A brand new year is a great time to create a fresh start. It’s an opportunity to work with a clean slate while still taking into account where you’ve been and where you are in this moment. It’s an exciting time to get ready for the positive changes up ahead.
Now, I realize any time is a great time to create a fresh start, however, there’s just something about a new year that ignites hope and motivation within people. Maybe it’s because the holiday season is over and it’s time for a new beginning. Or the previous year was so stressful and chaotic that you simply want to move on to a new season in your life and a brand new year helps with the moving on process.
Whatever the reason may be for you, now is an opportunity figure out if you want to continue to move in the same direction or make a few tweaks to get to a new destination.
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Lao Tzu
If you feel like your health and wellness is heading down a path that’s causing too much stress, confusion, and creating unnecessary challenges, asking yourself the following 4 questions will help you get clear on what you want to accomplish in 2025 and how you’re going to make it happen. Just to be clear, you can think of this as a template to help you get started. Nothing is set in stone. You’re not married to this plan. If you find it doesn’t work for you, you’ll figure out what will work for you.
How do you want to feel at the end of 2025?
First, fast forward to December 2025 and imagine what your life will look like after you’ve taken control of your health for a full year. Maybe you’ll feel confident that you can stick to an exercise routine that works for you. Maybe you’ll be more aware of what your hormones are doing throughout the month so you can make nutrition, fitness, and rest choices that align with your body. Maybe you’ll treat yourself with more respect like you would a friend when you eat five cookies and not just one. Maybe you’ll know how to say “no” to indulgences more often than the beginning of the year. Imagine yourself slipping into the pair of pants you never thought you’d be able to fit into again.
Give yourself permission to really visualize what you want your life to look like at the end of 2025. This first question will help you begin stepping into the woman you’ll transform into over the next 12 months.
What health and fitness challenges do you want to overcome during 2025?
Write out every single health challenge you’re experiencing right now. This includes fertility issues, extra weight that just won’t come off, creating an exercise routine that you can stick with and you actually enjoy, navigating the unknown territory of perimenopause, managing your PCOS symptoms, and anything else that comes up for you.
Creating lifestyle habits around the Wellness Abundance trifecta (nutrition, fitness, and rest) can make all of these challenges so much easier to overcome. The best part about creating lifestyle habits around this trifecta is that they can call be personalized to fit into your life, align with your tastebuds, and your fitness ability.
What tools do you have in your toolbox right now to start taking action on your 2025 health and fitness goals?
You already have at least some of the resources within your reach to get started today.You may not be able to see results immediately with these resources but it will put you on the right path to get you to your end of the year destination.
Here are a list of tools you may already have in your toolbox:
A strong Why to keep you moving towards your goals (if you don’t have this yet, I’ll help you get clear on this when you join one of my programs)
Shoes and comfy clothes to exercise in
A kitchen to prepare nutrient-dense homemade meals
A health and fitness coach you know and trust to help you along the way (my superpower is guiding women just like you towards their health and fitness destination, just in case you didn’t know)
The ability to begin a workout program in the comfort of your own home with just your bodyweight
A comfy bed to get a solid nights sleep
There’s probably tools that you don’t have available to you at the time that will help you get to your destination that you may not need right now. Keep an ongoing list of these tools for the future and acquire them down the road.
What’s one step you’re going to take in the next 24 hours to jump start your 2025 health and fitness goals?
Now, this is my favorite question to ask because it gets you into the “action phase” of your health and fitness journey.Without action nothing happens and you might just end up overwhelming yourself with a long list of reasons (which are probably actually excuses) not to do anything right now.
Make a list of every step you can take within the next 24 hours to get you on your 2025 health and fitness path. After you make your list, choose one thing that’s the most doable and figure out how you’re going to do it. If you want to go for a walk in the morning after you wake up, get your workout clothes and shoes ready the night before. Be sure to set your alarm to get up in time if needed.
Want to schedule a free wellness strategy session with me? Go here right now to find a time that works best for you. If you can’t find a time that works for you, email me at melissa@wellnessabundancecoaching.com and we’ll make it work.