So, how’s those New Year’s resolutions going? Fraying a
little?
Don’t worry, we all tend to slip a little when it comes to the mammoth
New Year’s resolutions we like to dump upon ourselves.
Be healthy and exercise more
(even though it’s still winter
and I personally don’t feel like tucking into a fruit salad in - 5 degree
weather).
Start saving more money
(my boyfriend pledged to do this,
though an Xbox One and £300 TV later…)
Go dry this January without a drop of alcohol
(Seriously?
Just no. The only possible way to get through dry January would be, yup, through alcohol).
And we fail year after year, but it’s not our fault. It’s just in our nature. Once we start
denying ourselves with things that we see comfort in, (food, money, socialising)
it can place a strain on our already hectic schedules. Such physiological strain
and negativity will naturally make us just want to cry, roll up in a ball with
a massive ice cream and buy all the pointless crap possible on the internet.
So what health and lifestyle trend can possibly save
us this time from our yearly failures?
Detox.
Whether it’s for your body, skincare, food, chemical
intake or even clutter, it’s the craze term that I'm sure a lot of have
attempted or attempting to try.
So what about detoxing your resolutions?
Instead of taking
things away from your life, how
about, adding, rejuvenating and refreshing your goals? Just like a smoothie. (If only…)
For me, I am planning to ‘detox’ my day to my daily routine. Here
are 3 areas to detox, plus a few ideas you can follow too:
1. Detox your well-being.
Create your #100daysofhappy
By the end of December this year, there had been a lot of
ups and downs, and I realised that come January, things will just be getting
harder this year. Relationships, family, jobs and money were all things I had
to accept would be scarce this year. But I realised to appreciate the small
things every day that make a little bit of difference. So I have started that dreaded #100daysofhappy on
Instagram.
I know, I know. However, when I saw my dear friend Siobhan Heaney use the hashtag to show her
new life in Australia, I was inspired to give it a go. Not that standard Southampton can compare to Aussieland, but meh. Rather than 100days, I’m going to try every day to take a
picture of something that makes me happy. Then I can look back I remember all
the little good things- and not the big, bad things.
2. Detox your
environment
Use up all the products you own, to the very last drop.
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Girls- this one’s especially for
you.
I am an absolute make-up junkie. If I need an eye shadow
palette, I buy two, for good measure. If I need a mascara, I buy three different types to hold
the curl, length and volume. If I need a lipstick, I purchase 12. Literally 12; different
range of colour, texture and brand, you know- all depending on how I’m feeling
that day.
Over the Summer when I moved
flat, I made a pledge not to buy any more of a certain product until I used up a
similar product I had. This made everything so much easier and clutter free, plus
I realised just how many products I really had and how much money I could save.
And while you’re at
that, get ahead of your yearly ‘spring clear out’.
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I am what you call a
‘fiddly stuff junkie’; anything that’s small, cute and compact I seem to just buy. I’m not a messy nor a dirty person when it comes to my home, but I have so much
clutter I just don’t know where to put it all. It used to be that the more I
used to collect, the better I would feel.
Now, nothing makes me feel better than a big clear out- give
your unwanted items, products and clothes to friends, sell on Ebay, Depop or
even Facebook. And of course, support your local charity shop!
3. Detox your health
regime
Why join the gym when you could do something
exciting- for the same price?
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Admit it- you’ll hate the gym. And you will cancel your £20 a month gym
membership because you desperately need to buy a Domino’s
pizza meal deal this Tuesday.
Why don’t we make it the year of doing something exciting
but will keep us fit?
You get to try out something fun, work with others in your
class and keep fit.
A challenge, but more fun than a treadmill!
Being a sensible
drinker- that is, drinking better quality alcohol.
The cheap drinks on a student night out? Luke warm glasses
with 99p vodka and red bull? Being sick in the bathroom for the rest of the night
and having the worst come down ever the next day?
Pretty much my weekend in a nutshell.
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However, now that I have started to indulge in better
quality rums, whiskeys, gins and wines, my nights have been more enjoyable,
relaxed and sick/hangover free. I presumed that drinking higher percentage
drinks would cause me to pass out after an hour, however, the watered down,
cheap alcohol mixed with horrid, nasty sugar drinks may be the reason why I was
feeling so horrible.
I mean, I can’t guarantee any science behind it and sure it
may cost you a couple of quid more, but having a high quality drink, sourced
and made properly by a well-trained bartender makes a whole lot of difference
to your nights out.
If you really want to lose weight, wait till
the summer.
Fair enough you may have a holiday to prepare for, but this
is for life, not just for the bikini body on holiday, right?
January has been so much colder and miserable than December;
you can’t help but want to roll up into a ball and eat a warm, stodgy meal
after cycling from work in snow and gale force winds.
Over the Summer when I started my new job, I made a lot of
lifestyle changes that I have managed to stick to today- I got into the habit
of running, palettes at home on the computer and the warmth of the summer made
me eat plenty more salads, fruit and water. Now who wants to realistically do
that during the Winter? Wait until the warmer months, it will put you in a
better mood for exercise and lighter eating.
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So keep this year positive and misery free. Focus on the
good stuff and do what makes you feel happy, not just doing ‘what possibly could make you happy’.
