New Year’s resolutions? Have fun with them!

New Year’s resolutions? Yes? No? Personally, of course, I have some that I won’t keep either. Lose weight? Well… with all those Christmas cookies still lying around in the jars – they won’t taste any better if I let them sit there much longer. And you can’t throw them away. And neither can you give them away, because a) everyone wants to lose weight and b) most of my friends have already been given some before Christmas. Which brings us to one of the main reasons why New Year’s resolutions fail: Habits.

If you don’t plan realistically, if you take on too much and do that a time that has nothing to do with your goal (champagne at midnight is nothing compared to the scream of your scale), you have little chance of breaking your old habit. At least that’s what the scientists at the University of Scranton say. You also need a really strong motive. The 4 pounds of winter-Christmas fat will come off eventually in normal everyday life. Less social media? It’s part of job. Eat healthier? I do that anyway. But what would really do me good is to relax. No, not a vacation and hanging out on the beach. Something that can be incorporated into the normal madness. Something like:

Don’t mindlessly gulp down your second cappuccino at the computer. Instead, take 5 minutes away from the screen, drink it in peace, look out the window. Taste it. Enjoy. Nothing else. Okay, maybe think a little about aromas, but nothing more. It could work. Because I don’t have to change much. Because I planned it in December, the moment I realized how much I benefit from these 5 minutes and I even stuck a note on my computer (“Take a break!”). And because the espresso in this cappuccino is really worth drinking with a certain amount of devotion.

Let us know in the comments how you are getting on with your resolutions – if you have any.

P.S. By the way, so far (early February) the 5-minute cappuccino computer break is working.