New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep
They say rules are made to be broken and it seems that the same goes for New Year’s resolutions. Let’s be real — how many times have you started off a new year with a list of lofty aspirations? Go to the gym 5 times a week. Lose 20 pounds. Quit whatever vice it is that you have. This time around, why not try some resolutions you can actually keep? We might be a week into the new year but it’s better late than never, right? Here’s to making 2012 your best year ever!
Get Thinking. Miss the countless debates around the family dinner table that transpired this holiday season? Join the debate that happens eight times a week at New World Stages by checking out Freud’s Last Session, the hit Off-Broadway play that imagines a meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis just a few weeks before the father of psychology’s death. Nothing like two of the twentieth century’s greatest minds discussing the meaning of life, love, sex and religion to engage your mind and get it thinking during these dreary winter days!
Take Care of Your Body. Juice cleanses have been all the rage for quite some time now — have you jumped on the bandwagon yet? If you’re looking for a healthy way to beat the post-holiday bloat, give BluePrintCleanse a go. Offering various levels of intensity (you can juice all day or pair the juices with a raw, vegan dinner), the beloved numbered bottles can be delivered right to your home in batches of up to three days at a time.
Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone. You may no longer have any desire to join the circus but admit it — every time you see acrobats swinging through the air, your heart flutters a bit and you think, “Wow! I wish I could do that!” Well, now you can (and get a great workout in the process), thanks to AntiGravity Yoga’s Wings classes. Open to everyone from true beginners to seasoned yoga practitioners, you can let go of your inhibitions in a safe, challenging and, most importantly, fun environment. It might seem intimidating at first, but before you know it, you’ll be hanging upside-down in a silk hammock and loving it!
Organize Your Life. Closet real estate is a very, very valuable thing in New York City — how much of yours is being taken over by clothes you haven’t worn since you were a freshman in college? Free up some space for this spring’s fashion must-haves and pay it forward by donating some of your old threads to Salvation Army, Goodwill or a smaller shelter in the city. A lot of these organizations will pick up your donation right at your apartment door so you won’t even need to schlep a garbage full of clothes on the subway!