NYE Resolutions Together

New Year’s resolutions are great ways to reflect and set goals for ourselves as we look to the year ahead. While this is often a process of looking inward, it can also be a great time to pause and reflect with our partner. Spend some time setting resolutions for your relationship, together.  

Here’s some tips from Seven Circles: 

• Be realistic about your goals. No need to set the bar too high and then you feel bad if it isn’t achieved. Think about easy wins you can achieve together, and some medium or more difficult wins, too. 
• Be specific with your goals and how you will achieve them. “Show more love to each other” isn’t as strong as “tell my partner one thing they did to make me smile each week”. 
• Consider resolutions around: infusing joy into the everyday; stronger communication; showing gratitude and staying connected.
• Make sure you both put in equal effort in coming up with resolutions and who is executing resolutions.  
• Check-In. Consider printing out your resolutions and putting them up on your fridge or bulletin board. Set regular intervals together to check-in. Maybe once a month you meet up, cheers with your favorite beverage, and talk about the status of your resolutions.   Hot tip: this is a great practice to get into! Seven Circles is all about intentional time together. This is one way to get a regular date with intention on the calendar! 

• Celebrate! Completed a resolution together? Make sure you are taking the well-deserved time together to honor such an accomplishment. 
• Most importantly, make Seven Circles one of your resolutions! If you haven’t registered yet, or if you’ve started but haven’t finished all seven circles yet, now is a great time of year to make a plan and dive into this great program. 

Setting resolutions together is a great way to start the New Year on the same page – enjoy! 

Author: Jordyn is the Director of Community Education for SHALVA. She oversees all things Seven Circles. Jordyn's New Years resolution last year was to read one book a month. It didn’t work out every month, but she did her best! 

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