All Good Intentions

Is it possible to set a new year resolution that won’t leave us feeling embarrassed, ashamed and like a total failure by the end of the year?

AND WHY IS SETTING NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS SUCH A BIG DEAL ANYWAY?

Because it’s a New Year new you right!? it's a chance to start with a clean slate and while we admit that we’re the first to brush off the dreaded “any New Year resolutions?” question with an eye roll and a flippant reply, we dig deeper into our secret hope that this year will be the year of big change, when we will triumph in our attainment of perfection even when others buckle and fail.

WHERE IS THAT PRESSURE COMING FROM?

Consumer culture literally benefits from our insecurities. Society is basically built on the assumption that we’re not good enough. This unconscious but deliberate messaging builds pressure from the outside that makes us feel an inner pressure to look for ways to change ourselves.

CAN WE SUGGEST SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

We decide it’s important not to waste all that positive energy that’s floating around from Christmas and symbolically New Year has always been an important time which shouldn't be overlooked. But we agree we should be a bit more Good Fail in our approach. Here we reference an idea we got from counsellor, coach and trauma therapist Kelsey Mech on her Instagram @kelseymech.

WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE FROM ALL THIS?

We recommend using Kelsey’s refreshing twist on setting resolutions as your new way of looking ahead into the New Year with clarity and kindness.

WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND?

Each week we finish by recommending something we think is brilliant that is doing the good fail. Today we bring you:

JUST DO IT!

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