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Happy New Year from our DAC Team to you and yours! Is 2026 a year of New Year’s Resolutions? We may be able to help.
This is do-able!
For a solid article on how to get those resolutions off on the right track this year, check out, Achievement unlocked! Use science to keep your new year’s resolutions. (Linda Geddes, December 6 2015, from The Guardian)
“…for behaviour change to occur, people must have the capability, opportunity and motivation to make it happen. Often people aren’t making resolutions for the right reasons, says Gardner: “They think that because it’s new year, they’re obliged to say they’ll change their behaviour. But once they face the reality of what they’re doing, they give up because they aren’t motivated enough in the first place.”
The article goes on to note,
“Say 20(25) is the year you plan to write a novel. First, you need to identify good situations in which to initiate your writing: it could be whenever your partner goes out to their gym class. But you also need to plan what to do if your best friend calls and suggests you meet for lunch instead. Gollwitzer calls this “if-then planning”: if X happens, then I will do Y.
If this, then that
…people are two to three times more likely to achieve their goals if they use an “if-then” plan; this goes for all sorts of goals, from weight loss to using more public transport.”
Your new year’s resolutions may just the thing to tackle some questionable habits that need a little re-working. If that’s the case, here’s to your strong success in 2017!
And in defense of a little peace of mind…
On the other hand,
“…Sometimes there’s a very good reason why we’re not slimmer/fitter/richer/nicer than we already are. And that’s because, if we’re completely honest with ourselves, we don’t really need to be.“
What if we begin this new year with an aim to be kind and curious? Kind and curious about our own peculiarities. Curious and kind about the differences between ourselves and each other!
Perhaps we can set to a year of being a little awe-struck by the rarities we find in the world. Nothing will disarm judgment and hatred more quickly than wonder and curiosity.
Let your own instinctive generosity be your guide
Just this past Christmas season we had some of the best 5 star feedback! It was a reminder of what inspires us to do the work we do year after year. A donor for the Alzheimer Society wrote,
“‘Donate a Car Canada’! What a wonderful collection of folks to deal with – a high class institution. The whole transaction was, without a doubt…one of those nice experiences in life without stress or drama. The car was donated to the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia. Very much appreciated all the terrific people I interacted with, too…Thank you so much!!!”
With over 80,000 Canadian charities working to serve the people of Canada year ’round, starting 2026 with a resolve to help them keep helping is generous indeed!
Vehicle donation is just one way to do that, of course. As the calendar flips to 2026, check in with the charities you love and sow seeds of support, goodness, and lovingkindness. If we do anything self-helpy in the year ahead, let it be a united resolve to simply do a little good, a little at a time.
Whatever your situation, may 2026 be a year of peace, good health, and much love for you and yours!
