{"id":29444,"date":"2018-01-02T21:28:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T01:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=29444"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:34:33","slug":"wellness-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with the habit you\u2019re striving to build is to be specific about it. If you want to \u201cget healthier,\u201d decide precisely how. Just set one goal; perhaps to spend three days at the gym each week or to not eat sugar or to lose exactly five pounds. Perhaps your intent to be healthier tends toward overall wellness. In that case, it\u2019s important to consider that wellness includes a lot more than diet and exercise. It includes sleep, lifestyle choices, and mental health. Again, be specific with your goals. What exactly do you want to prioritize first when it comes to wellness?<\/p>\n

Research<\/h3>\n

\"Wellness<\/a>
\nNew Year, New Beginnings: The Essential Guide To Making Your New Year Resolutions!<\/em><\/p>\n

You might start by simply educating yourself. Reading up on wellness tactics can get you in a new headspace and slowly coax you toward new habits–perhaps without you even realizing it! Research and reading might also help you decide on what specific goals you want to reach. There are lots of blogs and websites out there that provide expert insights on improving your health and wellness. Remember, wellness can refer to a lot of things, including health, fitness, and empowerment.<\/p>\n

Increasing endorphins<\/h3>\n

\"Wellness<\/a>
\n4 Smart Ways Structuring Your Routine Can Increase Focus<\/em><\/p>\n

Endorphins are hormones that make us feel good. One well-known method of increasing endorphins is through regular exercise. Going to the gym to increase endorphins is a bit of a different experience than going to the gym to build muscle or lose weight. In a way, it may help you develop a more consistent, long-term exercise regimen. There are numerous possibilities out there, including bicycling (aim for being outdoors!), HIIT, and yoga. Additionally, you might simply make a point of taking walks outside. Pets are another way to increase endorphins. If you\u2019ve been wanting to get a pet, now might be the time to contact an animal shelter or a breeder to see their different puppies or other animals. Simply petting an animal releases endorphins, and studies show that having a pet actually increases the general health of the owner. Perhaps your New Year\u2019s resolution just needs to be getting a new kitten!<\/p>\n

Empowerment<\/h3>\n

\"Wellness<\/a>
\n5 Hobbies That Make You Smarter<\/em><\/p>\n

As you research, you\u2019ll find that a lot of good wellness writers include insight on self-empowerment; that might be your goal in your search for wellness. These tactics include taking time for self-care, using your hardships to grow, and spirituality. What can you do that makes you feel accomplished? This might be engaging in a hobby you know you\u2019re skilled in and working to become even more skilled. You might do something out of your comfort zone, such as taking a trip somewhere or joining a club. Prove to yourself that you\u2019re brave and that you can take on new challenges. You may have heard of something called the \u201claw of attraction.\u201d While this isn\u2019t anything scientifically proven, the idea isn\u2019t one without merit: people who envision themselves as happy and successful achieve those goals. \u201cIf you believe it, you can achieve it,\u201d is the old adage. Lots of people like to speak daily affirmations to themselves. These are phrases that are positive reminders of what a person is capable of. If you repeat positive things about yourself every day, you\u2019ll eventually grow to believe them and manifest them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with the habit you\u2019re striving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11161,467,5633],"tags":[8178,8180,8179,1021,277,8174,7420,1520,1493,8175,8177,7787,8176,6669,7303,442,115,8173],"yoast_head":"\nWellness in the New Year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wellness in the New Year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-03T01:28:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T20:34:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/\",\"name\":\"Wellness in the New Year\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-03T01:28:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-07T20:34:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\"},\"description\":\"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wellness in the New Year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\",\"description\":\"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\",\"name\":\"Andy Sowards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Andy Sowards\"},\"description\":\"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wellness in the New Year","description":"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wellness in the New Year","og_description":"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with","og_url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/","og_site_name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan","article_published_time":"2018-01-03T01:28:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-07T20:34:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Sowards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@andysowards","twitter_site":"@andysowards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Sowards","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/","name":"Wellness in the New Year","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-03T01:28:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-07T20:34:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415"},"description":"With the new year comes tons of resolutions. But how often are those resolutions kept? One tactic to ensuring that you stay consistent and long-term with","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Wellness-in-the-New-Year-2.jpg","width":1600,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/wellness-new-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wellness in the New Year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/","name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","description":"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415","name":"Andy Sowards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","caption":"Andy Sowards"},"description":"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45119,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29444\/revisions\/45119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}