Reflections on Spring Resolutions

Maximum of your experience that people can relate to, so have you ever made a health resolution in the spring? I mean that's an interesting question because if I'm being completely honest I wouldn't have said that spring was particularly a time where I like kind of set resolutions if I'm being completely honest and maybe it's something that I should so maybe that says a lot about kind of like the sort of inspiration and information that we're receiving from professionals because I wouldn't have said that spring particularly feels like a transformative time for me and I don't think that that is usually the type of time that I would look to be setting kind of strong intentions or goals. So maybe that says a lot about me and the information that we're sort of consuming at that sort of time. I think I always have quite consistent ongoing goals kind of with my fitness and my nutrition and things like that. I'm quite, I enjoy reading and kind of consuming content about you know health, well-being, whether that be really holistically or kind of more traditionally the things we eat and the way we exercise. I think we're hearing a lot more, I'm kind of going off track a little bit at the moment, but I think I'm hearing more and more about menopause now so that's also something that is really on my mind and how I can make that kind of the best experience that I can for myself and I think being a woman you know we're hearing a lot more about endometriosis and PCOS and I think women's health is coming more to the forefront of the things that we're seeing which is so important and it has been missing for decades so I think my goals have really shifted in line with that so talking about kind of aging well but also aging well specifically as a woman and I think the things that I can do to kind of protect myself in that respect. So I really focus a lot more on protein, I know that's really kind of cliche and we're all talking about protein at the moment, it seems quite trendy, but those are the sorts of things that I'm really kind of paying attention to and also strength-based exercising as opposed to just cardio, cardio, cardio, you know, looking at how I can build bone density and kind of protect myself in that respect. So I think I always have those quite consistent goals throughout the year, but I think they just kind of adapt slightly as you said through the seasons of what's achievable for you because at the end of the day if you're setting all of these goals and you're not achieving them that's going to ruin your self-esteem. I've found that in the past. If you set really unrealistic goals and intentions for yourself and you don't quite make the mark you'll just feel like a failure which is silly because you set that standard for yourself you know it's not something that you failed at. So I wouldn't have said that spring is a time that I really deviate from that.