universe has no opinion of you, the universe only reacts off the energy you give. It is your actions and thoughts are keys and shackles.
54. Develop More High-Income Skills
Investing in the financial market is not the only way to get a return on your money, investing in yourself is another great return, so take the time to learn a new skill, develop yourself personally, work on your interest, develop your talents, read, explore your creativity, go to workshops, go to the world and develop yourself.
55. Stop Settling For Mediocrity
There are some who will be able to comprehend you on the surface and be completely unable to dive into the depths you have to offer. There are some who will be fascinated by the oceans within you, and be unable to swim in the waves you give off- Do not settle for mediocrity.
So there you have it, my friend, 50 New year resolutions.
See you on the other side.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year In Advance!
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