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30 Life-Altering New Years Resolutions That Everyone In Their 20's Should Make For 2019

Time to buy some lettuce, hurray!

Katryna Eastwood
Dec 03, 2018
Grand Canyon University
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New Year's Eve is a great Holiday... but it's also the time that we all have to start reevaluating our lives. It's a time for self-reflection, self-love and most important, time to say we're going to make some big life changes that we won't actually stick to.

Here's the thing, we should be doing good things for ourselves anyway. New Year's is just a restart button and a reminder that we need to start doing these good things sooner than later.

Instead of the usual, "lose weight", "save money", "travel more", basic answers... a new years resolution should be specific and achievable. Set your heart on one or choose your top five, but don't let yourself down this year.

This is your year to change your own life, starting with one of these resolutions...

Eat at least one vegetable everyday

Eat at least one fruit everyday

Start your morning with a ten minute homework out

Go get a physical to make sure you're good

Spend at least one day a week off social media

Make plans with your friends at least once a week, even if it's just to get coffee

Enhance your education outside of the classroom or workplace by taking a class online, at a local community college or rec center

Try to learn a new sport

Try to learn a new language

Download a budget app and actually use it

Learn to cook a family recipe

Serve your family recipe to your friends

Handwrite a letter to your grandparents or a long distance family member, see how they're doing

Take a yoga class 

Try meditating for 15 minutes everyday for two weeks and if you like it... keep it up

Buy a journal and write your feelings in it... because why not?

Read one book every month. A book without pictures.

Do one week without sugar

Show up to work on time for a whole month

Bake cookies for your neighbors

Learn to sew a button

Volunteer once a month

Complete one of your bucket list items

If you don't have a bucket list, make one

Try a new podcast that you usually wouldn't listen to

Clean your closet and donate clothes to charity

Create a vision board

Look up job postings and find your dream job, then make a plan about how you're going to get there

Visit a city you've never been to before

Pray every night before you go to bed

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