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The Ketogenic Diet
By: Straight Health
Tags: Ketogenic Diet, Keto, New Years Resolutions, Weight Loss, Diet

The ketogenic diet is a relatively new weight-loss strategy though its roots date back to the 1920s. Though it initially was created as a potential treatment for epilepsy, it has recently joined the ranks of popular diets, showing some promising results. In this series, we’ll discuss the keto diet, what the research says about its effectiveness, and who this strategy might work for.

What is the Keto Diet?

At its core, the keto diet is basically an extremely low-carbohydrate diet. People using this strategy limit their intake of carbs to 5–10% of their overall consumption. On a 2,000 calorie diet, this equates to a carb goal of fewer than 50 grams per day. As a reference, one medium apple contains about 25 grams of carbs¹.

In a typical diet, carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of energy. When carbs are severely restricted, as in the keto diet, two processes begin to ensure an adequate energy supply from sources other than carbs: gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis¹.

Gluconeogenesis is the production of glucose (a type of sugar) in the liver. When carb consumption is severely restricted, gluconeogenesis cannot produce enough glucose to meet the body’s needs. This is when ketogenesis kicks in and provides the body with an alternate form of energy: ketone bodies¹.

When the body begins to use ketone bodies as an energy source, we’ve entered a process called ketosis. Several changes happen during ketosis that together decrease fat storage and increase the breakdown of stored fats¹.

During ketosis, fats are metabolized into ketone bodies which are used for energy in the heart, muscle, kidneys, and brain¹.

Summary: When carbohydrates are severely restricted, the body enters ketosis. Fat is converted into ketone bodies that can be used as energy.

The Ketogenic Diet Series

In this series, we’ll discuss the potential benefits of the keto diet, who might benefit from it, and its possible health implications.

Check back here for updates!

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New Year Quotes and Wishes for 2021
Tags: New Years Eve, New Year, New Years Resolutions, Quotes

2020 was an eventful year. But the most notable event was the COVID-19 ‘the pandemic’. This has spoiled a lot of our plans, deferred our targets, has changed the way people work, changed how people socialise and what not. However, humanity is on the verge of defeating this pandemic and start new year on a very positive note. We have collected a vast variety of new year quotes, wishes for your family and friends and loved ones. Let’s wish them all a very ‘Happy new Year 2021’ and wish all our wishes come true this year. Please enjoy our collection, we hope it will serve the purpose 🙂

We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them. Hillary DePiano This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change. Taylor Swift
3 Steps to Writing Goals You’ll Actually Achieve
By: Kelsey Cunningham
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Smart Goals, Goal Setting, Goals, Accountability

You will hear a lot about goals over the next month as people and businesses will set their New Year’s Resolutions and business objectives for 2021. However, according to Forbes, less than 8% of people actually accomplish their New Year’s Resolutions. Yikes! There is something seriously wrong here. Why do people make resolutions when the success rate is so low?

Maybe the problem is how we make our New Year’s Resolutions. If we write goals that are “pie in the sky” and vague, we will never achieve them. Therefore, don’t make your resolution this year to “get fit, save money or work less.” Those are great starting points, but they warrant expansion. Read the three steps below to setting goals or resolutions that you can actually meet. At the end, I will give you insight into the goals I have for my own business in 2021!

First — Use the SMART method to write your goals

SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time bound. The SMART acronym is a checklist for me when I write a goal. It ensures that my goal is specific, with a quantitative way to measure it, while also having a deadline for completion. I wrote 4 goals for my business in 2021 and I encourage you not to write more than 5. If you set more than 5 goals, it becomes overwhelming and there ends up being too many objectives. You will find yourself strung out, giving half the effort to all of them, and executing a mediocre product. Also, it’s ok to rewrite your goals. My first draft never ends up being my final draft when it comes to goal setting.

Second — Find an accountability partner

All your effort in the first step is fruitless if you don’t follow through on this second step. You must have an accountability partner to help push you toward your goals. I am a follow-through kind of gal and when I say I am going to do something, I am going to do it. There is power in telling others your goals. So go tell your spouse, friend, neighbor, or social media. Also, here I am throwing my business goals out there (see below) so someone ask me about these in July 2021!

Third — Make your goals visible daily

Lastly, goals can’t be written in a journal and forgotten about because that is exactly what will happen. This is one reason why people can’t achieve their New Year’s Resolutions. They think it’s fun to come up with them, but they have no plan for follow through. Your goals should be on your computer’s home screen, posted on your refrigerator or on a sticky note in your car. They should be visible daily to remind you what you are working towards.

I want you to crush your big goals in 2021, but you and I both know it takes intentional action. Take a different approach to your New Year’s Resolutions this year and try my 3 steps. Below are my business goals for Jubilee Rentals in 2021. Step 1 & 2 are complete and now I just need to make some refrigerator space for them!

Bonus: Sneak Peak into Jubilee’s 2021 Goals
5 Christmas 2020 Digital Greetings Ideas for Companies
Tags: Marketing, Christmas Gift Ideas, New Years Resolutions, Greetings, Interactive Content

At a time where we spend so much of our days online, how can we make use of that to send season greetings to customers, employees, colleagues, and friends? As the holiday season approaches, many business owners are probably thinking about this tricky question.

In this article, we will tell you how to prepare an original, interactive, digital Christmas project with no-code. The result: a quiz, a gift-wizard for employees, a Christmas online game, a New Year’s resolutions map, and more. Let’s go!

To make online greetings more attractive, invite your users or colleagues to choose their own wishes. The Christmas Wishes template is perfect for this, as it uses the mechanics of a simple quiz with immediate feedback. Instead of presenting answers as options, it displays pictures of Christmas cards, and when the user clicks on one, it opens a wish. Prepare 6 wishes and write them on the cards. You can also show the wishes at the end and upload your own GIF. You can embed the test on your website or blog, or simply send a link to your friends and colleagues.

Which Christmas gifts would your employees like? A special quiz will help you find out. Making use of some questions, you will discover what your employees value the most in the gift. In the end, you can either show the result or, as in this template, keep the suspense by issuing a special code with which the user can receive a gift.
How many books do you want to read next year?
By: Better Morning Reading
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Reading, Books, Habits

It’s an enduring New Years resolution: read more books. With gyms closed as the pandemic continues, the other big one (exercise more or lose weight) might not be as attractive an option this January. This year might be the year to increase our wisdom and work on our inner selves, many which have been stuck inside for months now.

Personally, 12 books is our usual goal. One book per month can definitely be accomplished without making any drastic lifestyle changes while still producing the desired benefits.

While we didn’t build BetterMorningReading.com with New Years exactly in mind, building the habit of reading a little at least once per week will help power past the days in January and February when resolutions often seem to be abandoned. We did however, build it with the idea of reading books replacing social media consumption. You may find that you have more time than you even realized with such a substitution. After all, there is only so much time in the day. Hitting your goal number of books will probably require you to cut down on time doing something else.

More research continues to accumulate essentially pinning social media consumption as the new smoking. (If you somehow manage to quit smoking as the result of reading more, we’ll take credit for that too 🤣).

Of course, the best time to start a habit is today. Just as well if a New Years resolution jumpstarts a lasting habit that ultimately improves your wellbeing.

One of the most common causes of failure for New Years resolutions is not having a sturdy underlying reason why things are going to be different this year. Here are a few to try on for size: Increased Vocabulary.

Mental stimulation.

Enhanced imagination and creativity.

Improved concentration.

Analytical abilities.

Knowledge and Intelligence.

Window to the world.

Personal enrichment.

And if that’s not good enough, perhaps turn to Buddhism, whose teachings hold that ignorance causes suffering. Find more truth in the world by reading more next year.
Four Tech Habits to Take into the New Year
By: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Kids And Tech

From remote learning to telework, many families have had to make changes on how they approach connection and communication, as well as take stock of how technology fits in their homes this year.

Fortunately, some changes may have been for the better. If any of your family’s tech adjustments have made for greater opportunities for communication, try turning those habits into resolutions. Consider these four changes you may want to keep for the new year.

Keep dinner time special

Dinner time took on a special role as a remaining constant among many of life’s disruptions. That’s great news. In addition to building kids’ communication — speech, language, and social — skills and providing an unmatched, consistent opportunity for family bonding and connection, a host of other benefits are linked to regular family dinners. Keep dinner a time for connection and communication, rather than tech distraction, into the new year.

Stick to your plans

Months at home have led many families to plan more group activities. From movie nights to board games, planned activities keep the lines of communication open and provide a chance to talk and bond. And when it comes to tech, it also allows parents to evaluate the quality of their child’s usage. Whatever the coming year brings, it’s a good idea to continue planning times to come together and talk.

Preserve your taste in tech time

With remote work and schooling, and virtual get-togethers necessitating keeping eyes on a screen for hours, families learned first-hand how to determine the quality of the time they spent with tech. Spending time learning, creating, and connecting is entirely different than time spent being distracted, no matter the tool. Try taking that understanding of how tech can bring you together with others, and how it can get in the way of connection, into the new year and beyond.

Maintain your healthy habits

Above all, try to stick with any healthy habits you picked up over the year. Anything your family has done that lead to better connection and communication is something to continue for years to come.
Your Resolution Will Not Be Televised
By: Tommy Brown
Tags: Writing, New Years Resolutions, Happiness, Personal Development, Blog

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

The best New Year’s resolutions don’t require too much thought. That seems to be the case for just about any good New Year’s resolution I have ever had. I definitely don’t tell myself that a resolution isn’t hard enough or good enough. I have no set of qualifications that makes a certain goal more worthy. They are frequently just something that I knew I needed to do.

I don’t remember last year’s resolution. I hope it was a good one. But if I think about it for a while I can probably come up with it, something like a goal to use my crème brulee torch once a month.

There is enough pressure in all of our lives, don’t create more of it just because the calendar is starting on page 1.

By all means, set a goal and work toward it. I’m a huge fan of insane resolutions if they make you happy or inspire you to feel better.

My dad once had a New Year’s resolution to run at least 1 mile every day of the year. We were visiting family in Indiana while a wet snowstorm rolled over the Midwest. He decided to run 8 miles from my grammy’s house to my aunt’s house while wearing jeans. He had his running shoes, but I guess he forgot to bring pants to run in. He made it about an hour after we arrived and he grinned ear to ear while he walked up the driveway with his hair covered in snow. I think he did run every single day that year. It motivated him to get moving and get a run in no matter what. It was a challenge that kept him sharp.

It’s valuable to pause and think about resolution in a general sense. Not in the sense of marketed resolutions like diet programs, gym memberships, meditation app subscriptions, and everything else that goes on sale only to show up in the form of slick ad copy and creative imagery on your social media feed.

A resolution is an opportunity.

Take some time to reflect on resolution. Not your resolution, just resolution alone. The art of building the determination to do or not to do something.

One of the most potent things about resolution is not the thing you choose, but the process of choosing. You get to turn on your power of observation and ask yourself what would be meaningful to your future self. You’re reflecting on what you want. You’re considering how to prevent what you don’t want. You are giving yourself at least one moment to consider how to get better.

My resolution this year is to value time. I have other goals and plans for 2021 that I want to get off the ground and time is of the essence. How will I know that I succeeded? I won’t waste time on phone calls and complaining about things outside of my control.

If you never accomplish your resolution and even if you fail miserably trying, you learned something about getting better. Stop putting so much pressure on yourself. If you’re reflecting on how to have a better future, that’s a great place to be.

Title adapted from the song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott Heron
Lasting Change Beyond New Year’s
By: Carolin Stoffels
Tags: New Years Resolutions, 2021, Achievement, Goals

A lot of people make New Year’s resolutions. Even if you’re not a resolutions type you still might catch yourself thinking of what you want to change in 2021.

Last week, two researchers from Sweden published a study that looked at New Year’s resolutions. They wanted to understand what makes people more likely to be successful at sticking to them. They set out to learn more about:

What kind of resolutions do people make? Do different resolutions reach different levels of success? … and if it is possible to increase the likelihood of a resolution’s success by providing information and exercises on effective goal setting

They looked at more than 1000 people and divided them into 3 groups. The groups were different in the way they were supported. Two of those groups received information on goal setting. The amount of check-ins was different. And, there was a difference regarding the presence of an additional person, who helped them to stick to their resolution.

I think it’s not only interesting what kind of resolutions people make:

The study also confirmed that those who had support while trying to achieve their goals were more likely to accomplish them. What surprised the team most though was that those with approach-oriented goals were significantly more successful in sustaining their resolutions compared to those with avoidance-oriented goals. This means, your likelihood of success is already impacted by the way you are formulating your goal. So, when you make your plan, try to keep in mind:

What do you plan to do more? i.e. instead of saying you will eat less sweets, you raise your chance at success by switching to: I will eat more fruits and vegetables Who do you want to become? i.e. instead of thinking you will be less stressed, try: I will be more mindful and aware of my thoughts… etc.

How do you set your goals? And who’s helping you to stay on track?

If you need support, try our Habit Partners Program @freedomxx. There is a money-back-guarantee in case you are not satisfied after the first (online) meeting.
Day 1: The Next Conviction
By: Travis Cisneros
Tags: New Year, New Years Resolutions, Resolutions, Conviction, Thoughts

Day 1: The Next Conviction

I accepted the penalty of 365 to life today. It was an easy decision, one I should have made long ago.

Holly said this is what she wanted to do… and I have to admit, this is something I need to do too, I just keep pushing it off.

So for the next 365 days, I am going to write…

……..

Conviction. It’s a funny word.

I want more conviction in my life. I want the understanding that comes with any conviction. You know, that feeling of acceptance and payment…

I plan to achieve it too. The next 365 will just be the beginning. Every time I have taken action with conviction I have received what was due to me. Every time it has lacked, I have been given a lesson and I again received what is due to me.

It worked when I went from low confidence and overweight to in shape and more confident in my body than I have ever been in my life. It worked when we launched the NFL agency. And it even worked when I quit the agency for Envoy.

I can’t wait to see the wonders it does now.

I have always wanted to write a book, I guess that makes this time now both the beginning and the end. Conviction is when all life changes.

It is the simple act in accordance with one virtues. Yet, it requires the acceptance of all fates to come. Maybe that’s why it is such a dangerous thing when given carelessly.

Writing will be good for me. I enjoy it. It helps me think and express. So that’s what I will do, and I know it will pay me what I am due.

With Conviction & Love,

— Travis
New Year, New Me: Guided Meditation for Sleep, Insomnia, and Letting Go
By: Enough-Ism Podcast
Tags: Mindfulness, Meditação, New Years Resolutions, Guided Meditation, Sleep

Meditation (in Hibernation) Series: Part 2

The following guided meditation was originally published on the Enough-ism Podcast.

This 10-minute guided meditation and ASMR experience will help quiet your mind and transition you into a restful sleep. It will also help you release negative thoughts, combat insomnia, and bring more positive, healing energy into your life. This podcast uses soft sounds and positive affirmations to help relieve stress and anxiety.

Listen here:

Watch here:

Share your experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #IAmEnoughism.
5 Things to Stop Doing in your Business
By: Kristen Edwards
Tags: Online Marketing, New Years Resolutions, Entrepreneurship

If you are like most people with ambition, passion and purpose, you’ve been taking the time to plan for growth and success as the New Year approaches. (yup, me too!)

Yesterday I finalized the plan for my 2 core offers to start the new year. While planning is an essential step in reaching success, its also important to reflect on things that did or did not work over the past 12 months.

The methods for success are not one size fits all, but I can share what to avoid that IS universal for all of us.

Here’s a list of five things I DID NOT DO to while growing my business this year.

YOU CAN (and should) DO THEM TOO

1. I DID NOT endlessly scroll social media trying to get free motivation and inspiration for my next level. I invested in coaching and took control of my personal development.

2. I DID NOT try to be someone else. I leaned in to my personality and connected it to my HR background. I embraced my Enneagram 8 qualities and spoke directly and honestly to my ideal clients.

3. I DID NOT stop talking about my offers because people may get annoyed with me. Business requires selling. It’s my duty to share my expertise and the transformation I facilitate. Do you believe in the value of your offer?

4. I DID NOT waste time obsessing on people making excuses to avoid investing in themselves and their business. I focused on the ones ready to level up instead.

5. I DID NOT let fear stop me from reaching my goals. 2020 was an “unprecedented” year, but I launched my group program, doubled my corporate salary, and even started a podcast 2.5 months ahead of schedule.

If you want to bust through a plateau and reach the next level of success in your business, decide which of these 5 things you will commit to NOT doing.
To find Light in the Dark
By: Tharaka Munasinghe
Tags: Gratitude, Start Today, New Years Resolutions, Positivity, Being Grateful

A new year is just around the corner, knocking your door or ringing your doorbell. Are you afraid to open your door for the new year?

I understand. we all feel the same anxiety and fear that the upcoming new year will also become a traumatic, fear-filled year just like the one we are living now.

But, did you take a minute in the almost ending year to look back and see how your life went on over the past years? Did you spare a minute from your monotonous, boring life to contemplate on how you have lived your life or did you just kept complaining about the “system” and this deadly disease?

I know you are feeling guilty now, reading this article. You are angry about yourself for not taking a minute from the past 365 days to think of yourself, don't you?

You are not late! start right now ❤

Make use of the rest of the 20 days starting from today to reflect back on life. Make this pandemic a knock on your head to open your eyes wide to look back on your flaws, mistakes and negative thoughts that have been overwhelming you. And start to correct one single flaw a day to make a positive change and start the new year with a positive mind.

Photo by Caroline Veronez on Unsplash

Be a dreamer but set your foot on the ground. Be thankful for the reality and continue to dream of all the aims and goals that you want to achieve in future.

Take one step at a time and remember to look back and work on any mistakes that you've done.

I am starting now, will you too?

Photo by Gia Oris on Unsplash

Let's take one day at a time to set up a positive mindset and see the upcoming year of 2021 as a fresh start, a year filled with love, happiness, hope and new beginnings.
New Year Resolutions
By: Harish Maddukuri
Tags: Lifestyle, Motivation, New Years Resolutions, Self, Psychology

New Year’s resolutions usually remain a dead letter. And despite this, in a few days, we will all be proposing to start exercising, to go on a diet, to keep the desk tidy, to read a book every so often …

Yet there is a way to formulate New Year’s resolutions so that they are extremely effective, and I want to talk about it in this post.

Photo from quoteszoonin

Why don’t New Year resolutions usually work?

Within our mind, there is often a conflict between parts of us focused on our long-term goals and our most important values, and parts of us focused on very short-term goals, immediate pleasure, and avoiding any fatigue and any feeling of discomfort.

In order to align with the things that really matter to us, resolutions like those listed here:

Photo from Fitnesstogether

Start Exercising,

Keep your desk tidy,

Go on a diet,

Read a book every so often,

etc, etc….

They are not good. Resolutions of this kind come from the fact that we all know someone who exercises regularly, who keeps his desk in perfect order, who strictly observes a diet, and who reads books regularly. We confront these people, and we come out with broken bones. In practice, they are an answer to the questions:

Currently, what am I doing wrong?

What is one thing that others do much better than me?

What is one thing that I really don’t feel like doing, and that I think I should do?”

Questions like this, and the resolutions that come with them, have nothing to do with what is most important to us.

If we are to connect with the parts of us that are focused on our long-term goals, to achieve which they are willing to tolerate some temporary discomfort, our resolutions must answer the questions:

How can I enrich my life?

What is it that I want to offer to the world?

Who do I want to be?

What do I want to be more present in my life?

How could I get there?

And what positive effects would I benefit from?

Photo by Younseok Song on Unsplash

Resolutions that answer these questions can be extremely effective. Try to believing!

I conclude by inviting you to make many good resolutions and I wish you a fabulous new year in advance!
10 New Year’s Resolution Ideas
By: Dayana Sabatin
Tags: Growth, Self Improvement, New Years Resolutions, Life, Personal Development

1. Read more books.

Set a goal to read 1 book a week. Figure out how many pages you need to read daily in order to finish it in 7 days.

2. Start a gratitude journal and write 2–3 things you’re grateful for every morning.

The 5-minute journal is perfect for this. Or, just pick up a notebook and jot down what you’re most grateful for.

3. Pick a new language to learn and dedicate 30 minutes to it M-F.

Not only will this boost your brain power but how cool would it be to learn that language you used to dream of knowing?

4. Before getting upset or angry — take a deep breath and reassess.

Don’t let your emotions control you anymore. You’re in charge of how you react.

5. Get your documents organized in a filing folder.

Do you know where your passport is? Organize yourself this year. Start the year off clean and collected and keep it that way.

6. Create a solid morning routine that involves meditation.

A morning routine has the power to turn your entire day around. It’ll keep you grounded and efficient.

7. Learn to cook incredible and wholesome meals at home.

Bon Appetit is great for this. You don’t always have to go out to fancy restaurants, find ways to create your favorite meals at home.

8. Learn to approach things from a more positive perspective.

How often do you see the glass as half empty rather than half full? Change your mindset.

9. Identify how you can improve your personal relationships.

Have you and your partner been struggling? Maybe a few of your friendships are dwindling? It’s time to rekindle them and focus on strengthening the important relationships in your life.

10. Move your body more.

Whether that be going to the gym or going on walks, choose your poison but just move. Go on a bike ride, explore nature, do stretches every morning. Treat your body better this year.

2021 is your year to improve and get better, leave 2020 in the past and embrace the New Year with a new set of goals and a new you.
New Year New Feelings
By: Mckynleigh Abraham
Tags: Growth Mindset, Coaching, New Years Resolutions, Self Love, Self Esteem

This morning I was talking to my fiancé (Alex) about my birthday. It’s December 20th and it’s the first time in 4 years that I haven’t been on tour with a show. That feels weird. It’s interesting because we have all become familiar with the term “quarantine birthday” but, sue me, I thought we would be done with this mess before we got to my birthday at the end of the year. Life is funny, huh? So unexpected. I told Alex that I feel like I need a do-over for age 28. I feel like nothing happened.

But like, a lot happened for me…just not what I expected.

If you know me, or you read this blog regularly, you know that I like to plan my life out to the smallest detail. I plan to a fault most times. This year was no different; accept this year, I only accomplished ONE thing that I planned for myself.

I had a blog published by a publication.

About 4 years ago, I decided that I was going to write a book. “The First 3 Decades” and I wanted it to be published by the time I was 30. So, in order for me to feel like writing and publishing this book was worth it, I wanted to be published this year in some capacity. That happened, but yet somehow, I am still looking at this year as a waste of a year because things didn’t “go as planned”.

That is what I want to chat about today. The feeling of failure. The feeling of wishing that something had gone as you planned instead of how it actually went.

When I was thinking about this year and what I wanted to accomplish, I was thinking about specific goals and activities. I wasn’t thinking about how I wanted to feel and I think that is where I went wrong in envisioning my year. Plans change all of the time (maybe not as much as they did in 2020…but they do). If you don’t achieve the things that you want to achieve it’s easy to start to feel like a failure…but what if instead of ONLY setting specific goals for ourselves, we start adding in goals of feelings.

Like this:

“ This year I want to have 10k followers on Instagram.”

Turns into

“ I want to feel like the online support I have matches the quality of content I am supplying.”

OR

“This year I want to lose weight.”

Turns into

“I want to feel healthy, confident, and comfortable in my body.”

When you focus on what you want to “FEEL” instead of what you want to “DO” it helps you narrow in on how to achieve your goals. Nothing happens overnight, but if you wake up tomorrow morning thinking “I want to feel accomplished today” instead of “I want to check off everything from my to-do list” Things might just start to seem a little easier.

My 28th year was not a dud. I am going to venture to say that no one’s year is ever a dud. You grow and you learn whether you like it or not. It’s just the way life goes.

So, when you are thinking about your “new year’s resolutions” in some desperate attempt to make 2021 better than 2020…try to focus on the way you want to “FEEL” instead of what you want to “DO”.

Let me know how it goes.
I don’t believe in making new years’ resolutions.
By: Terry L. Cooper
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Gifts, Love, Resolutions, Share

I don’t believe in making new years’ resolutions. But I also don’t believe in showing people that I care about them once or twice a year either. Why wait for a birthday or Christmas to give someone something that you think they will love? Give it to them as soon as you see them. See a sweater he’d love or a book she’d die for? Get it.

Nothing is promised to anyone. Not even you. And tomorrow is certainly not promised. Ever.

Whenever you screw up that’s when you should resolve to make a change and stick to it. Not in a drunken state or as a part of some time-honored tradition. Make it when you should because you know you should.
New Month, New Hopes
Tags: Self Improvement, New Years Resolutions, Inspiration, Goals, Mindset

New Month, New Hopes

Photo by Jan Tinneberg on Unsplash

It’s the second week of December and everyone I know is looking forward to the New Year… with the certainty that anything will be better than the scare that was 2020! Knock on wood.

I am no exception.

I was really looking forward to 2021…

Until last afternoon…

Before I scar your overwrought nerves, let me assure you, it’s all positive. I mean cheerful! Sorry!

I stepped out in the bright noon to collect a package and voila! the weather was gorgeous and sunny and relatively warm.

I beamed!

I have never seen such beautiful warm weather in December for the past decade, thanks to my Midwestern residence. But in gorgeous North Carolina, a whole different story! I was getting away with a light jacket! And until a couple of days ago- I was still sporting my girly slip in sandals!

How awesome is that!

I am looking forward to December now!

In life too, we are constantly waiting for the new month, week, year, something that signals a fresh start.

I am no exception!

But what about the next hour?

Of course, I can take it up a notch and say moment- but that’s not practical. In a world that rewards busyness- the probability that our next moments are crammed is pretty high!

But for a mindset shift, beginning the next hour is perfect.

Plus, you can let the thought and delight of shooting for a fresh start simmer in your subconscious and let it motivate you!

So, don’t wait for the calendar to give you a fresh start! Don’t wait another 22 days to begin on your goals.

Start today.

Think of it as a 22 day warm up to the new habit, if you have really set your mind on New Year’s!

Make it happen!!
21 Suggestions for a Fabulous 2021
By: Rob Brown
Tags: Healthforall, Healthy Lifestyle, New Years Resolutions, 2021, Wellness

Yes, 2020 was rough. So let’s all change direction and begin anew in 2021!

Here are 21 suggestions to start the year off right!

Yours in good health!

Rob Brown, MD
New Years Resolutions?
By: Anders Sporring
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Quality Of Life, Do Instead, Rituals

New Years Resolutions?

I never make new years resolutions as I have seen that they never work and add more stress to my already stressful life. No, since I stopped making those, my life and creativity have been improving significantly, And I’m never going back.

Why they don’t work

The incentive is all wrong

Or instead, there are too many, and it makes your brain reason to quit before you even get started. All the choices aren’t helpers; they hinder the way for you to accomplish stuff.

You think that it's what you want to do

But honestly, most of the resolutions are because of other people's expectations, not your own. Don’t be so colored by other people's thoughts. Live your own life, and find that path that helps you.

Where’s the commitment?

Setting up those resolutions might seem like a good plan at the time, but it’s a fact most of those New Years Resolutions don’t even survive January. Some sources say that three of four are abandoned soon after January.

Resolutions are goals in disguise.

If your resolution is about achieving something you don’t have now, then you’re in trouble. Because that’s a plain and simple goal, and goals rarely deliver results, as much of the self-help industry has shown us for decades now.

The time isn’t right

The new year isn’t the best time to start something new; it’s wrong in so many ways. Many have been on vacation or at least been free from work during Christmas and New Year. With all its troubles and stress, being back, in reality, is not the best soil for starting with whatever. And you have a long road ahead of you until summer and the next holiday. And why start on New Year's day and not on any of the year's other days?

What to do instead

Every day is a new day and can also be seen as the start of a new year in some ways. Living your life fully is better than to make those half-hearted resolutions that seldom or never mean anything to you. Be true to yourself and find the best path for you through life, without making meaningless resolutions! There are still rituals we do in our everyday life, and it’s governed by our need for some kind of order. So follow that Flow and live instead. That’s how you improve your quality of life.

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GOOD RIDDANCE, 2020
By: Smarter Sweat
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Lifestyle

It’s a running joke now (but not really a joke) that 2020 has been THE ABSOLUTE MOST. I mean, the year began with apocalyptic fires in Australia and is on track to end with another surge of cases in the deadliest pandemic since the 1918 Spanish influenza.

Between all this, we faced the death of Kobe Bryant, the weird royal exit of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a stock market crash and global recession, violent (and peaceful) protests in response to racial injustice, MURDER HORNETS, the Beirut explosion, MORE wildfires along the West Coast, the deaths of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen, devastating hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, and the whole Ghislaine Maxwell ordeal.

Not to mention we’ve all been fronting our own personal issues throughout this whirlwind of a year.

CAN WE ALL CATCH A COLLECTIVE BREAK, PLEASE?

Okay, okay. Rant over. Thanks for reading.

The real reason we’re writing to you right now is to let you know that while 2020 has beaten us down and worn us out, we have decided to tackle 2021 head-on. We know next year will bring circumstances we can’t control and we will face more hardships and possibly setbacks.

But we’re ready to tackle those things, because we’re tired of being pushed around by 2020. We’re making 2021 different.

And we’re doing this by focusing on the small things we CAN control every day. We can’t control whether or not the murder hornets come back or if more natural disasters wreak havoc on our planet.

But we CAN control what we do when we wake up. We can control how much time we spend doom-scrolling. We can control how often we exercise, what we eat, how much water we drink, how much sleep we get, how we spend our spare time, and who we interact with.

And these things — though small and seemingly insignificant among the insanity that has been 2020 — will make all the difference in our ability to handle hardship, overcome setbacks, and continuously move forward with purpose.

You can do this, too.

If you’d like to take the thought and planning out of just one aspect of all this, we invite you to download our soon-to-launch, completely done-for-you workout and lifestyle programs.

Set to launch December 14, these programs encompass much more than just fitness. We lay out lifestyle guidelines that will help you build the habits you need to tackle 2021 — and every other year — head-on. You can read about our programs here, but if you have any questions, simply respond to this email and we’ll get back to you.

We hope you’ll join us on our journey in 2021!
2020 Resolutions. Did I fail?
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Lifehacks, Self Improvement

Resolution #3: Keep a diary with at least 100 entries — FAILED

Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash

My first child was born this year. During the pregnancy, I realized how fast time passes and how easy it is to lose memory of so many remarkable moments. So, I decided to keep a diary and I set an objective that I thought would not be difficult; to write in it twice a week. I failed miserably. I don’t like to make excuses, but between my job, my newborn child, the books and the exercise, I didn’t find the time. I didn’t make the time. More than that, I didn’t find the strength or the discipline and that does feel like a fail. I did write 12 entries and the last one was the day my daughter was born (in March). I am glad I wrote at least that.

I intend to keep trying and will set again the same objective.
The Importance of Starting Positive Change Before January 1st
By: Deante L. Young
Tags: Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Positive Thinking, New Years Resolutions, Personal Development

Every year without fail, people all over the world insist that they will change their lives, starting on January 1st. I know that I’ve been guilty of that for more years than I can remember, and quite frankly — — it’s pathetic!

The fact that we think that we are going to magically become a version of ourselves that we’ve either never been or haven’t been in a long time just because the calendar decided to flip to a different month and year is more hilarious than President Trump thinking that he won the election.

Here’s the deal, starting before January 1st is the real boss move. You’re bound to feel better mentally just knowing that you made the commitment to start before that non magical day that we all think is magical.

I have vowed to launch my podcast, write and publish a book, publish 100 articles in the month of December, launch my email list and a new web series between now and the last day of 2020.

It’s December 1st, and I have yet to do any of that.

Why am I committing to starting before then? Because it gives me a psychological edge. It reaffirms in my mind that I did these huge, intimidating things while it was still the present year.

Waiting until January 1st is what average people who usually end up deluding themselves do. Plus, it puts too much pressure on what we are trying to accomplish and we don’t need that.

Also, I have found out this year that momentum is a powerful thing and I don’t want to take that lightly. I’d much rather be off and running before the new year arrives so that I will already be knee deep in achievement and ball out with even crazier accomplishments in 2021.

That will also give me a great (true) story to tell people. It allows me to inspire my followers, fans, readers and whoever else to encourage them to establish an extreme belief in themselves that they did not previously possess.

Let’s do this!
Start something in November
By: Tim Bunting
Tags: New Years Resolutions, New Habits, Resolution, Habits

January is too obvious, and December too busy. No, the best time to start something new is November. We have an image in our minds of starting fresh in the new year, new year, new you, so the saying goes, but why not get a head start?

If you’ve already built the habit by January, then half of the battle is already won! Start thinking about what you can change now, and even start taking steps to achieve it. Future you will thank you.

Tim Bunting ( @kiwiyamabushi) is a self-professed Dewa Sanzan nerd from New Zealand who became an official Dewa Sanzan Yamabushi in 2017.

He is currently helping develop the Dewa Sanzan into a global retreat centre among other jobs. Check out yamabushido.jp or dewasanzan.com for more on this wonderful area of Japan, or email him.
New Year’s Resolutions
By: Alan Taylor
Tags: Self Improvement, Change, Rationality, Habits, New Years Resolutions

The reason they can be great is quite simple. The argument goes something like this:

There are ways in which my life is not perfect (as in the ideal life, according to what I actually value) There are probably simple things I could do to make my life robustly better (again, according to my values) I’m not currently doing many of these things I’d probably be more likely to do them if I a) knew what they were and b) told myself and others that I was going to commit to them

All four of these seem either certainly true or very likely to be true. 1 is probably true for (almost) everyone. I assume 2 to be true for most people — i.e., I take it that most sets of plausible values have associated sets of simple actions that make lives robustly better, according to those values. 3 is certain for me and will be true for all people for whom 1 is true. 4a seems necessarily true and 4b seems true based on my understanding of psychology.

So, all in all, it seems like NYRs — when some time is put into formulating them — are pretty likely to be pretty high-value things. Specifically, it seems like they are likely to be good if you do the following things (rather than just plumping at a generic list of ‘things I probably should do but don’t really want to’):

Work out, specifically, the main ways in which your life is not as you want it to be Work out simple actions which are likely to move your actual life closer to that life-as-you-want-it-to-be Resolve to do (some of) the actions at some specific frequency (ideally with some mechanism to check in or make sure you do them) Tell yourself and others that you’re actually going to do the things

Spending some serious time doing the above seems likely to be one of the best things to do with free time at the end of the year. I find it hard not to get really excited about the idea.

(side note: I imagine many people, including me-from-a-few-years-ago, would get kinda scared more than excited about this idea. I think this is maybe because the idea of living an ‘ideal life’ seems kinda scary and like something you should do but don’t really want to. To this I say that the ‘ideal life’ is not the one you think you should live but don’t really want to; it’s the one that, on reflection, you actually want to live and feel excited about living. I think terms like ‘ideal life’ conjure up the idea of a socially constructed ‘best life’, which is not what I mean. I’m talking about your best life, according to what you actually care about, not what people tell you to care about).
Letters to Mrs. Claus
By: Parishi Bachkaniwala
Tags: Christmas Poem, Christmas Poetry, Letters, Mrs Claus

A poem.

Letters to Mrs. Claus

Greetings! Mrs. Claus I wonder

Why no one writes to you

Child, she said, ponder

More and you

Will find the same reason why

People say Mankind instead of Womankind

The same reason why

People say Father, Son and The Holy Spirit

Instead of Mother, Daughter and The Holy Spirit

Truly I try

My child

But sometimes

I

Sike.

Written by Parishi Bachkaniwala
What is the most disgusting thing you’ve ever seen on the Internet?
Tags: Death, Fathers, Love, Father And Son, Letters

Manav Singh, a 12th class student in high school was allegedly accused by a girl named Bhavleen Kaur on Instagram that he molested her some years ago.

She has no proof regarding the same. So the boy found innocent but it was too late.

May God rest his soul!

His father’s emotional message on his birthday...

“Ldka tha isiliye jane diya, ldki hoti to International news bana deta”

In English, “If the victim was a girl, it would have been international news”

Men too face

acid attacks,

violence,

harassment.

Where are all Equality activists,?

If a man did this to a woman, there would be whole media & feminist lobbies started shouting & screaming for justice but unfortunately here it is a man so everyone is silent.

Heights !!

Pseudo Feminism, when will it end?

A broken Mother & Father still looking for justice

Image source-Twitter

Thanks for reading

Edit-Guys! I don't ask for upvote and Share but here asking you, Do that so that it comes in Quora digest and trending list! to reach max people.

Trust should come out. Just saying RIP will not bring any justice to him.

Let's share and upvote this as much as possible and let people know how retarded some people are just to gain fame.
sweet ’n’ sour tape #16: brave new world
Tags: Coming Of Age, Interactive, Compilation, New Beginnings, Letters

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