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Every year, I used to make a New Years resolution, as many of us do at midnight on December 31st. Each year, it would be to lose weight, go to the gym more, eat more consciously, although one year it was to finish my university course.
Every February, I used to break that New Years resolution. Without fail usually. Except for my uni course, that one I did finish.
Each year, around February. I used to feel guilty, bad and negative. Could this be directly linked to my stupid new year’s resolution I started to ponder one year?
Of course, it was! For the past 4 weeks, I had been calorie counting, gyming it two (and sometimes three) times a week, all to have it stop oh so suddenly. Why did it stop? your guess is as good as mine… Motivation? willpower? Payday and the lure of an epic night out?….your right, at the time it was probably the last one (pre-babies of course!).
Why Should Mums be careful with setting a New Years Resolution?
Since becoming a mum, I only set a New Years resolution once! and as you probably guessed, I didn’t stick to it. why? because my time was (and still is) precious.
My babies will never be this age again, so why would I want to put my concentration somewhere else? Without my full concentration, all the motivation I had in the world and the amount of willpower that could power a nuclear power station, I knew I 100% wouldn’t be able to stick to my the new year’s resolution I had set.
Having children, means your head is filled with other things such as, What boob did I last nurse on? Has he done a poo today? When did I last brush my hair? Was that appointment today?
You get the picture, and I am sure you’ve been in that boat at least once. This is why setting a resolution for the new year, that is somewhat open-ended and vague, is time-consuming, brain consuming and almost doomed to fail. If you have managed it before, I bow down to you!
While your babies are still small, you also do not want to be missing out on any of those precious milestones. For example, the other day I was typing away when I heard my toddler count to four on his own! I was so gutted that I hadn’t been there playing with the building bricks when he did that. So I quickly shut the laptop to rush over and give him the praise that I should have been there initially to give. I was so proud! Since then he seems to of fallen out with two, as now he counts 1,3,4…Oh well, still a proud mumma!
Why mums don't need new years resolutions. #newyearsresolution #newyear Click To TweetJust 8% of people achieve their new year’s resolution.
According to Forbes, only 8% of people achieve their New Years resolution [Source]. That’s approximately 616000000, or 616 million of the world’s population. That’s not a lot really. I don’t really blame the other 92% for not achieving them, life is busy. We have work, families, social lives and hobbies. With most of us only having two days a week that we don’t have compulsory obligations (such as work). I honestly don’t know how people find time for a crazy new years resolution as well!
Still, want to make that new years resolution?
Make a resolution for happiness, to get out to the park for a walk with your little ones more. If you’re insistent on losing that extra weight from too many mince pies, think of a way you can include your babies as well.
Personally, I am not making a ‘resolution’ as such. I just want to continue to improve the life and wellbeing of my family. Whether that is through reducing the amount of plastic my household seems to acquire, shopping organic or making sure I spend quality not tech time with my children.
Related: Adapting My Eco Goals | December Goals.
This is and has been an ongoing journey for a couple of months now. Just because it is nearly a new year I don’t see the point of promising to complete a goal as I know I won’t be in that 8%, instead I want to continue what I started pre Christmas.
Is there a project you started already? Maybe a goal? Then continue to crack it! Don’t feel pressured into taking on something new. We have enough to do already mamas!
I would LOVE to hear your stance on setting a New Years resolution. Do you set one? Or do you feel like your setting yourself up for defeat?
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