Starting every day with a glass of water Walking at least 10 minutes daily
Adding a vegetable to a meal Journaling daily for five minutes
Taking one meeting a day standing up Reading one chapter of a book daily
Long ago, I gave not one damn about making resolutions, but when I opened my work email and saw a suggested list where I’m already doing every single thing they suggest everyone to do, I felt weirdly proud of myself. Hey, it’s the start of year three of the pandemic, so every little celebration counts. At least I recognize that if any middle-aged person isn’t already doing the six suggestions above, then there’s far more pressing problems that some measly resolutions.
The only things that I resolve to do for this year are to continue doing what best serves me and to stop, or at least minimize the things that don’t. That mindset has served me very well over the years, which explains why those six suggestions aren’t new to me.