In Australia it’s New Year’s Day.
A time when a lot of people make New Year’s Day resolutions.

You don’t need to!
Most New Year’s Day resolutions fall by the wayside within weeks.

I’ve discovered you can change your life any day of the year.
It doesn’t have to be the day that starts a new year –
It can be any day.

You just have to set the intention.

In November of last year, 2024, I set myself a November Challenge.
That’s what I called it.
My November challenge consisted of:

– a walk of 45mins or more each day, every day of the month.
– No added salt to my food.
– No processed sugar, in particular chocolate.

I would do this just for a month, that’s all – and after the month I could go back to my salty/chocolatey/lazy ways again, if I wished to.

Just a month.

I stuck to the challenge and got through November.

In December I found that I had no desire to go back to my salty/chocolatey/lazy ways, so I modified it a bit –
– 45 mins walk or indoor bike 6 days a week.
– processed sugar was okay if it was in a home made dish made with love.

The interesting thing is, with that November challenge I broke two entrenched habits and established a new one.

I broke the habit of pouring salt onto anything I ate, regardless of whether the food needed salt or not. And I haven’t had any chocolate since the start of the challenge. And I’ve kept the pledge to myself of doing a minimum of 45mins walk/indoor bike 6 days a week.

I think the trick to it was to set myself a finite goal – one month. And I told myself I could revert to my old ways after a month. But I discovered I didn’t want to. Then I modified my lifestyle choices according to the long term sustainability of it all.

Anyway, I just thought I’d put that out there.
You can change your life any day of the year!

Wishing you all everything good and wonderful and joyful this year –