{"id":451,"date":"2021-01-04T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/?p=451"},"modified":"2021-01-04T08:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:24:25","slug":"setting-intentions-for-a-whole-new-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraldterrace.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/01\/04\/setting-intentions-for-a-whole-new-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting intentions for a whole new month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s January and we&#8217;re back to the grind. I must say, I&#8217;m usually quite a big fan of January &#8211; I love the kick up the bum to get going on projects, set new goals and intentions and have a bit of a health kick following a greedy, lazy Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if there&#8217;s one thing I learned back in 2020, it&#8217;s not to plan ahead, so for this reason I won&#8217;t be setting myself year-long resolutions or goals as who knows what curveballs life could throw at us next?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a perfect world, I&#8217;d like to say this year I&#8217;ll tackle a few more projects around the house such as the bathroom, the main bedroom, the back-yard and the front of the house, but rather than worry about what I&#8217;m going to be working on in the summertime, I&#8217;m planning to just focus on the four weeks ahead of me (and even that seems hopeful in the current climate!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a realistic world, I&#8217;m working on my plans for this month and I&#8217;m setting myself a few rather hefty (but hopefully achievable) resolutions, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Going vegetarian for<\/strong> <strong>January<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve always wanted to do, but I&#8217;ve just never gotten around to it for one reason or another. Originally, we were going to eat veggie at home but still have meat when going to restaurants\/other people&#8217;s houses, but the current tier system and the inevitable lockdown means that won&#8217;t happen, so I guess veggie it is for the month.<\/li><li><strong>My #EmeraldTerraceOrganisationChallenge <\/strong>&#8211; Basically, I&#8217;m setting myself a goal to organise an area of the house every single day for the month of January. Some days (like weekdays), it&#8217;ll be something small like the cutlery drawer or coat rack, but other days (like weekends) it&#8217;ll be something much bigger like the wardrobes, the utility room, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Moving more &#8211; <\/strong>In a rather unoriginal January resolution, you guessed it, I&#8217;m going on a health kick and upping my exercise. For the first January in forever, I&#8217;m honestly not concerned about what I weigh or what dress size I am, however, I&#8217;d really like to get more active for my mindset and my mental health. Dog walks make this one a little easier to achieve but I&#8217;ll also be taking part in at-home workouts, I&#8217;m looking forward to it!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If I can achieve all of the above consistently throughout January, I&#8217;ll be pretty proud of myself. Having only the next four weeks to think about rather than the next twelve months, it all feels a lot more manageable. My plan is to reassess my goals at the beginning of each month to add or adapt to them and hopefully 2021 will go a <em>little bit <\/em>more to plan than the previous year&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s January and we&#8217;re back to the grind. I must say, I&#8217;m usually quite a big fan of January &#8211; I love the kick up the bum to get going on projects, set new goals and intentions and have a bit of a health kick following a greedy, lazy Christmas. However, if there&#8217;s one thing I learned back in 2020, it&#8217;s not to plan ahead, so for this reason I won&#8217;t be setting myself year-long resolutions or goals as who knows what curveballs life could throw at us next?! 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