2022 New Year's Not-Really-Resolutions

It’s that time of year.

According to GoSkills.com, the top 10 New Year’s Resolutions are as follows:

  1. Exercise more
  2. Lose weight
  3. Get organized
  4. Learn a new skill or hobby 
  5. Live life to the fullest
  6. Save more money / spend less money
  7. Quit smoking
  8. Spend more time with family and friends
  9. Travel more
  10. Read more

Everyone has heard the discouraging statistics of how few people stick with their resolutions. If so many of us struggle to keep our resolutions, maybe it’s time we take a slightly different approach to this yearly ritual.

This year, instead of deciding to drastically alter our lives, let’s focus on bringing little bits of fun, laughter, and spontaneity into our existing lifestyle. No deadlines, no pressure, no scale.

2022 New Year’s Not-Really-Resolutions

  1. Pronounce a common word slightly differently, like saying “shore” instead of “sure.”
  2. Don’t wear jeans! Instead, get more creative with your wardrobe.
  3. Prank more. When was the last time you really got someone?
  4. Do a cartwheel. Why? Well, why not?
  5. When at home, only drink out of bowls. (It would be weird to do this in public.)
  6. Add a sophisticated title to your pets’ names. For example, “Congressman Obie.”
  7. Create an incredible Domino sculpture and then knock it over immediately.
  8. Rake your front yard when your neighbors are present (in the middle of winter when there are no leaves, only snow).
  9. Go outside and do an activity that typically only children do. For example, build a snowman or play tag with a friend.
  10. Write a letter, address it, and mail it. To yourself.

Let’s take off the pressure of losing 25 pounds and reading 25 books. The fact of the matter is this: You don’t need a new year to make huge lifestyle changes, so make your New Year’s Resolutions into Not-Really-Resolutions.

Whatever you decide to do, don’t do it alone! Tag us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to share your Not-Really-Resolution – we want to see it.

Who knows? Maybe the silly little things will add up the most.

At the end of the day, learning to laugh and smile more sounds like the ultimate self-improvement.


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