Rollins writes that she no longer has New Year's resolutions, as she tries to stay present as a parent. Even some of my good and healthy goals-more reading, more water, more time outside-take me away from my present reality.Īnna Rollins with her son, following a race in West Virginia in 2017. I don't believe that it's bad to desire change, but I am suspicious of the idea that the optimization of the self is something worth constantly pursuing. This year, I don't have any resolutions at all. How my attitude to New Years' resolutions has changed This approach felt both kind and sustainable. I resolved to eat more vegetables rather than eat fewer cupcakes. I knew that I would feel better if I ate more plants-but I framed it in a positive way. I focused not on cutting foods out, but on adding foods in. I wanted to try to eat not based upon a clock or calorie counts, but upon my own hunger and fullness cues. I was exercising less, and less formally, but I felt stronger, I nursed fewer injuries, and the rest of my life-my friendships, my marriage, my job-became more important than my workout routine.Ībout a year later, I resolved to apply this intuitive mindset to food, too. This New Year's resolution made me so much happier, and I kept it up for years.
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