2021 is almost here and I am ready to leave 2020 behind! So in today I wanted to share   a few new year's resolution slash goal ideas for 2021. If you're interested, please keep on reading. Hello hello! Welcome back to The Whole Happy Life.  I wanted to mention that new year's resolutions..

 I know   for some people they can work really well for me personally they have never really worked. I'm more   of a goal person so I would consider these goal ideas but if you want to call them new year's   resolutions that's okay too. Whatever works for you. Let's begin.

 The first goal slash resolution to connect with a friend or family member every day.

 I think it's really important to   maintain our connections and when we have good social connections we have better mental health   so make it a point to connect with somebody whether it's a friend or a family member   every single day. It doesn't have to be in person because well that's not happening these days   it can be over the phone or via text. I think it's important to maintain those connections so make it   a point in 2021 to maintain those connections. 

Number two is to create a bedtime ritual that  works for you.

 I think that there is a lot of value in having a bedtime routine that helps you   fall asleep faster and actually helps you get into bed on time, so if you don't have a bedtime ritual   or a bedtime routine at this time figure out one that can work for you. I like to have a cup of tea   and do some reading before bed. I find that if I do that I will fall asleep well especially   chamomile teal chamomile teal chamomile tea.. I can't speak today. Chamomile tea and it makes a   really big difference so find a ritual that works for you. Create a bedtime ritual that you enjoy.

Number three is to eat the rainbow

so I think this is a really great idea if   you want to eat healthier. So a lot of people they'll say that one of their resolutions   is to eat healthier and I think that is great but it's really not specific.. so make it more specific.  Say that you want to eat the rainbow. Eating a rainbow basically means eating a variety of   fruits and vegetables that are of different colors so you get a variety of nutrients   and I think it's a really fun way to make healthy eating a little more interesting so that might be   something that you want to try in 2021. 

The fourth goal or resolution idea

to take   better control of your money. I think that this is really important...financial health is very   important and everyone is in a different place. You need to figure out what you want to do in 2021   for this. So a couple years ago I had a goal to spend less money on eating out. I think this was   three or four years ago.. to spend less on takeout and save because I was spending a lot on takeout.   So you might have a goal where you're trying to save more or you might have a goal where   you want to invest. I actually don't really know much about investing so I think that in 2021   I am going to learn more about investing so that's going to be my goal for my financial health. 

 Number five is to create a better morning routine:

 I think having a good morning routine makes such   a big difference... the days that I actually follow my morning routine..I feel great.. just having that   routine in place feels like I'm starting my day on the right note. So make 2021 the year   you decide to create a simple morning routine for yourself. It doesn't have to be a morning routine   that other people follow everybody is different so find out what it is that you really enjoy   doing in the morning.. that helps you start your day on a positive note. For me it's having a nice walk   as well as meditation. These two things have to be part of my morning routine... they're really   important to me because I feel a lot better when I do those things in the morning.

 Number six is to   explore a new hobby or skill. 

As you guys know I am all about learning and every single year   I try to learn something new. So this year was the year where I made it a point to learn watercolor   painting as well as digital painting. Next year my goal is to learn gouache painting...

 so every year I  try to learn something new and if you are creative like me and you want to learn more about creative  and curious people it's a really great place to explore new skills and deepen any   of your existing passions and what i really like is that they have topics for everybody they have  a big variety of topics so i've taken courses on fine art and illustration as well as productivity,

and i'm also planning to take some courses on photography and videography next year so   if you're creative there is something for you on skillshare if you're interested in digital art you   might enjoy one of the classes i took recently it's called fun with faces create a stylized   digital portrait by charlie clements it was really fun to see her end-to-end process of creating a   portrait she broke it down in such a way that it seemed a lot more doable to me and she has   really great tips on how to use procreate which is what i use to create my digital portraits as well   skillshare is an affordable option for less than ten dollars a month you can get access to   thousands of classes and they're always launching new classes .

 Number seven is to reduce   your sugar intake

 i think when it comes to healthy eating if that's usually what your resolution is   reducing your sugar intake is one of the best things you can do it's much more specific   and it will make a world of a difference i have a lot of different blogs on reducing sugar .

 Number eight is  to start a side hustle or side income in 2021

 if you've been thinking about starting something a   small business or just like a side business and you've been putting it off for quite some time   make 2021 the year that you make it happen i think a lot of times we defer things we keep   thinking we're going to do them later and later and then they never happen but if you truly want   to do something do it i think 2021 is the year for you to at least get started on it so i have   been thinking about properly starting up a side business for my art and i will do that in 2021 so   this is actually one of my goals for 2021.

 Number nine declutter your digital space

 so i've talked   about decluttering your home many times on this channel but i have not really properly decluttered   my digital space i've decluttered my phone but i haven't decluttered everything else so i think   i want to spend some time next year decluttering all of the excess files that i have and you know   properly doing backups and all of that so that is something that i want to do declutter my digital   space because i feel that it will make my process of getting things done a lot better i'll become a   lot more productive and organized so definitely something that i want to focus on in 2021. 

Number 10 is to redecorate your home.

especially your home office if you're working from home so a lot of us   are working from home now and i think that it would be nice to just spruce up our home offices   and make it a more fun space to work in so that is something that i think is a great idea for 2021   i like the way my home office looks but i want to just kind of make a few changes a little bit   of tweaks to the artwork so that is something that i plan to do in 2021.

 Number 11 is to reduce your   carbon footprint 

i think that this is a really great goal idea and this is actually something   that i want to do in 2021 i have reduced my carbon footprint in many different ways but i do think   that there's a lot of scope for improvement so i plan to do that in 2021 and if i learn anything   interesting i will do a blog on that idea

 Number 12 is to focus more on giving and contribution in   2021

 so i think that there's a lot of value in helping others and supporting others in big or   small ways so in 2021 one of my goals is to help others more to you know give more money to charity   and you know support others so if that's something that's interesting to you that would be a really   great goal to have in 2021

 the next goal slash resolution idea is to change the mindset that's   holding you back

 so think about a particular mindset that holds you back something like   perfectionism self-doubt and think about how you can tackle it in 2021 because i think that there   is a lot that we can do in life if we were able to get rid of those mindsets that hold us back   last but not least is to break a bad habit when we think about resolutions and ideas a lot of us   do talk about the things that we want to do which is great but what about the things that we don't   want to do anymore those bad habits so i think that there is a lot of value in breaking some of   those bad habits in 2021 i'm actually going to do a blog later on on that anyway.

i hope you enjoyed  this blog and you've got a few new ideas for goals or resolutions that you want to try in 2021   if you are interested in goal setting and you want a process that has a lot more structure i do have   a goal setting workbook it is something that i use it's a tool that i've been using and you can find   out more in the description as well as the blog that i'm going to link so if you are interested   in goals that's definitely something that you can check out anyway i will see you in the next  bye