By The Green Parent
03rd January 2018
Taking those first small steps to cement our visions and plans starts the ball rolling and we immediately feel more confident and excited. Sorting through unwanted stuff to make space for the new; getting in touch with old friends; dreaming your family adventures for the year; starting that project you keep putting off…there are lots of ways to make January full of zesty energy.
Here are 30 little steps that might help get your dreams for the year off to a flying start:
- Plan a family holiday
- Set monthly goals to achieve something big by the end of the year
- Call far flung friends and arrange a visit
- Clear out your drawers and get rid of stuff you no longer wear
- Volunteer your time or expertise for a charity
- Sign up to the NHS organ donor register
- Book a date with your family
- Write out family meal plans to help stick to healthy eating intentions
- Start a one-sentence journal of your family’s daily life
- Invite a bunch of convivial friends over for a pot-luck meal
- Create a vision board for 2018
- Clarify your intentions and dreams for the year and begin with small steps
- Join a local community group that inspires you
- Draw up a family budget
- Start making something
- Sign up for classes in a subject you’re interested in
- Dust off that book you’ve been meaning to read and start today
- Go through your inbox and reply to messages you’ve meant to for ages
- Take up running or hiking outdoors and set yourself monthly goals
- Schedule a weekend of uninterrupted playtime with your kids
- Take advantage of cheap ticket deals and go and see a show
- Give a room in your house a makeover
- Make a scrapbook of ideas and recipes you want to try
- Get an allotment
- Launch a new career – dream big!
- Start a blog and find other like-minded people
- Begin each day with a green juice and some yoga stretches
- Try meditation – there are lots of guided meditations available to download
- Revisit a favourite pastime of your youth
- Start every day with an intention of love and bliss
Lucy Corkhill
