Looking to take your life skills to a whole new level?
Here’s how you can take advantage of the new year by starting new, healthy habits!
Did you know that January is internationally known as Get Organized Month?
Really! There’s a whole month for that!
Getting organized lands pretty high among the top 7 most popular new year’s resolutions, year after year.
And for good reason – life gets pretty complicated when one slacks on organizing habits!
Organizing doesn’t just cover the physical space in your home or office either. It’s a skill that helps you manage your work schedule, your household schedule, grocery shopping, and so many other aspects in life!
There really is no better time to adopt new, healthy habits than New Year’s.
Because everyone is doing the same thing with their own resolutions and the support networks are strongest at this time!
Wanting a “fresh start” or “clean slate” are descriptions I hear frequently when talking with someone about their health goals for the new year.
Here are 4 habits to help you achieve just that:
💖 One way to minimize clutter is to simply put things back where they belong
Do you dump your day-clothes on the floor every night to put on your comfy sweatpants? Did you put your dirty dishes in the sink or in the dishwasher? Oh, the dishwasher had clean dishes? If you take 5 minutes to empty the dishwasher, then the dishes won’t pile up. Or if they do, make it a healthy habit to handwash the dishes and clean up the kitchen counters every night before you go to bed. This will not only change the feeling of your environment, but your mental wellbeing, too.
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💖 A new healthy habit I’m working my way up towards is drinking 16 glasses of water a day
I’ll admit I’m not consistently at 16 a day, but each day I am making slow improvements. I am always thinking, “how could I improve my health by just 1% today?” I have since learned that water intake is one of the biggest sources of consistent energy. It’s for this reason I like to set up triggers to assist my success like using large water bottles and an alarm that periodically goes off from my phone.
Below are a my must-haves for any kitchen geared towards meal prep! If I am helping a client convert to a healthier lifestyle, these staple products are the first I’m recommending. As superfluous as some may see them, we all know that if we don’t begin with the right equipment for something new, we don’t often start off with good footing.
Let’s get you set up for 2023 with the tools needed to succeed:
💖Another healthy habit I’m adopting is meal prepping every week
And because I want to cut my weekly prep time in half, I’m watching videos and learning new ways to batch healthy recipes and keep them in the freezer for the week. Simone Lovell, owner of Fuel for Fat Loss, has been teaching me so much this past year! Since being coached by her, my meal prep and eating habits have improved exponentially faster than I could have done on my own.
💖Since meal prepping is a big learning curve, the first thing I did was get my recipes organized in a physical binder
I then bought various sizes of canning jars and leak-proof lids. This was a health goal I made for this past year and there are many new skills I’ve been developing alongside it. You can see how this habit branches out to more being more involved than just drinking 16 glasses of water a day!
Each of these habits are in line with a bigger goal for this year and that is to increase my energy while simplifying my life.
One of the most important aspects of my day-to-day life is maintaining my energy. Without eating the right, healthy food at the right times throughout the day, I wouldn’t be able to work as I do.
What some may not realize is that on-site organizing is a lot of physical work.
My team and I are constantly lifting boxes during a new move-in, crawling on our hands and knees in a basement for hours, squatting in narrowly crowded pantries, climbing ladders, and so on.
It’s really not as glamorous as you may think!
Every profession, however, does have its hardships. I believe the pros faaaarr outweigh the cons! Just take a look at my “Why” video and you’ll see my passion comes from a deep place of service.
Truly everyone needs to maintain their energy and health through their daily habits in some way. So these tips are really universal!
I hope I’ll see you around more this year. Let’s stick together and create healthy habits for 2023 😊
With these ideas now fresh in mind, what are some new organizing habits that you want to start this year? Comment below!
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I like neatness, easy to maintain and workable on a daily , weekly or seasonal basis.
If it is convenient then it’s easy to use and maintain. Having the right containers helps too.
My goal this year is to go through my house and purge it of things I no longer use or need. Things I use only occasionally will be put into labeled containers in my storage room to give me more space to organize the things I use regularly – particularly in my kitchen as new appliances need an accessible place..
Love your strategy to create more room to organize what you actually use!!