New Year Habits for 2024

Happy New Year! I won’t bore you with listing a recap of my entire year. What I will say is 2023 became an unforgettable year, but in a very good way.

It went by so fast, but along the way I enjoyed the delicious food & wine, great conversations, creating memories with wonderful people in my life, celebrated with friends, traveled, listened and danced to amazing music, and spent the precious moments with people I care about. We only have one life and it’s really about staying present in the moment. Not every year will be perfect, but this was definitely a year for the books!

As we reflect on the previous year, this is a good time to figure out what we want to get most out of the near year. It’s a moment to renew and refresh our minds. A time to set our goals, dreams, affirmations, or daily habits that we want to tackle.

I was recently asked what my resolutions are for the New Year. Many moons ago, I’d have a large and almost unachievable list, but now I really want to make 2024 different. Something more achievable, but yet with meaning.

I decided to create a list of New Year Habits for 2024 that I’d like to not only achieve, but incorporate on the daily basis (as much as I can that is). I didn’t want to necessarily set up something that I’d achieve once and then forget about it later. It’s mostly establishing something that would permanently stay in my life and make it a habit that would bring me closer to a healthier version of me.

New Year Habits of 2024

Read 1 book a month (I beat my 2023 goal by reading 20 books in a year!)
Sleep earlier = wake up earlier (I’ve been sleeping way too late aka 1am sometimes and I need to get in the habit of disconnecting sooner so that I can enjoy the morning a bit more)
Create a consistent fitness routine (I need to strengthen my inner core, otherwise workouts would feel difficult if I took longer breaks)
Stand and move more (the downfall from WFH or in the office is the constant sitting. It’s not good for ones health overall and movement is important)
Walk daily (this stems from the point above. I’d like to split up my lunch hour by eating for 30 minutes and then going on a walk for 30 minutes)
Drink more water! (One glass a day isn’t enough and I need to increase my intake)
Take my daily vitamins (I dropped the ball on this a few times and my body feels the difference when I don’t take my vitamins)
Schedule my content creation more wisely (I’d easily find myself getting burnt out or unmotivated when I felt stressed or pressured. Finding a smarter method of writing my blog posts will allow me to stay more consistent)
Dance (I listen to music almost on the daily, but haven’t really danced much which is something I always loved doing and releases a lot of stress)
Journal (I like the notion of waking up with gratitude and sleeping with gratitude no matter how the rest of my day went. A good way to reflect on the good stuff, especially when I’ve had a bad day)
Reduce my screen time (a good way to wind down by reading a few chapters before bedtime, otherwise I’d be flipping through Instagram until 1am!)
Give myself grace (super important during the moments I don’t feel good or feel unmotivated)
No phone at the dinner table (I’d like to continue doing this as it helped me to stay in the present moment and focus on the people I care about)
Do one thing that I love (this can be anything and even if it’s for a few minutes, it’s important to remind myself of the things that make me happy)

Create a list of habits that you’d like to incorporate within this new year and carry with you for a while. If you have such a list, share with me as I’d love to know more and discover other habits that I too can incorporate into my life. Thank you for sticking around and I cannot wait to share additional content with you throughout 2024!