Drink More Water

Especially with being smack in the middle of holiday season, drinking more water will help you to see huge benefits in your daily life. Did you know that often times when we think we’re hungry, we’re really thirsty? Try drinking a glass of room temperature water before every meal and snack, and it will not only keep you super hydrated, but it will also help cut back on unneeded calories. You can easily keep up with this habit from the comfort of your Glenwood apartment, as most buildings have filtered water throughout. Bonus points for squeezing fresh lemon into your water!

Tips For Making This A Habit: To make drinking water part of your daily routine, invest in a water bottle you love and carry it with you at all times. If you’re into tech, download the app My Water, which will help you track your daily intake of water. That way, if it’s 3pm and you’re only to 18% of your daily goal, you will be getting reminders to chug, chug, chug!

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Self-Care

Self-care is actually a habit that should be easy for you to incorporate, because it’s all about loving on yourself! On airplanes, they always make the announcement at the beginning of a flight to put on your air mask before assisting others, and that’s pretty much what self-care is. It’s all about taking care of yourself first, so that you will be able to take care of your family, job, friends, and all the other tasks that make up everyday life. Many things can fall under the umbrella of self-care, but some examples are massages, pedicures, or your favorite restorative yoga class.

Tips For Making This A Habit: Pinpoint the self-care rituals that most excite you. If you really anticipate the ritual (i.e. your Monday night meditation class), you will be more likely to stick to it, even when the rest of life gets really busy.

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Reading is one of the best habits for intellectual development you can pick up (and no, it doesn’t matter what you’re reading as long as you’re doing it!) However, as we get older it seems harder to find the time to read. Consider having certain portions of your day only to be used for reading. These can be your subway commute, the hour before bedtime, or when you’re waiting to go into appointments or meetings.

Eat More Fresh Food

While “eating healthy” can feel like a daunting task this time of year, “eating more fresh food” actually feels quite doable! Instead of telling yourself you can’t indulge in the cheeseball and pumpkin pie, simply tell yourself that you have to first eat your day’s worth of fresh vegetables and fruit, and then it’s fair game.

Tips For Making This A Habit: Jump start your day with fresh fruit. It can be eaten whole, sauteed, thrown into a smoothie, baked into muffins, or tossed on top of your oatmeal, yogurt, or cereal. Then you’ve already mastered this habit before leaving your Glenwood apartment!

Walk More

If you’ve ever wondered why New Yorkers are in better shape than people in other parts of the country (no judgement!), it’s because we have to walk so much more, and can’t rely on cars to get us everywhere! By increasing our daily step count, it’s automatic exercise.

Tips For Making This A Habit: Give yourself a personal daily step goal, and aim to meet it every day by tracking it on your smartphone or with your smart jewelry/watch. If you reach your goal daily for 30 days, reward yourself with a treat!

Get Out In Nature

Whether you live Downtown, on the Westside, or on the Upper East Side, you have a beautiful park at your fingertips! Take advantage of the greenery and make a point to get into nature several times a week. This will help alleviate stress and anxiety, plus it is great for your physical body as you breathe in fresh air.

Tips For Making This A Habit: While you are increasing your step count (see above), choose to take some of those steps through a park. You’re killing two birds with one stone!

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Keep Clutter At Bay

There’s something to be said for a clear space equaling a clear mind, right? Likewise, a cluttered space tends to make us feel more on edge. Whether you’re choosing to keep on top of the clutter so that you can find things easier or so your Grand Tier home looks spick and span for last minute holiday visitors, taking care of clutter immediately helps in more ways than one.

Tips For Making This A Habit: Simply live by the motto that “everything has a place”, and put things back in their place as soon as you are done using them. Realistically, it takes the same amount of time to hang a jacket in the hall closet as it does to drape it on the back of your dining room chair.

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Happy 2017, New York City! I heard a great joke this week that went something along the lines of: “I’m opening a gym called ‘Resolutions’. It will have exercise equipment for the first two weeks, then turn into a bar for the rest of the year.” In a perfect world, right!? However in reality, we’ve gently changed the way you can look at your 2017 goals and how to actually make them achievable.

Below we’ve rounded up the top 3 resolutions for 2017, according to NBC News, and simple ways you CAN make them possible!

If your resolution is to be healthier…

Almost everyone I know makes it a goal to lose weight, eat healthier, or join a gym once the near year rolls around. Unfortunately, this is the resolution that’s much easier said than done! Rather than giving up on your health and blaming your work schedule and lack of time, you can make a few changes to your everyday routine that will add up in a big way:

Track your steps. Download a pedometer app on your phone or wear a fitness device (I never leave the house without my FitBit). A good daily goal is 10,000 steps, which can quickly be achieved in New York City! Head out for a walk during lunch, take your dog for an extra day time walk, and instead of having dinner delivered, take a walk to pick it up yourself!

Drink lots and lots of water. A great way to avoid making not so healthy snack choices is keeping a bottle of water with you at all times. Some say you should drink half your body weight in liquid ounces daily! PLUS, having a glass of water with your afternoon granola bar or trail mix can fill any snack craving. Since we love to keep it local, check out the NYC brand S’well bottle. It fits easily in your bag, comes in a color/design for everyone, and will keep your beverage cold for 24 solid hours!

Visit a different type of bar. Instead of meeting friends for Happy Hour every week, indulge in a unique boutique fitness class instead! I’m a huge fan of anything that feels playful rather than a chore – which exactly why I love Trampolean’s trampoline classes.

Need a little more motivation? Trampolean is offering half off your first class!

If your resolution is to get organized…

If organization holds any interest to you (or you’re in dire need of it), this resolution is one that is easy to maintain once you get into the swing of things.Check out these tips I’ll definitely be making use of in 2017:

Keep paper clutter away from the apartment. If you’re in need of some organization tips, A Bowl Full of Lemons can help you get the job done when it comes to mail organization. Rather than putting it in a pile to sort for later, toss the junk mail (and request to be removed from mailing lists, while you’re at it!), pay any bills, and read any magazines and then give them away/recycle them – ASAP!

Donate your unwanted clothes to a charity. Pick a certain date, say, Valentine’s Day. This will give you motivation to clean and sort through your closet, and you’ll be motivated to help a great cause. There’s even free pick-ups in NYC by the charity Little Sisters of the Assumption, so you don’t have to schlep bags on the subway!

Don’t buy anything new until you use up what you have. This sounds simple enough – walk into your bathroom and count the amount of bath products that are lining your shower and vanity. Crazy, right? You’ll be amazed how long those 3 bottles of shampoo will last you before you have to head to buy another. Same goes for your kitchen pantry items.

If your resolution is to enjoy life to the fullest…

This is a pretty lofty goal, which can easily get lost in the shuffle of every day life. Ironic, isn’t it? Here are a few simple ways you can make sure you’re enjoying life to the fullest this year:

1.  Schedule time on your calendar for YOU. Treat this time as a work meeting or doctor’s appointment, and don’t miss it! By giving yourself time for the things you enjoy, like water coloring, riding your bike through Central Park, reading a new novel, or knitting yourself a big chunky scarf, you’ll feel more fulfilled during the rest of your life.
2. Slow down. Sometimes the easiest way to begin appreciating life is by pausing and actually enjoying the present moment. Three Jewels in the East Village offers free guided lunchtime meditation every day.

How do you plan to make your resolution stick this year? Give us the inside scoop on Facebook and Twitter!

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