The 12 Microresolutions of Christmas

We stand on the brink of the holiday season, a time when we generally eat, drink, and spend to excess. By New Year's Day we are so fed up (literally!) that we fervently resolve to change our ways. Why wait for the new year? Offered below are 12 easy microresolutions designed to promote holiday joy and reduce New Year's Day remorse. Pick two to practice until New Year's Day and you'll find that big benefits often come in small packages. Better to give than to receive; keep spending in check by making a microresolution not to buy gifts for yourself while shopping for others. If you've been too merry too often during past holidays, make your microresolution to drink a glass of water for every glass of alcohol to keep spirits high and hangovers (and weight gain) low. Holiday partying with the extended family can bring stress along with joy; to keep the celebration frothy with even the most difficult in-law, try a microresolution not to call out the mistakes/petty falsehoods/delusions of others at family gatherings. It can be done! Yummy sweets and holidays go together; you can enjoy confections at holiday gatherings and keep diet damage in check when your microresolution is to forgo eating office treats during the day. It's hard to be joyful when you're exhausted; a microresolution to refrain from leisure computing after 10 p.m. will help you turn in earlier and maybe save you from impulsive online splurging late at night. It's easy to lose hats, gloves, scarves whi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news