Waking up New Year's Day didn't feel any different. There's the feeling of having to do all these new things and cut certain things out of my life, but for the most part, it's just another day. The new year is great for restarting and recharging, but the funny thing is that everyday could be a "new year day" because everyday is a new day full of all new things. Every morning when you wake up it is a new day. We mess up our new year's resolution and think that we have to wait until the new year to stop something or start something again when in reality, you can get up everyday feeling like it is a new year.
If you want to cut something out of your life like say soda or coffee, just cut it out. If you mess up and drink some because you're dying for a Venti drink at Starbuck's, then just admit that you messed up and cut it out again. Don't make it an endless cycle of cutting it out then "messing up" and cutting it out again though. Genuinely take something out of your life and try hard to not have any soda or coffee or whatever it might be.
The same goes for starting something. For me, I was to start exercising again. Yes, that is the majority of people's resolution, but it is a good one. Exercise is good for you. Getting fresh air and walking is good for you. Good things tend to be hard for us to do, but if you make that goal then complete it.
In this time we live in we tend to set goals, but never complete them because we become lazy or busy. The hustle and bustle of life gets to us and we think we can't go it anymore, but if you set a time each day to do something, I guarantee it will be a whole lot easier then not setting a reminder to do it. Even just setting a reminder on your phone to say, "Read a Chapter" or "Drink Water" and actually doing it when it pops up and not ignoring it will make you feel much more satisfied then if you didn't do it.
Let this year be a time to set goals and complete them. Set a reminder and don't ignore it. Say you're going to do something and do it.
