Beauty and Self-Care

How to Let Go of the Past and Start the New Year

beauty and self care
07 Jan

To close out this year with a clear vision of the intentions and goals you want to set for 2021, here are simple ways to kick off the new year with a positive mindset.

Use these tips as a roadmap to set yourself up for more happiness, love, and fulfillment. It’s all about managing your mindset, reframing your focus, prioritizing movement, and repeating this process. Read on for an achievable list:

1. Change Your Morning Routine

ENERGY FLOWS WHERE FOCUS GOES. What do you want to energize this year? A better job, relationship, health, home? Anything is possible IF you are willing to focus on what you want and take action toward it.Activity: Spend the first 10 minutes of your day deciding where you want to focus your energy. Not on Instagram.

2. Move Your Body

Forget about signing up for a gym membership you might not even use post-January. Turn on YouTube and and MOVE your body every morning for a hit of feel-good endorphins to my favourite trainers, Heather Robertson and Sydney Cummings. Even if you start off in a bad mood, still give it a try—I promise you after a few minutes, you’ll be feeling it.”Activity: Find a workout or way to move your body that you enjoy, don’t be afraid to try something new.

3. Manifest

We can’t create what we want if we don’t know what we want. Write a list of 10 goals to manifest and put it in a place you look at regularly, like on the fridge or wardrobe, so you can keep your goals in sight.Activity: Write down 10 goals you wish to manifest this year and stick it on your mirror/wardrobe/fridge.

4. Boundaries

Write a list of boundaries you will not tolerate being crossed this year and stick them on your mirror. Protect your energy for the projects and people who deserve it. It’s a finite resource—share wisely.Activity: Write a list of things you will not tolerate this year.

5. Values

Our destiny is based on the decisions we make … and we make decisions based on what we value most. Write a list of things you most value in life. Love? Contribution? Success? Adventure? Make these your screensaver, and the next time you’re asked to make a decision, look at your values and see if it aligns. Getting into the habit of making decisions based on whether they align with your values will cause a lot less stress and create a much more harmonious life.Activity: Decide your top 10 values and save as your screensaver.

6. Simplify Your Life

Let’s not take the last decade’s clutter and complications into 2021. By minimizing small decisions, we save our brainpower for the big ones. My tip is to start with something like your wardrobe. Think of how many successful people you see with a signature “uniform.” Follow suit: downsize and simplify.Activity: Get spring cleaning … what clutter can you get rid of this year?

7. Sleep Routine

Prioritize your sleep like your life depends on it … because it does. If you haven’t read the book Why We Sleep, put it on your list for January! It’s full of research that shows sleep is the best medicine for our physical health, mental health, and future health. Start the habit of jumping into bed a little earlier—maybe with a journal, but never with your phone.
Activity: Set a “get into bed” reminder so you can start getting the zzzz’s.

8. Self-Appreciation

While you are reading this, get out your phone and set a daily alarm to remind yourself to have a moment of self-appreciation. It’s so easy for us to forget to appreciate ourselves, and this year is not going to be one where we forget. You, my friend, are beautifully unique and on an amazing journey that is ONLY going to get better.Activity: Set a “self-appreciation reminder” on your phone.”
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