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Self-Care Strategies for a Successful New Year

Time to change up resolutions.

Allie Slattery

Dec 12, 2024

Endicott College

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With each new year comes new goals.

Deciding on a goal can be hard, unsure of what to change for this new year. A new goal for myself is to be happier and take care of myself more. I am a very driven person; so driven that I commit to a million and ten things.

For a while I am killing it then all of sudden BAM! I crash and burn out. My goal is to avoid this for the coming year. Taking care of myself needs to become a priority. I cannot be used or fully get everything out of my education if I am not taking care of myself mentally.

Here are some ways I plan to take care of myself:

Keep a Journal

Pink book on a desk with a pen that says today I am Grateful Today I am Grateful Journal Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

Having a way to record everything going on is a major way I clear my head. For some reason when I am anxious and overwhelmed writing it down decreases my anxiety about the issue.

Go to the gym

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I know everyone says they are going to go to the gym for their new year's resolution and unfortunately a commitment like that is not always realistic. I hope including the gym in my overall goal of self-care will make it possible to achieve.

Listen to Music

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Music is a major relaxer to me clears my head and brings me back to what I really need to be focused on.

Be more patient

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I need to be more patient and think my decisions through. So goal of mine is to be more in the moment and not always be so ready to plan the future.

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Self-Care Strategies for a Successful New Year

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Keep a Journal

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Listen to Music

Be more patient

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1. You get excited when the parents purchase season passes to the pool.

2. You've become friends with the stay-at-home moms in town.

3. You get a chance to eat "kid foods" again.

4. You've traded in your cute purse for a large tote bag.

5. You have at least one car seat in your backseat.

6. Their nap time is your happy time.

7. Lunch time can be a disaster.

8. You have to play the same board games repeatedly.

9. You catch yourself using the same lines your parents once told you.

10. Your "mom-mode" kicks in at times.

11. Your heart melts a little when they do something cute.

Love hard, every day, and never be ashamed.

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2. Horses spook at anything and everything

3. Your horse deciding to show how disobedient it can be right in front of the judges

4. The look your horse gives you after making you fall

5. Trying to take a picture of your horse....

6. Giving your horse a bath only for them to roll in dirt right after

7. Ponies

8. Walking through a tack shop is like a kid in a toy store

9. When someone tells your horseback riding is not a sport

10. Having your horse as your best friend, and having it any other way

When you're struggling to keep afloat, keep going.

Panicking and pulling all-nighters will not allow you to get an A.

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