01/06/2026
👋🏼 Hey 2026- Let’s Talk New Years Resolution Culture!
New Year resolution culture refers to the common practice of setting goals at the start of the year, often focused on health, productivity, finances, or personal growth. While reflection and goal-setting can be genuinely helpful and motivating for many, resolution culture is often fuelled by the belief that the new year should be used to fix yourself, to be more productive, disciplined, thinner, or “better.”
This can create pressure to set rigid goals, tie self-worth to constant self-improvement, and overlook rest, mental health, and real-life capacity. For many people, resolutions come with underlying shame, unrealistic expectations, and a perfection-or-failure mindset, leaving little room for compassion, flexibility, or a slower pace.
A few gentle reminders as you think about the year ahead…
🌿Set intentions, rather than rigid goals.
Intentions focus on how you want to show up, not what you need to fix.
🌿Use prompts instead of rules. Try asking yourself:
What feels supportive right now?
What do I want less/more of this year?
What helps me feel regulated, connected, or grounded?
What do I value and what’s important to me regardless of what everyone else is doing?
🌿Work with your capacity.
Growth doesn’t have to be fast or visible to be real.
Small, consistent shifts count, especially in seasons where energy is limited. Remember you can’t always be switched on and giving 100% all of the time and that’s ok.
🌿Make it flexible.
You’re allowed to adjust your goals as life changes.
Changing your mind is not failing, it’s responding and adapting and being considerate of your ever changing needs.
🌿Stay connected to your “why.”
When motivation dips (because it will), come back to what matters to you, not what you should be doing.
🌿Notice effort, not just outcomes.
Showing up, trying again, resting when needed, these are all part of growth.
Let your growth come from care and compassion this 2026, not from the pressures of resolution culture.💚
#2026
