Is getting healthy on your New Year’s resolution list? Do you have a goal to lose weight, eat more salad or exercise more?
Most people do. The New Year inspires a sense of possibility and new beginnings. That sense of wiping the slate clean and starting fresh can be an effective motivation tool.
Making a resolution doesn’t create change though. Sustained action does. You may have experienced this for yourself. After a while, the motivation fades away. The sense of possibility and a fresh start is replaced by the distraction of old habits and a busy life.
We lose the mojo to continue.
A resolution isn’t meant to last. Use your resolution for what it is – a kick start, the fire under your pants that gets you running, it can be the proverbial carrot on a stick that leads you down a new path.
By February, most New Year’s resolutions have fallen to the wayside. Yours may, too.
That’s ok. Wellness is a journey, not a destination. Make a resolution to recharge your journey in 2012.
Then consider these five points to keep your momentum going: