Planning Your Resolutions Ahead of Time

Now that we’re in the final month of the year, it’s time to start looking ahead. Most people like to whip up a new year’s resolution on the first day of the new year, but if you ask me, that’s a little late to decide something so impactful. It’s no wonder so many resolutions fall to the wayside. If people took them more seriously and had drafted them ahead of time, we’d see a lot more change and goal accomplishment in our friends and family members.

For a lot of these goals, they almost always involve tangible objectives to reach, like losing weight, traveling to a beautiful destination internationally, saving so much money, and putting on muscle. But what about the intangible goals? Why don’t we emphasize behavior, mental health, knowledge, and a lot of those other great things about our health and lives? I think those are the most valuable resolutions anyone could put down for themselves, and they’re the ones that typically are much more enlightening and rewarding for longer than a mere year.

Since 2020 is on the near horizon, I implore you to out something new. Perhaps you’d like to see what you could do by modeling after a few of my own goals.

Give

Donate to charity. Donate to a non-profit organization. Donate food. Donate clothes. Donate your time.

These are much easier to accomplish than most people let on. The problem is “finding the time”, which is abundant for most people. It’s just a matter of focusing on the right things in life. Attempt to give more this upcoming year, even if it’s just a few dollars each month. A little goes a long way when everyone is giving.

Focus on being positive

As hard as it may sound, this is not that hard to actually do. It’s just hard to remember to do, more than anything. But if you can remember to look at the bright side, smile, compliment others, request things nicely, and do your absolute best, you’re making your community, home, office, or whatever else a much better and more positive place. This is all it takes.

More gifts isn’t a bad thing

Cardboard boxes are the king of gift giving. Make sure to set aside a few cardboard boxes you’ll inevitably open around the holidays this December and put the names of close friends or family members on each. This will remind you to get them a gift randomly throughout the year. Don’t make it for their birthday, mother’s or father’s day, or other major holidays. Just do it out of the blue and watch the look on their face.