10 New Year’s Resolutions I Won’t Make in 2026
- This January, there will be no "New Year, New Me" mantra for me.
- Thankfulness for what currently exists even as any intentional changes continue to unfold.
- The world keeps shouting faster, quicker, better, and MORE MORE MORE.
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Ditch the Resolutions: Why Self-Care, Not Self-Improvement, Should Define 2026
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Published January 1, 2026 06:26AM
This January, there will be no “New Year, New Me” mantra for me. No aesthetic overhaul. No wellness Olympics planned. No measurements or weights taken for later comparison. No new year’s resolutions at all. I’ve decided that I am not arriving in 2026 under constant construction as a renovation project.
The new wellness is not constant repair, but constant care. Compassion. Joy. Thankfulness for what currently exists even as any intentional changes continue to unfold.
This is difficult, of course. The world keeps shouting faster, quicker, better, and MORE MORE MORE. But I can slow down, pay attention, and decide not to listen. Not today.
The last several years have already been a time of refining,unlearning,and becoming for myself and manny of us. Not arriving. Not fixing. Just existing within the process rather than being exclusively focused on the destination and ignoring, well, life.
With that in mind, here are the New Year’s resolutions I will absolutely NOT be making.
10 New Year’s Resolutions to Avoid in 2026
Improvement cannot be the only destination. The relentless pursuit of ”better” can leave us feeling perpetually dissatisfied and disconnected from the present moment. This article explores why ditching traditional resolutions in favor of self-care is a more sustainable and fulfilling path to wellness.
1. I will not be doing cold plunges
My nervous system already gets plenty of exposure therapy from everyday life.I do not need to recreate the sinking of the Titanic before breakfast. Besides, most cold plunge research focuses on men. Women respond differently to exposure to extreme cold exposure. Shocking, I no, another area where women’s health is understudied and misunderstood. But if hypothermia is your hobby,pop off. I will be staying inside and keeping warm beneath three blankets. And wearing wool socks.
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