Welcome to Mamas Making Moves 247, a column written to inspire, educate, and empower women who are moms, mothers, mamas, or women who want to be either of the above. It’s 2025! It’s a new year, so everyone is making New Year’s resolutions. Well, don’t do it! Why? Because you want to accomplish your goals, right?
My research reveals—yeah, I GOOGLED it—that according to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year’s resolutions is 80%, with people losing motivation by mid-February.
So, mamas, don’t do it to yourselves. Let’s move forward in 2025 by making lifestyle changes instead of New Year’s resolutions. Lifestyle changes are small steps we take, one day at a time, to accomplish a goal.
Check it out—there are FIVE types of lifestyles: healthy, unhealthy, active, busy, or hectic. Here’s a personal example: every morning, I have a date with Starbucks. This girl has to have her morning coffee, and if I don’t, my day goes to hell in a handbasket. That’s part of my lifestyle.
We all fall into one of these lifestyle categories. Which one do you belong to? This calls for some self-reflection. And if you’re a narcissist, stop reading—this won’t work for you!
So, like the young folk say: “Miss me with” the New Year’s resolutions. Figure out which lifestyle you belong to, set your goals, find a reliable and consistent accountability partner, and take steps to reach your goals one step at a time. Now, in the words of my Daddy - the late Emanuel Butts - GO BE GREAT!
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