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New Year, New You? Nah, Let’s Get Real About Resolutions!
Six months into 2025, and let’s be real—how are those New Year’s resolutions treating you? We’re diving into the rollercoaster ride of ambition vs. reality, where the packed gyms of January have turned into ghost towns by summer. The truth is, we often see giving up on our goals as a personal failure, but maybe it’s just life giving us a nudge to be a little more flexible. Instead of aiming for perfection, we’re exploring the idea that our resolutions could be more about finding what actually works for us—like shifting from “I’ll hit the gym every day” to “I’ll move my body when I can.” Join us as we reflect on our resolutions and what they’ve revealed about the gap between who we are and who we want to be.
Takeaways:
- Six months into 2025, many of us struggle to keep our New Year's resolutions, right?
- Our fitness goals often fade from packed gyms to ghost towns by summer, like magic!
- Giving up on resolutions might not mean failure; it could just be learning something new.
- The Mental Health Foundation suggests we make our resolutions flexible, so they can bend with life.
- Instead of saying 'I will exercise every day,' how about 'I'll move my body when I can'?
- The key is to be honest with ourselves about what we can realistically achieve!
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Transcript
Six months this is commentary from J A Brown.
Speaker A: It's six months into: Speaker A:Six months since we all promised to save more money, to exercise more, to be happier.
Speaker A: the top three resolutions for: Speaker A:I drove past this morning.
Speaker A:Same story as always, packed in January, half full by March and back to regulars by summer.
Speaker A:We treat giving up on resolutions like personal failure, when maybe it's just information.
Speaker A:Maybe that goal to wake up at 5:30 every morning and go to the gym was less about health and more about trying to become someone who you're not really.
Speaker A:The Mental Health foundation says something smart about this.
Speaker A:They suggest making resolutions flexible.
Speaker A:Flexible enough to bend, what with life instead of breaking under it.
Speaker A:What if I will exercise every day became I'll move my body when I can.
Speaker A:The goal isn't to become perfect, it's to become honest about what you can actually achieve.
Speaker A:So how are your resolutions holding up six months in?
Speaker A:And what have they taught you about the difference between who you are and who you want to be?
Speaker A:Let me know in the comments and check out more@jamesabrown.net or on that note, I'm James A.
Speaker A:Brown and as always, be well.
