The best way to stick to your new year resolutions
One of my all-time favourite quotes is by psychotherapist and author Julia Samuel: “Hope is a feeling, but it’s also a plan.” Very often, as the new year begins, we look at January with a new lens and hope and decide to both make plans, but also act on them. As human beings, I wonder if new beginnings, even in the form of a new year starting, offer us an opportunity to redeem ourselves, make changes, and, in a way, develop more hope for our future. As a result, very often I find clients worrying, getting disappointed and even anxious, if January ends up becoming a difficult month or a month where they couldn’t do as much they had planned— they believe this effect will rub off on the entire year. So, approach January, and maybe the entire year, with hope, mindful intention, set small goals, try and be consistent and evaluate maybe every quarter or at the end of the year.
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