If you’ve already resigned
yourself to the failure of the usual post-Christmas diet and gym regime, why
not resolve to do something a bit different in the New Year with one of these
alternative ideas inspired by ivillage.co.uk.
1. Get your photo taken in 5 interesting places
If you’re planning to visit
the UK this year, why not try and visit 5 different cities during your stay. On
my list are Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh, Portsmouth and Worcester. Alternatively
you could go even further afield and visit 5 new countries!
2. Make a new friend each month
At OISE
Oxford there are endless opportunities to make new friends from all over the world.Why
not make a conscious effort to attend more social events, chat to strangers and
get introductions to friends of friends. Who knows who you might meet? It could
be a future wife or business partner…
3. Learn something you never learned as a child
Whether it’s a language, a
musical instrument or a skill, it’s never too late to start (except perhaps learning to do the splits!). Ignore that voice in your head telling you you’re too
old and learn that thing you never learned as a child that everyone else seems
to know. It might be something as simple as learning the number of days in each
month, how to do a handstand or how to spell ‘conscientious’ correctly.
4. Try a new food each week
Turn the New Year’s diet on
its head and add new foods to your diet rather than taking them away. If you’re
in the UK, why not try traditional foods such as scones, haggis, crumble,
Yorkshire puddings or toad in the hole?
5. Do a good turn every day
It might sound like a cliché
but why not resolve to make the world a better place this year? Instead of just focussing on yourself, do a good turn to others – it will make you feel good as
well as cheering up someone else’s day. It could be something as small as giving
a compliment or something potentially life-saving like donating blood or giving
some money to charity.
