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Updated December 04, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET
Got an ambition that's been on the shelf for a while? This is the year to turn it into a reality.
Maybe you've been trying to pay off your credit cards but have been struggling to save money because of inflation. Maybe you're thinking about taking the next step in your relationship but want to make sure it's the right call. Or maybe you just want to scratch some of those smaller projects off your to-do list: declutter, start flossing and make more friends at work.
Whatever your goal is, Life Kit is here to support you. This year's New Year's Resolution Planner has a fresh new mix of ideas to help you move forward in the coming months.
Each episode comes with clear, practical advice on how to achieve the objective, which is important when it comes to sticking to a resolution. "Goal pursuit requires focused attention," says Elliot Berkman, a psychologist at the University of Oregon. "Our minds need to be focused on one thing," he says.
Ready to take action? Got your target set? Let's go!
This year, I want to ...
Career
Fitness
- Get stronger
- Start exercising
- Become a runner
- Be more flexible
- Get healthier (without going to the gym)
Get organized
- Keep my New Year's resolutions
- Write to-do lists that work
- Start a new healthy habit
- Change my life
- Improve my focus
Health
- Drink less alcohol
- Be a morning person
- Drink enough water
- Try to live to 100
- Sleep better
- Eat more mindfully
- Take care of my teeth
Hobbies
Home
Mental health
- Embrace my perfectionism
- Explore my gender identity
- Have more fun
- Get better at saying 'no'
- Deal with burnout
- Get into meditation
Family
- Martin: I get that, but what's your take on what happened? I know you have an opinion.
- Decide whether I want kids
- Freeze my eggs
- Spend more quality time with my kids
- Be a better auntie or uncle
- Start new traditions
Jeffries: I think we all have to do a better job of meeting the needs of everyday Americans who are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. And the high housing prices, the high food prices and the high gas prices that we've seen in America, of course, that spiked in the aftermath of the shutdown on the economy connected to the once-in-a-century pandemic, and that we are still navigating our way through to this moment, had a significant impact. And the party in power is going to receive the lion's share of responsibility for the fact that food prices, gas prices, housing prices remain high, and that the American dream for far too many people, who are either part of the middle class or who aspire to be part of the middle class, seems out of reach. That is a breakdown of what America represents. And we have to deal with it and we have to deal with it in as decisive a way possible, hopefully not as Democrats, independents or Republicans, but as Americans.
Martin: So is it that you as a Democratic Party did not know that, or is it that you as a Democratic Party did not communicate that, that you knew that?
Finances
- Make a budget
- Get out of debt
- Find a better bank
- Stop stress spending
- Have fun on a budget
Martin: Who's the standard bearer now? Who speaks for the Democrats now?
Jeffries: Well, it's going to fall to the house, it's going to fall to the Senate. It's going to fall to the governorships.
Martin: You were in striking distance of becoming the first Black speaker of the house. It's not the only thing you are, but it is certainly one thing. How are you?
Relationships
The episodes were created by Life Kit. Design, development and illustrations by Connie Hanzhang Jin. Production, editing and art direction by Malaka Gharib, Clare Marie Schneider, Beck Harlan and Kaz Fantone. Special thanks to Life Kit supervising editor Meghan Keane, growth editor Arielle Retting, podcast project manager Lyndsey McKenna and engagement editor Amanda Orr.
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