{New Year’s Resolutions} 🔖You’ll want to keep this one handy
Hi friend,
I know there’s a major American holiday to go before we hit January 1, but I’m taking a couple of weeks off, so I want you to have and hang onto this guide for when you need it.
I’ll next see you with a new Body Liberation Guide in mid-January.
Depending on your personality and life commitments, the turning of the year may be a time for deep peace and reflection or a wild whirl of parties and celebrations. But as New Year’s Day approaches, many of us are becoming more aware of the day’s ever-present accompaniment:
Resolutions.
New Year’s resolutions are by their very nature intended to improve us.
(After all, you don’t hear many people saying “My New Year’s resolution is to keep being my awesome self. Yup.”)
Resolutions can be used to uplift us, to challenge us, and to set and achieve goals. But unfortunately, they can also be used to beat ourselves and each other up, to fill us with shame, and — by unscrupulous people and companies — to manipulate us into buying more stuff to try to fill that achievement gap.
The classic New Year’s resolution is, of course, weight loss, in the form of gym memberships and new (or repeated) diets. But we know that intentional weight loss– whether you call it a diet, a lifestyle change, keto, clean eating, yoga for weight loss, Whole30, or anything else — doesn’t work in the long term.
So if weight loss doesn’t work in the long term, what are we supposed to replace it with?
From ditching diets to replacing unachievable goals, here’s your mini guide to a positive new year and to setting resolutions that are healthy both mentally and physically.
Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.
