59 New Year’s Resolutions you can actually keep
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Welcome to my very first podcast in 2022 59 new year's resolutions,
Speaker:you can actually keep I hope.
Speaker:you all had a great, healthful and productive start of the new year.
Speaker:As always, you can check out my living well community page on
Speaker:Facebook to look for ideas and tips on how to live a healthy,
Speaker:rewarding, and above all happy life.
Speaker:If you're a new listener, don't forget to subscribe to this podcast.
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Speaker:You can also join my blog that precedes each podcast by clicking on
Speaker:the link in my show notes, today's podcast follows up on my blogs.
Speaker:How to help you reaching and making your new year's resolutions.
Speaker:But before I go on, I want to give you my first Google Buster question
Speaker:of the year 50,000 Americans are focused on this new year's resolution.
Speaker:What is it as always?
Speaker:I will give you my answer at the end of the podcast, or you will find it on
Speaker:my Facebook group page the living well community, the new year just started.
Speaker:And with the new year, many people already made lots of good resolution.
Speaker:But by mid January, the lull sets in need a little inspiration for your
Speaker:new year's resolutions to stick.
Speaker:I have 59 more suggestions with lots of tips for you since I
Speaker:haven't podcasts for a while.
Speaker:And yes, I'm a week later than promised.
Speaker:This podcast takes a little longer than usual, but I guarantee you,
Speaker:it will be worth your while.
Speaker:Since it will be difficult to remember all my good resolutions.
Speaker:I will post a file with all 59 resolutions.
Speaker:Leave me your email at, beyond your scale.com.
Speaker:And I will send you the link.
Speaker:I have divided the new year's resolutions into five different areas of life,
Speaker:which area of life are you particularly interested in?
Speaker:Health and well-being family and friends, finance, and money.
Speaker:Do good personal goals, listen to them all.
Speaker:And I'm sure you will find quite a few that will stick health and wellbeing.
Speaker:You're not satisfied with your body.
Speaker:Could you be fitter or you have a health device.
Speaker:The following health resolutions for the new year will help you exercise more.
Speaker:That is the classic par excellence and that is why I'm starting with us
Speaker:a very commendable resolution, but doing more exercise is very vague.
Speaker:Therefore, you should formulate this resolution in more detail.
Speaker:How often does more exercises mean?
Speaker:Write down a specific goal.
Speaker:Like I exercise three times a week, check out my blog.
Speaker:Don't stop now with three power tips to help you implement your new year's
Speaker:resolutions and four bonus tips on how to get started with exercise.
Speaker:Quitting smoking is another classic on the new year's resolution list.
Speaker:Smoking not only burns money, but also valuable lifetime due to the health
Speaker:effects there are lots of guides and apps to help you, how to quit smoking.
Speaker:It is very important to find your personal, why that motivates you.
Speaker:Even if you have low motivation, does the money you save motivate
Speaker:you many apps, calculate the amount and visualize it for you, or maybe
Speaker:you do it because of your children.
Speaker:Find your personal pain point.
Speaker:So that from January 1st, you will never touch a cigarette again.
Speaker:Check out your app store for great apps, like quit now or a smoke-free that you
Speaker:can really do the whole thing with.
Speaker:Try it, give it your best, lose weight.
Speaker:Another classic.
Speaker:Do you have a few pounds too much after the Christmas season?
Speaker:Or should you generally pay attention to your weight?
Speaker:Then this good intention is just right for you, but take it easy.
Speaker:Avoid all crash diets.
Speaker:If you want to see a long-term effect, you have two parameters
Speaker:that you can turn to physical activity and nutrition to succeed.
Speaker:You have to turn on both and do more exercise as well.
Speaker:Pay attention to your diet.
Speaker:If you want to celebrate long-term success than by no means, forbid yourself from
Speaker:eating, but observe the simple basics, such as a little sugar or sweets,
Speaker:avoiding sugary drinks, eating consciously and taking enough time for each bite.
Speaker:Losing weight will certainly not happen overnight, but if you pay
Speaker:attention to these things, you will achieve lasting success.
Speaker:Build muscle.
Speaker:Feeling small and want to build some muscle perfect to start at the beginning
Speaker:of the year, or as a matter of fact, anytime of the year off to the nearest
Speaker:gym and off you go, however, as with the first good resolution, do more
Speaker:exercise, make a plan of what you actually want to do so that you don't
Speaker:become a dead weight in your gym.
Speaker:Write down how often you want to go to the gym.
Speaker:And enter the dates in your calendar.
Speaker:If you've never been there before, then invest a little money in a personal
Speaker:trainer first who will show you how to do the exercises correctly and who will
Speaker:put together a training plan for you.
Speaker:If you would like more tips on how to be guaranteed to go through
Speaker:with the training and not lose your mojo, then you can finally
Speaker:implement the new year's resolutions
Speaker:don't forget to check out my blog.
Speaker:Don't stop now with my four bonus tips.
Speaker:So you are guaranteed to stay tuned to the training less alcohol.
Speaker:Another resolution that will have a very positive effect
Speaker:on your body and your health.
Speaker:Try to formulate clear rules that you can live with.
Speaker:For example, a rule could be no alcohol during the week on the one hand, try to
Speaker:give yourself plenty of rest days when you completely abstained from alcohol.
Speaker:And on the other hand, avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
Speaker:Go out in the fresh air more often.
Speaker:Do you also feel like you spent most of your day indoors, be it at work or in our
Speaker:free time, we're going outside less and less set yourself a fixed workload again.
Speaker:And how many days you want to consciously go outside in the fresh
Speaker:air a little sunbathing can work wonders more activity in everyday life.
Speaker:Smart people integrate more activity into their everyday life.
Speaker:This takes a little time, but it has a big effect on you and your body.
Speaker:You can find out how to integrate more movement into your daily life.
Speaker:By listening to my podcast, number 46 diet versus exercise and my very first
Speaker:podcast, cutting calories exercise.
Speaker:Still not losing weight floss more often a good resolution
Speaker:for dental health is to floss.
Speaker:More often, many people clean their teeth beautifully, but the
Speaker:spaces between the teeth are often forgotten or one is too lazy for it.
Speaker:Approach the matter with the minimal principle and ask yourself
Speaker:how often can I minimally floss?
Speaker:If your answer is three, then from now on floss, your teeth at least three
Speaker:times a week, your minimum goal should not stress you, but should be the value
Speaker:that you can easily achieve every week.
Speaker:And even if it's one time flossing, every Sunday evening is still
Speaker:better than never flossing at all.
Speaker:Fewer sweets
Speaker:there was no shortage of something during the Christmas season
Speaker:or any other time of the year.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Sweets.
Speaker:How about reducing your sweets?
Speaker:Consumption's a little, again, not only your waistline will be happy about
Speaker:this, but also your bathrooms scale.
Speaker:Eat healthier.
Speaker:This resolution is suitable for anyone who wants to eat more fruit and vegetables
Speaker:instead of schnitzel and burgers, it's best to prepare a few healthy
Speaker:recipes right away so that you don't fall into the unhealthy eating trap.
Speaker:When you're shopping, eating healthy can be delicious and fun.
Speaker:All you need is the right recipes.
Speaker:Check out beyond your scale.com for recipes that are easy to
Speaker:make for the whole family.
Speaker:And everyone will enjoy drinking more water.
Speaker:There are two things to consider first.
Speaker:How much do you drink and second what you drink for people who are struggling
Speaker:to get to the recommended daily amount, they can take a water bottle and
Speaker:keep it near them at home or at work.
Speaker:The best thing to do is to use a cup because of the smaller drinking
Speaker:portions, make it more pleasant for you this way, you can also check how
Speaker:much you already drank during the day.
Speaker:They're even apps that can help you to keep track of how many you have.
Speaker:The second new year's resolution, which can be on the stood as
Speaker:drinking more water is to rely more on water or unsweetened tea.
Speaker:If you omit sodas and energy drinks in everyday life, you can
Speaker:save a lot of calories this way.
Speaker:You will lose weight without having to do a lot of work for it.
Speaker:Getting up at the first sound of your alarm.
Speaker:The snooze button is indispensable for many people in the.
Speaker:As pleasant as it may seem to you, it is bad for you.
Speaker:If you get up on the first ring, you'll feel better throughout the
Speaker:day, integrating it into everyday.
Speaker:Life will take some effort at first, but if you manage to do it for 30 days, you
Speaker:won't have any problems with it anymore.
Speaker:You can find insider tips on how you really managed to get up without
Speaker:the snooze button in my upcoming course, rock your morning to success
Speaker:for a successful start of the day.
Speaker:Sign up for my blog and you'll be notified when it becomes available.
Speaker:Get more sleep,
Speaker:sleeping more can also be a good resolution for the new year.
Speaker:Do you often regret not going to bed earlier when you get up in the morning?
Speaker:If so set yourself a fixed bedtime for the new year, by which you
Speaker:will be in bed at the latest.
Speaker:If you have to let your cell phone alarm clock remind you of this,
Speaker:it is a well-known fact that sleep before midnight is the healthiest
Speaker:get checkups regularly.
Speaker:This tip especially important for men.
Speaker:As a man you have a natural doctors, laziness in you.
Speaker:Nevertheless, preventive medical checkups are extremely important.
Speaker:If you can identify a type of cancer in its early stages, the chances
Speaker:of recovery increase rapidly.
Speaker:So get a thorough checkup at least once a year, pick up the phone
Speaker:right away and make an appointment.
Speaker:Get things done immediately.
Speaker:The last good resolution idea is balm for your wellbeing and your nerves.
Speaker:Everyone knows the little things in life that you like to put
Speaker:off, making a transfer, making an appointment, making a quick phone call.
Speaker:These little things are done quickly, but if they aren't done, they create
Speaker:unnecessary stress and you can no longer focus on the important things.
Speaker:So for the new year, you could make a resolution to do anything that takes
Speaker:less than two minutes to do right away.
Speaker:Guaranteed.
Speaker:You save yourself a lot of nerves and even time you can thank me later.
Speaker:Now, let's talk about the second category, family and friends.
Speaker:Would you like to improve your relationship with your family and friends
Speaker:or spend more time with them again?
Speaker:With these good family resolutions you're guaranteed to succeed.
Speaker:Spending more time with the family in the family category.
Speaker:Spending more time with the family is of course at the top
Speaker:of the list of good intentions.
Speaker:However, like do more exercise.
Speaker:This resolution is very vague and can mean many things define
Speaker:together with your family.
Speaker:What you mean by that?
Speaker:For example, one family day per week that you devote entirely to
Speaker:your family would be conceivable.
Speaker:Have dinner together with a family more often.
Speaker:This resolution also falls into the more family time category.
Speaker:It's a nice ritual, and you can talk about what happened during the day.
Speaker:It strengthens the family bond, and even the food tastes much better together here.
Speaker:You can also proceed with a minimum principle, which I had mentioned
Speaker:in the resolution use dental floss.
Speaker:more often Think about how many days you can always make it, no matter what, the
Speaker:circumstances that you can have dinner with your family, take the number three,
Speaker:for example, then you would eat with your family at least three times a week.
Speaker:Of course, it doesn't always depend on you alone.
Speaker:This decision can therefore be a joint decision on how
Speaker:often you can get eat together.
Speaker:At least during the week,
Speaker:do something with friends more often.
Speaker:You're very busy in your job.
Speaker:And of course the family must not be neglected either.
Speaker:However, you should not forget your longstanding friendships.
Speaker:Try to define concrete goals here.
Speaker:How often you want to do something with your friends per week or per month.
Speaker:There are many joint activities from a game night to eating out, going to the
Speaker:movies or taking a vacation together.
Speaker:I'm sure you'll find plenty of fun things to do together.
Speaker:Visit your grandparents or parents more often your parents or your grandparents
Speaker:will be happy if they see you more often with this resolution, you always keep in
Speaker:touch with them because in our stressful everyday life, we often neglect to visit
Speaker:our parents or grandparents more often.
Speaker:Being more patient and understanding with your children, not looking for a moment
Speaker:and the glass is broken or you have an unnecessary argument with your children.
Speaker:Sometimes it's a good idea to take a look at yourself and see if you are
Speaker:mirroring your own bad moods on your kids.
Speaker:They certainly don't deserve that understanding and patience
Speaker:help them more than a lecture.
Speaker:Spend more time with your spouse or partner.
Speaker:When you have children, your relationship with your spouse or partner often falls
Speaker:short, never let it fall asleep and try to spend time together more often, whether
Speaker:it's a run together or a short vacation without children, a good resolution could
Speaker:therefore be to establish a spouse or partner day during the week or a month
Speaker:where you only spend time together.
Speaker:Even if it's only for a few hours
Speaker:showing understanding for one another in the family, one should always show
Speaker:understanding for one another, try to walk in the other person's shoe
Speaker:and put yourself in their situation.
Speaker:This will help you better understand why a person acts the way they
Speaker:do in a certain situation.
Speaker:Great for good family structure, whether in a small or large family circle,
Speaker:less time on the smartphone, it wouldn't have needed this new
Speaker:year's resolution a few years ago.
Speaker:The smartphone is both a curse and a blessing in general.
Speaker:We can say that we spend too much time on our cell phones as a good resolution.
Speaker:You can set yourself a fixed smartphone time for the day.
Speaker:For example, 20 minutes on Facebook in the evening, you can then use the
Speaker:time gain to meet your offline friends.
Speaker:You will benefit from this much more than from hours of chatting, commenting,
Speaker:and sharing as an option, you can also make a whole day smartphone free.
Speaker:And now let's talk about finance and money.
Speaker:Are you not satisfied with your finances or could they be improved
Speaker:then these financial resolutions for the new year, we'll have.
Speaker:Save more.
Speaker:This resolution is also a classic among new year's resolutions.
Speaker:Saving more is always good, but often you fail because of your own behavior,
Speaker:a quick bargain or a great special offer for a dress when you have nothing left to
Speaker:save at the end of the month as with the other resolutions and other areas of life,
Speaker:set yourself more concrete goals here.
Speaker:Define the percentage for yourself that you want to save from now on.
Speaker:A good value is 10%.
Speaker:For example, you put 10% of your earnings as a fixed amount away
Speaker:at the beginning of each month, consistently, preferably by automatic
Speaker:transfer into your savings account.
Speaker:The magic is if you put the advantage away at the beginning of the
Speaker:month, you don't even notice it.
Speaker:You can then give the access code to the savings account, to a trusted person.
Speaker:So you can not withdraw anything from it during the month once it's been deposited,
Speaker:get an overview, keep track of your household finances with
Speaker:household bookkeeping, you can get an overview of your finances.
Speaker:A very good financial resolution is to keep a household finance
Speaker:book, at least for a few months.
Speaker:This gives you an overview of where all your money goes, which
Speaker:is often a big mystery anyway.
Speaker:If you find yourself eating out too often, for example, you
Speaker:can stop or go out less often.
Speaker:You can document all income and expenses either by hand with a
Speaker:self-made Excel sheet or with an app.
Speaker:There are really good ones out there like mint by Intuit available
Speaker:as an Android and apple app.
Speaker:This overview can then show you quite a few things like what you still need
Speaker:to optimize or where you already are.
Speaker:Well positioned.
Speaker:Cut expenses.
Speaker:This resolution goes hand in hand with the previous one, in order to be able to
Speaker:reduce your expenses, you must first know what you're actually spending money on.
Speaker:Once you have this overview, you can optimize your expenditure.
Speaker:For example, is your smartphone contract overpriced, and maybe you
Speaker:don't need many free gigabytes.
Speaker:Or do you have other fixed costs that you can avoid completely or improve on?
Speaker:There's also a lot of room for savings for variable expenses, a coffee to go at the
Speaker:seven eleven or Starbucks every day in the morning costs you $3 a day, $15 a week,
Speaker:and around $65 a month and thus $780 a year money that you can easily put aside.
Speaker:Making your own coffee
Speaker:working toward the next raise.
Speaker:There's a saying the wise man cuts his expenses while increasing his
Speaker:income with a new year's resolution.
Speaker:I just mentioned we've already tweaked the expenses quite a bit, but
Speaker:the higher income is still missing
Speaker:as an employee, you can set a goal for the new year that you want to get a raise.
Speaker:Think about how you can bring even more added value to your
Speaker:boss and how you can become more valuable to the company document.
Speaker:Everything that you do.
Speaker:This is a very good starting point for a review or a salary raise interview.
Speaker:Build financial protection.
Speaker:If you lost your job, wouldn't you like to know how to cope with all the expenses?
Speaker:Then this could be the right resolution for you in the new year.
Speaker:Financial protection helps you to sleep peacefully at night.
Speaker:Save three monthly salaries as an employee, minimum six
Speaker:as a self-employed person.
Speaker:And put this amount in a separate savings book.
Speaker:This buffer avoids a lot of stress and anxiety for you and gives you enough
Speaker:time to sort and reorganize your life.
Speaker:Sometimes it can happen very quickly that you lose your job and you don't
Speaker:even have to be to blame for this.
Speaker:For example, due to your employer's insolvency or unexpected pandemic.
Speaker:Always keep your account in the black many people like to
Speaker:live off tomorrow's expenses.
Speaker:Another financial, new year's resolution could therefore be to only
Speaker:spend money that you actually have.
Speaker:So this year, your account will only be in the black, going below.
Speaker:Zero is an absolute no.
Speaker:What tips could help you when making purchases such as new shoes or other
Speaker:consumer goods, you always give yourself at least a couple of days or even a week.
Speaker:If it's a big purchase to think it over, avoid impulse buying.
Speaker:If you still want something specific after that time, then you can buy it.
Speaker:Provided you can afford it.
Speaker:I often use the list feature on Amazon instead of buying something right away.
Speaker:I just list it on my shopping list.
Speaker:This is how you avoid spontaneous impulse purchases.
Speaker:Another trick is to put a note in your wallet with a phrase Do I need
Speaker:this, or do I want this, this tip might also keep you from making
Speaker:one or the other impulse purchase.
Speaker:No consumer credit consumer credit can be very dangerous.
Speaker:Many financial advisors have a clear opinion on this.
Speaker:Consumer loans are like drugs.
Speaker:It's fun at first, but eventually lethal.
Speaker:So, if you tend to pay for consumer goods, such as a new television or
Speaker:vacation in installments, your new year's resolution is to reduce all existing
Speaker:consumer loans and stop taking out more.
Speaker:Consumer credit can be as addicting as it is to drugs.
Speaker:There comes a point when it's no longer fun and hard to get away from it, work
Speaker:towards your goals and then reward yourself this way is the more sustainable.
Speaker:And healthier one,
Speaker:reduce debt.
Speaker:All previous financial new year's resolutions can help you to
Speaker:reduce your debt sustainably.
Speaker:If your resolution for the new year is to finally get rid of your
Speaker:debt and live a carefree life, then make sure you have a plan.
Speaker:As I mentioned before, use a budget, reduce your expenses, increase
Speaker:your income and treat consumer credit as an absolute taboo.
Speaker:Another tip that can help you is to build wealth at the same time.
Speaker:That sounds bizarre at first, because you only see a huge mountain of
Speaker:debt and wonder how can you build up a fortune because your money
Speaker:is not even enough to service your debt, follow this train of thought.
Speaker:Once you have reduced your debt, then you're in the black
Speaker:isn't a very attractive goal.
Speaker:If your debt is 20,000 and you're reducing a debt while building a
Speaker:reserve fund at the same time, then you might be at a plus of $20,000.
Speaker:A goal that is much more attractive.
Speaker:If you consistently rely on this system, you'll be very successful
Speaker:in getting rid of your debts because the magic is when you see your wealth
Speaker:grow, you will cut expenses with fun and you won't feel compelled to do so.
Speaker:And your earnings will increase too.
Speaker:If you don't believe this tip try it.
Speaker:It works 100% and has been proven hundreds of times in practice.
Speaker:You should also set up your own investment account to build up your wealth.
Speaker:Once you see the amount growing here, you'll start to
Speaker:really enjoy reducing debt.
Speaker:Do good, a new year's resolutions list for the environment, fellow
Speaker:humans and society as a whole.
Speaker:Do you have the feeling that you should help your fellow humans more often and
Speaker:do more for the community with these resolutions for the new year, you will
Speaker:help other people and society as a whole.
Speaker:It's cool that you want to help others.
Speaker:There can't be enough people like you.
Speaker:Plus a cool tip with the last resolution, how we can increase the number further
Speaker:donate more.
Speaker:Like before with financial resolutions, you got good resolution ideas on how to
Speaker:have more money available to you during the month with this money, you can now
Speaker:do very positive things for society.
Speaker:What does your heart desire do you want to support the local animal shelter?
Speaker:Or organizations that help people in need or those that help the environment.
Speaker:Everyone has a specific matter they care about.
Speaker:So your good resolution can be to support this organization or association
Speaker:regularly throughout the year plan an amount of money that you will donate to
Speaker:one or more organizations each month.
Speaker:You will definitely make someone happy with us.
Speaker:If you want your donation to be used 100% for the purpose you give it for, you
Speaker:can, of course also help directly with donations in kind, such as animal feed,
Speaker:donate more to charity.
Speaker:Instead of money, you can donate time to charity.
Speaker:Many organizations only function because of their many volunteers.
Speaker:Do you also want to be a part of it and do good with your time?
Speaker:Great examples of places where you can help would be the red cross food or
Speaker:grocery distribution center for the homeless, an animal shelter, or your local
Speaker:athletic club and the youth department.
Speaker:To make your resolution concrete again, think about how many
Speaker:hours per week or per month you would like to donate to charity.
Speaker:Then when you go to the place where you would like to help the people in charge
Speaker:can then find an ideal place for you.
Speaker:If there know how many hours you're willing to volunteer.
Speaker:Putting your expertise to good use this good resolution is a small
Speaker:extension of the previous one.
Speaker:For example, you're a web designer and would like to donate some of your time.
Speaker:Then you could make your professional expertise available
Speaker:to a charitable association.
Speaker:For example, if you have a local association that supports people
Speaker:in difficult situations, you could offer the association that you build
Speaker:a website for free so that you can publicize what the association does.
Speaker:If you have certain talents or skills that you can use to support charity,
Speaker:you should definitely use them that way.
Speaker:Smile more often.
Speaker:This good resolution sounds banal until you try it yourself, just
Speaker:smile more in your everyday life.
Speaker:You can make a person's day with a smile.
Speaker:It costs you absolutely nothing.
Speaker:But with this resolution, you will do yourself and those around you.
Speaker:A lot of good,
Speaker:the little things in life.
Speaker:Just like smiling.
Speaker:There are many little things in life where you can help someone else a lot and you
Speaker:invest no more than 20 seconds in them.
Speaker:For example, help someone carry their stroller onto the train,
Speaker:donate to a street musician, or just hold the door open for someone.
Speaker:We often encounter such situations.
Speaker:Every day.
Speaker:So your new year's resolution could be to consciously keep your
Speaker:eyes open for such situations.
Speaker:You do a lot of good with it.
Speaker:With little expenditure of time or effort
Speaker:Buy less plastic products.
Speaker:This new year's resolution helps the environment.
Speaker:The great Pacific garbage patch is around a half a million
Speaker:square miles, bigger than Texas.
Speaker:It will nearly triple by 2040.
Speaker:We clearly use too much plastic and instead of properly recycling it.
Speaker:It ends up on the streets or in the sea.
Speaker:According to the world economic forum, w E F packaging accounts for 40% of plastic,
Speaker:more than 90% of these end up in the garbage, after a short period of use.
Speaker:So very important new year's resolution could be to avoid
Speaker:this unnecessary pollution.
Speaker:In the supermarket either make sure to buy products with packaging that
Speaker:is as plastic free as possible.
Speaker:Or you can also go to your own packaging, free shops here, you can purchase
Speaker:food like cereal, pasta, and rice from bulk bins and fill a reusable bag or
Speaker:container you save money and unnecessary packaging, or just search Google
Speaker:for tips on how to use less plastic.
Speaker:Drive less, this new year's resolution is also good for the environment.
Speaker:The car is our dearest friend.
Speaker:It's convenient and you can get anywhere with it quickly.
Speaker:However, we often use it to travel distances that we could easily
Speaker:have covered on foot, by bicycle or by public transportation, this
Speaker:new year's resolution is good for both the body and the environment.
Speaker:How would it be in the new year to rely more on environmentally
Speaker:friendly means of transportation.
Speaker:Donating Blood.
Speaker:More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
Speaker:These blood donations come from people who have voluntarily donated their blood for
Speaker:the common good with this good resolution, you can save lives if someone has lost
Speaker:blood or needs a transfusion, for whatever reason, any of us can get into this
Speaker:situation where we are suddenly dependent on blood donations from other people.
Speaker:With this resolution, you help yourself and other people to ensure
Speaker:that there are always enough blood reserves and thus save lives,
Speaker:eat less meat.
Speaker:We in the Western world clearly live in an abundance.
Speaker:This is also noticeable in our meat consumption.
Speaker:Many people eat meat almost every day, and it often comes from factory farming.
Speaker:Eating too much.
Speaker:Meat is not good for the environment or for your body animals in the meat
Speaker:production process often have to suffer unnecessarily and there are three
Speaker:big environmental issues with the production of meat, feed, sourcing,
Speaker:manure processing, and climate change.
Speaker:Raising meat takes vast quantities of feed.
Speaker:This releases harmful substances like antibiotics, bacteria, pesticides, and
Speaker:heavy metals, not only in your body, but also into the surrounding environment.
Speaker:So how about making a new year's resolution to have one, two or more
Speaker:meatless days a week, a sensible resolution with which you can do good
Speaker:in many areas, including yourself.
Speaker:Buy fair trade and organic products with the previous resolution, less
Speaker:meat, you will already achieve a lot.
Speaker:If you now combine this resolution that when you buy meat, you only buy high
Speaker:quality meat from regional suppliers.
Speaker:Then you are a true model student in this area.
Speaker:There are big quality differences, not only in the meat, but
Speaker:also in the other products.
Speaker:With the new year's resolution buy fair trade and organic products, you will make
Speaker:another important contribution to society
Speaker:Buy more often directly from the farmer or at the farmers market.
Speaker:This new year's resolution goes hand-in-hand with the previous one.
Speaker:Be very careful about where your food comes from.
Speaker:Buy more often from farmers in your area, either directly from
Speaker:the farm or at the farmer's market.
Speaker:And this way you not only support local regional providers, but also
Speaker:do good for the environment and save on unnecessary delivery routes.
Speaker:Just think of the conveys of trucks that thunder over our motorways every day,
Speaker:throw away less food, the good intention that everyone should take to heart.
Speaker:In an F A O study by the United nations.
Speaker:The agency estimated that 1.3 billion tons of food, are thrown away worldwide.
Speaker:That is around a third of the food produced.
Speaker:2 billion people could be fed from the estimated food waste
Speaker:the world generates each year.
Speaker:And according to the USDA economic research service, roughly 30 to 40% of
Speaker:the food in the United States is wasted.
Speaker:That amounts to more than 20 pounds of food per person wasted each month.
Speaker:What are the reasons why so much food is thrown away?
Speaker:For now, let me only concentrate on the consumer us.
Speaker:On the one hand it's due to excessive caution with the best
Speaker:before date food can often be enjoyed for a long time after this.
Speaker:Of course, this must always be decided on a case by case basis
Speaker:based on appearance, smell and taste.
Speaker:On the other hand, there's also a lack of proper planning.
Speaker:Therefore you should buy and prepare smaller portions unless you're cooking
Speaker:ahead for two or three days, you can often freeze food, so you don't
Speaker:have to throw it out right away.
Speaker:Every food saved and not thrown away is worth a lot.
Speaker:Think before you have to throw food away,
Speaker:Giving time.
Speaker:There are many people who are lonely and would like someone to do
Speaker:something with them as a resolution.
Speaker:How about spending a day or afternoon with such a person say every two weeks
Speaker:or once a month, for example, you might spend time with an elderly person
Speaker:who has no relatives or an orphan who is missing significant others, no
Speaker:matter who you give this gift of time to, you will be more than rewarded
Speaker:with a smile and a good feeling,
Speaker:helping a friend with his new year's resolutions.
Speaker:Not only do you have many plans and a resolutions for the new year,
Speaker:but so do your friends, why don't you support each other in this.
Speaker:An English study of 3000 participants showed that 88% did not keep
Speaker:their new year's resolutions.
Speaker:That's a pretty big percentage.
Speaker:In addition to my three power tips, read my blog on how to make your
Speaker:new year's resolution sustainable.
Speaker:You can get a friend on board.
Speaker:You formulate your goals together, and then you check on each other.
Speaker:This is not only helps you, but you also automatically help a
Speaker:friend to achieve their goals.
Speaker:A very useful resolution to help a friend with their new year's resolutions, right?
Speaker:Encourage your fellow humans to do these good deeds as well.
Speaker:Do you sometimes have the feeling that you can achieve relatively
Speaker:little on your own then this new year's resolution is for you.
Speaker:The more people participate and pick out one of these resolutions, the more
Speaker:positive things are done for this world.
Speaker:If you forward the link from this post to five or ten friends and tell them to
Speaker:pick just one resolution from the Do Good category, you'll multiply your impact.
Speaker:Suddenly not only you are doing something but 10 other people too.
Speaker:So that's how you manage to get 10 times as many good deeds done through you.
Speaker:Then throughout the year, encourage your friends to stay
Speaker:tuned with this good resolution.
Speaker:It will do a lot of positive things for our society in the next year.
Speaker:Personal goals.
Speaker:Your new year's resolutions for you.
Speaker:Do you want to develop yourself personally and have big goals for the new year?
Speaker:Here are a few inspirational new year's resolutions that might work for you.
Speaker:Devote more time to your own hobbies.
Speaker:Do you have a hobby that has been neglected in recent years then your
Speaker:new year's resolution could be that you devote more time to this hobby again.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Formulate a specific number of hours that you definitely want to have
Speaker:per week or month for your hobby.
Speaker:With this resolution.
Speaker:You finally have time again for one of your favorite activities,
Speaker:Start studying.
Speaker:Have you been toying with the idea of starting a degree or
Speaker:improving a skill for a while?
Speaker:What do you think of a resolution to finally get down
Speaker:to business on this topic?
Speaker:Write down which points you still need to clarify for yourself.
Speaker:What would I like to learn?
Speaker:Does the course content meet my expectations?
Speaker:How much time do I need for the course?
Speaker:How do I finance it?
Speaker:Now you schedule exactly what you want to know by which specific date.
Speaker:For example, if you're interested in several courses or training courses,
Speaker:you can go to the information days, you marked on your schedule to get
Speaker:an idea of what suits you best.
Speaker:The goal of this resolution is to that.
Speaker:You finally start your studies and you might even decide no, this
Speaker:training doesn't suit me that well.
Speaker:Read more.
Speaker:Read more will help you in many areas.
Speaker:Do you have a specific topic that has always interested you or do you
Speaker:want to develop a skill in your job?
Speaker:Lifelong learning is the order of the day these days, those who
Speaker:stand still will soon be overtaken by others and you make yourself
Speaker:replaceable with your old knowledge.
Speaker:Everyone can find the time to read for half an hour a day.
Speaker:You can do a lot with this little investment of time.
Speaker:If you read one book a month, that's 12 in a year, and after 10
Speaker:years, you will have read 120 books.
Speaker:After reading that many books you'll realize how much more fun
Speaker:life can be and how book after book will get you further in life.
Speaker:Tip for people who drive a lot in the car.
Speaker:Audio books saves time and you use the time that cannot
Speaker:be used for anything else.
Speaker:Besides listening to the radio or phone calls.
Speaker:Learn something new.
Speaker:When was the last time you learned a new language sport or instrument?
Speaker:Has it been a while?
Speaker:How about resolving to finally learn something new this year?
Speaker:Which language have you been interested in for a long time?
Speaker:Or would you prefer a new musical instrument?
Speaker:There are many things you could start with.
Speaker:The only important thing is that you decide beforehand how many
Speaker:hours you want to invest in it.
Speaker:If you then consistently spend that number of hours on the new thing, whatever it
Speaker:is, you will have greatest success and have a lot of fun sticking with it.
Speaker:Watch less TV.
Speaker:Every minute you stare at the TV, you're ingesting mental garbage.
Speaker:There are many benefits to making a new year's resolution to watch less TV TV
Speaker:programming is riddled with negativity, quarrel, terror, traffic accidents.
Speaker:You absorb these negative things every day, often in the evening before
Speaker:going to bed watching television.
Speaker:So if you're watching less TV, you're exposed to less negative
Speaker:things, and this affects your mood.
Speaker:Many people watch TV to relax.
Speaker:You get relaxed when you read a book, but definitely not in front of the TV.
Speaker:Here you are constantly at the mercy of impressions that our brain has to process.
Speaker:Another big factor is the amount of time you spend in front of the TV.
Speaker:Is it an hour or two or more?
Speaker:If you sit in front of the television for two hours a day, that's 730 hours a year.
Speaker:This corresponds to over 30 full days.
Speaker:That means you spend a month of the year 24 hours around the clock,
Speaker:just in front of the television.
Speaker:These three reasons should be enough motivation for this new year's resolution.
Speaker:You've already been given enough opportunities to do what you can
Speaker:to do with the time you've gained,
Speaker:Participate in a run.
Speaker:When it comes to activity goals, one often has the challenge
Speaker:of how to stay motivated.
Speaker:You don't have that with this resolution.
Speaker:When you're looking for a run to complete one that is organized with
Speaker:a beginning and an end, you have a very specific goal to work toward.
Speaker:Your health will definitely be happy about this resolution and you will
Speaker:also feel fitter in everyday life
Speaker:Become self-employed.
Speaker:Everyone has dreams in their life.
Speaker:A dream that is often mentioned is to become, self-employed finally
Speaker:be your own boss work only for yourself and realize your ideas.
Speaker:What do you think of the resolution to finally turn this into reality?
Speaker:One should certainly not go into self employment with false
Speaker:expectations and false hope.
Speaker:It can be very hard, but at the same time, very fulfilling.
Speaker:How about you?
Speaker:Do you want to finally turn your dreams into reality?
Speaker:Travel more and explore the world.
Speaker:Have you always wanted to travel to a certain country or city?
Speaker:Than this year make a resolution that you really go there and explore the
Speaker:country or city of your travel dreams.
Speaker:Traveling is good for the soul and you get a new perspective on the world.
Speaker:This resolution will greatly enrich you and your personality.
Speaker:If you still don't have the necessary money to travel, you can take a
Speaker:look at the financial resolutions.
Speaker:You'll get lots of ideas on how to set up the financing.
Speaker:Be more grateful more often
Speaker:When you have a roof over your head and enough to eat, you're better off
Speaker:than most of the world's population.
Speaker:You live in one of the best situated parts of the world, but that's often forgotten.
Speaker:A very useful resolution can therefore be, to be more thankful more
Speaker:often for the wealth that one has.
Speaker:Pause for a moment in everyday life and just be thankful, you can also implement
Speaker:the resolution with a gratitude journal.
Speaker:Here you write down five things every morning for which you
Speaker:are particularly grateful.
Speaker:This resolution will ground you, and you will be able to enjoy life to the fullest.
Speaker:Need help?
Speaker:Download a gratitude app like bliss or delightful from your app store.
Speaker:Take more time for yourself.
Speaker:Do you have time for everyone and everything just never for yourself,
Speaker:then you should change that this year.
Speaker:Take time for yourself.
Speaker:Be it with regular relaxation exercises, with a massage or with
Speaker:a beauty treatment for the ladies.
Speaker:What do you think of consciously creating timeouts for yourself?
Speaker:Then you can do all the other things full of energy again.
Speaker:Don't take everything too seriously.
Speaker:This resolution saves you stress and is good for your blood pressure.
Speaker:In everyday life.
Speaker:You shouldn't always take everything so seriously, this creates
Speaker:unnecessary quarrels and problems.
Speaker:If you're the type who likes to run hot once in a while, then you
Speaker:will do yourself a lot of good with this new year's resolution.
Speaker:Clean house getting rid of unnecessary stuff.
Speaker:We have so many things at home that we never use that are
Speaker:just sitting in some corner.
Speaker:What do you think of the idea of cleaning out the whole apartment or house for once?
Speaker:This will free you from the inside and you will have more
Speaker:breathing room in your home.
Speaker:As with the other resolutions, make a plan, for example, take on a room every
Speaker:week until you've cleaned out everything from the living room to the kitchen,
Speaker:to the basement, you can give some of the things away and sell the other
Speaker:stuff with a garage sale or online.
Speaker:For example, with this new year's resolution, you not only
Speaker:create a lot of space and it will also do you a lot of good.
Speaker:Reward yourself more often, anyone can make this resolution , if
Speaker:they do to fully stick to another resolution, reward yourself.
Speaker:When you follow through with a resolution, this will help you keep going and you
Speaker:realize that sticking to your resolution is really worthwhile and a lot of fun.
Speaker:With this resolution, I'll also stop the list to conclude this podcast.
Speaker:It's already long enough, but certainly not short of all the many things you can
Speaker:do to set yourself up for the new year.
Speaker:And by the way, you don't have to wait until the end of the year to
Speaker:make your new year's resolutions.
Speaker:A new year can begin at any time, your birthday, the start of spring
Speaker:or any other time of the year.
Speaker:Remember today's the first day of the rest of your life.
Speaker:Make it count.
Speaker:So therefore now it's your turn.
Speaker:You have now received 59 impulses for new year's resolutions.
Speaker:What resolutions will you implement in the new year?
Speaker:Tell me on my Facebook group, the living wall community.
Speaker:Also share this podcast with your friends so you can tell them what
Speaker:resolutions you're going to make and learn what resolutions they have.
Speaker:If you want to see a written list of all the resolutions, check the link
Speaker:in the show notes to download a copy.
Speaker:Just leave me your email.
Speaker:Thank you!
Speaker:For now.
Speaker:I want to wish you again, a happy and most of all, healthy and successful 2022.
Speaker:I hope I can be part of your journey and help you succeed in all areas of life.
Speaker:And here is today's answer to my Google Buster question.
Speaker:50% of Americans are focused on this new year's resolution.
Speaker:What is it?
Speaker:According to a Statista study of 1,500 Americans, the top three resolutions
Speaker:for 2021 were exercising more, losing weight and saving more money.
Speaker:50% of respondents said they were focused on exercising more 48%
Speaker:said they wanted to lose weight.
Speaker:And 44% said they wanted to save more money.
Speaker:While at some might say that they do not need new year's Eve to finally turn their
Speaker:life around making resolutions on December 31 is a common well-liked tradition,
Speaker:especially in the Western world.
Speaker:They are usually meant to contain some kind of improvement or
Speaker:betterment of one's conduct or life choices, the Statista study said.
Speaker:So here you have it.
Speaker:Relisten to this podcast if you have to and continue your new year on
Speaker:the right foot by setting real goals and stick to it, picture yourself a
Speaker:year from now, you won't regret it.
Speaker:I also want to remind you to leave me your email.
Speaker:If you wish to receive a link to my written document with all my
Speaker:59 resolutions, if your feel still overwhelmed, keeping your resolutions.
Speaker:I want to remind everybody that I love to Skype or zoom with you for more ideas
Speaker:of how I can help you start the new year right and create a living well healthy and
Speaker:happy lifestyle for you and your family.
Speaker:Check out my great packages.
Speaker:And as always, our first get together is free.
Speaker:You can find the link to all my personalized coaching services
Speaker:in the show notes, take a look and let me know how I can help.
Speaker:And of course I'm continuing to work hard so you can join me for my upcoming digital
Speaker:course, 28 days to a healthier you.
Speaker:It's the perfect way to enjoy the journey, how to live a better,
Speaker:healthier, and happier life.
Speaker:Don't forget to check out my show notes and my website beyond
Speaker:your scale.com for tips, recipes, and so much more information.
Speaker:Take care for now.
Speaker:And thank you so much for staying tuned.
Speaker:I love having you and look forward to getting to know you better soon, have
