DITCHING NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS // #MYFOCUSRN

Abbie Smith
Jan 2, 2018
3 min read

I mentioned in a previous Instagram post (@lifeinlycra_) that this year I will be shifting my focus rather than setting unrealistic NYR for myself - #MYFOCUSRN. As a heads up this will also be what my blog/Instagram will also be focusing on for 2018.

The Christmas/New Year period for me in the past would go something like this... Start of December - have good intentions, go to the gym, probably skip a few social events

Mid December - the 'screw it' mentality would kick in, sweet things flying about everywhere with little/no self control. I would switch off from work & anything productive.

The day I finished work for Christmas - SHOW ME THE PIGS IN BLANKETS

The interim between the above and boxing day - CANNOT MOVE. CANNOT STOP EATING.

Boxing Day - New Year - My jeans are tight only a few more days left to be a pig. Oh look Asos 70% off.

NYD - I cannot function today, must eat all the food - tomorrow I will be mother earth.

2nd January - must be good and avoid everything

January 19th - Cannot do this. I can remember coming back from Cape Town last January and feeling like crap after about 5 weeks of celebrations.

This year has been slightly different, granted, I was in Bali so festivities were non existent. I haven't had my nan feed forcing me that 8th mince pie, being drunk at 10am on a Tuesday or a Terrys chocolate orange served up for breakfast (Christmas 2015). However the headspace here has made me really look at my mentality around a lot of things.

I have no issues with setting goals and I feel like working towards something helps me focus and keeps me motivated but I feel I've been looking at goals all wrong.This year my focus will be on the bigger picture, I feel like I've wasted so much of my time and effort into things that aren't really important and aren't getting me anywhere. So what I've decided to put my efforts into (and have already started working on) are; Career: Finding a job that makes me want to get out of bed in the morning 👩🏼‍💻 (paying enough for me to afford microbladed eyebrows ASAP would be a plus🤷🏼‍♀️) So I can be a single independant woman that don't need no man - jk Josh I need gifts. Last year I stayed in a role that I didn’t really enjoy as I knew I was going travelling. I spent the majority of the year frustrated and unmotivated and kind of stuck. So this year I’m going to be a little fussy with my new job - any recruiters out there holla at me. Holistic health: Research & incorporate lifestyle changes to improve my overall health 🧘🏼‍♀️

I have struggled with my gut health for years (soz TMI🤭) and I have got to the point with it where I’m really fed up. So this year instead of focusing on losing weight I’ll be focusing on eating foods that are good for me, cooking more, looking after my skin and just a general focus on my overall health. Self love: Learning to relax & be kind 💖 I spent a lot of this year being so hard on myself, always focusing on what I wasn’t doing & not what I was doing. This year I’ll be doing more things for me, trying out yoga & just generally being kinder to myself.

So this time next year I’ll be hoping to say ‘my overall health is absolutley brilliant, I’m proud of myself (& my eyebrows are on point 🤨) If anyone would like to join in (it feels so good trust me!) Hashtag #MYFOCUSRN & tag me on Insta @lifeinlycra_ I'd love to read yours! AbbieJS xxx