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Welcome, 2022

Happy New Year! Welcome, 2022. New Year's resolutions are one way to start the year, but there are many other ways to make the best of yourself and your goals. Resolutions are not the only way to explore the New Year, whether setting a dream or picking a word to guide you through 2022. 

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10 Alternatives to New Year's Resolutions

Read about the 10 alternatives to New Year's Resolutions, whether you want to try something new or if resolutions didn't work in the past. Do a monthly challenge, create a bucket list, or find a new way to track and measure your goals. For example, a person can choose "empathy" then try to be more empathetic and compassionate in 2022. 

A Goal With a Plan Beats a Resolution Every Day of the Year

Phoebe Gavin describes the differences between goals and resolutions and focuses on small, subtle improvements instead of massive, sweeping changes/challenges to overcome. Looking at plans from this perspective should make the idea of completing a New Year's Resolution a lot less daunting to many people and should lead to more of us achieving yearly goals.

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions? Do you have any advice on how to best complete them? If so, let us know in the comments below! For youth and young adults, ages 13-26, join us on the SPAN Youth Chat on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:00 PM.

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Link to SPAN's website: www.spanadvocacy.org 

Link to SPAN's Youth in the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know

We're here for you! Call SPAN if you need assistance: 1-800-654-7726


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