We are not talking about losing weight and stop smoking – things that most people vow to achieve come New Years. The following resolutions might sound a bit abstract but the truth is that they are not that hard to achieve – and once you make them happen, you will notice your life is improving much faster and better than you have thought possible. This is year try to:
1) Find your passion in life. We are not talking about big-time melodramatic non-sense like those you can find in your average new-age novel, but rather the one thing that you have always wanted to do, but never actually got around doing. It can be flying kites in the nearby park, writing a book or visiting at least three foreign countries – the good thing about the time and place we are living in is that you can always find a way to make your dreams come true. All you have to do is decide what your goals are and then get down to actually making them happen.
2) Turn your house into the home of your dreams. There are a lot of easy to follow DIY home improvement projects that will help you make your home more pleasant and comfortable to spend time at. You can built a patio, take up some much needed gardening duties, or make a game-room out of the spare bedroom. It is entirely up to you. Sometimes a major deep home cleaning and rubbish removal is able to completely transform your home – and for the better, so consider doing this as well.
3) Focus on your family and personal life instead of your career. Spend more hours with your loved ones – even if it is just talking. Call friends you rarely think of during the busy weeks at the office and catch up. Nothing is going to make you happier than good relationships with family and friends. This is a sort of universal truth, and still we often forget about it completely. The good news is that you can easily right this wrong, especially when it is not too late already.
4) Travel more. Happiness increases with travel, according to new research. There should be places on the planet that you have always dreamed of going to, so why don’t you put those plans into motion and actually do something about it? Even if you think that you cannot afford traveling right now, you will be proven wrong by low-cost plane tickets and cheap accommodation options that are now easy to be found thanks to tons of websites and apps. Your dream is a few clicks away – it would be a shame to miss it.
5) Read more books. Surely, you might think that you do not have the time for such a luxury, but truth is that you simply lack the persistency. Don’t set the bar too high. If you have read 20 books this past year, set yourself a goal of 25 for the current one. Thus you will not get distracted or discouraged half-way trough. Remember that reading fiction enables you to live a richer, more satisfying life.