How to Approach <br />New Year's Resolutions, After a Year Like 2020.<br />2020 has been a year like none <br />other in recent memory.<br />Looking ahead to 2021, experts say that <br />the tradition of making New Year's resolutions<br />can be helpful for overall well-being.<br />Here are three suggestions for how to approach <br />the tradition amid the turmoil of 2020.<br />1. , Pick goals you know <br />you can achieve.<br />Specific, attainable goals that are clearly <br />achievable will do wonders for your confidence.<br />2. , Make fewer <br />resolutions for 2021.<br />Pick the resolutions that mean the most to you, <br />and then actually write them down.<br />3. , Take it easy <br />on yourself.<br />In a year like this we need to give ourselves more grace and forgiveness and have more self-compassion, Dr. Sara L. Dolan, Baylor University, <br />via 'The New York Times'
