I’m a chronic forward-thinker, the kind of person who gets excited about the upcoming year as soon as the Halloween decorations come down. Just the idea of a fresh start sends me into full Pinterest-board-resolution-making mode before you can even say “turkey”—and honestly, it’s paid off. Starting my so-called pre-resolutions ritual during the holiday season has been the most unexpectedly effective life hack I’ve stumbled into. When I stopped waiting until the final, chaotic week of December to cram in all my hopes and dreams, my resolutions got real—actually achievable, aligned with what I truly want in life, and sustainable.
I get it—the week between Christmas and New Year’s can sometimes feel like a super-extreme case of the Sunday scaries. My former self would spend it spiraling over everything I didn’t accomplish and all the unforeseeable plot twists the next year would inevitably throw at me. Picture me sitting in my childhood bedroom, doom-scrolling my own life while snacking on leftover Christmas cookies. But now, thanks to making pre-resolutions, I’ve moved past my yearly end-of-year panic and stepped into my calm-and composed-adult-who-journals era.
Whether you love the whole resolutions thing or you roll your eyes every time…
