{"id":1143,"date":"2017-01-10T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2017-01-10T11:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:46:02","slug":"a-new-year-a-new-you-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/2017\/01\/10\/a-new-year-a-new-you-right\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year = A New You\u2026 Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1144\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/files\/2017\/01\/Slide1.jpg\" alt=\"slide1\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/files\/2017\/01\/Slide1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/files\/2017\/01\/Slide1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/files\/2017\/01\/Slide1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>I am all about setting goals and reaching them, but I never understood why we as individuals have to wait tell the first of the year to make a goal, and how long does this goal go on for?\u00a0 Until we forget about it, until we see results, a few weeks after, who knows.\u00a0 In my opinion to many New Year resolutions end in failure, and I hate failure.<\/p>\n<p>Make it a full out successful year by tackling one new habit a month for an entire year.\u00a0 By the end of the year you\u2019ll have twelve new habits that will benefit your years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, I won\u2019t leave you hanging trying to come up with new ideas each month trying to make habits out of.\u00a0 Below is a list of new habits I came up with to use in my own personal 2017.<\/p>\n<p>January: Lets save some money.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancel all subscriptions you aren\u2019t using regularly. (Soptify, Nextflix, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Call your cable company and ask for a lower price or if they have a college discount.<\/li>\n<li>Pack a healthy lunch instead of buying one.<\/li>\n<li>Make your coffee at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>February: Practice mindfulness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disconnect from technology for the day.<\/li>\n<li>Smile more.<\/li>\n<li>Be positive.\u00a0 Tell yourself something you love about you every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>March: Organize your life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade from paper. Digitalize your paper so less clutter is around you.<\/li>\n<li>Dispose expired items. This goes further than just food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>April: Anti-stress pickup.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try out mediation. Check out Warhawk fitness yoga classes!<\/li>\n<li>Adult coloring books.<\/li>\n<li>Anything to set your mind free (working-out, writing, reading, cooking, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>May: Indulge in fruit and veggies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drink your veggies. Increase your intake by adding veggies to a smoothie or creating your own juice.<\/li>\n<li>Keep healthy snacks on hand.<\/li>\n<li>Try \u201cmeatless Monday\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>June: Experience over things.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get involved in groups. On campus there are mor4e then 100 to join.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy more live music.<\/li>\n<li>Plan a vacation. Even if it\u2019s just for the weekend or a couple miles away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>August: Switch up your workout.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try out new fitness classes on campus.<\/li>\n<li>Hit up the machines you\u2019ve always been too nervous to uses.<\/li>\n<li>Ask a friend to join your workout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>September: Learn a new skill.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look up cooking tutorials, or any tutorial in that matter.<\/li>\n<li>Learn a new language.<\/li>\n<li>Join one of those 100 clubs on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>October: Protect yourself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthen online passwords. Use a tool like LastPass to protect and keep all your passwords.<\/li>\n<li>Keep vacations off social media until you return. The world doesn\u2019t need to know that no one will be in your house for a week, it\u2019s just screaming: \u201cplease come rob me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Take up a self-defense class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>November: Decrease portion size.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use smaller plates. Don\u2019t let your eyes control how much food is going on your plate.<\/li>\n<li>Divide your plate up so you\u2019re consuming the right amount of each food.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t starve yourself or skip meals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>December: Practice generosity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make a commitment to volunteering.<\/li>\n<li>Join an organization that focus on giving back.<\/li>\n<li>Work on being generous to yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you learn. I hope you laugh. I hope you never stop. And remember being fit is always in style.<\/p>\n<p>-Karlee Fowler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am all about setting goals and reaching them, but I never understood why we as individuals have to wait tell the first of the year to make a goal, and how long does this goal go on for?\u00a0 Until we forget about it, until&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/2017\/01\/10\/a-new-year-a-new-you-right\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}