I want to make 2010 my healthiest year yet so I’ve come up with a non-stressful way to incorporate 12 new healthy habits into my life. Each month I will focus on one Activity or Habit/Food/Goal to help make me healthier and happier.
Since I believe Health and Happiness go hand in hand, some of the habits will be for physical health and some will be for mental health. I will be posting information and monthly goals at the start of each month. Feel free to join me by writing your own monthly goals or following along with mine. I don’t expect everyone to have the same priorities as me, so do what is right for you 
At the start of each month I will list some goal ideas for that topic. Here are the topics by month:
January -Meatless Month – Example Goal: Vegetarian Diet or Meatless Mondays (it’s up to you) Maybe a second read of the China Study is in order?
February -Yoga Month – Example Goal: Yoga 2 times a week
March -Oatmeal Month -
April - Get Enough Sleep -
May -Leafy Greens -
June – Phone a Friend
July – Anti-oxidant Month
August – Cut the Vice
September – Wine Month
October – Eat Seasonally
November – Try Something New (activity or healthy food)
December – Enjoy the Fruits of your Labor
The Ultimate Goal is the end the year healthier than how you started! These are all things I want to work on in the new year and taking them one at a time will help make it more manageable. I still have my New Year’s Resolutions too! But, I consider those more dramatic, and this list is just small steps toward a healthier me!
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I’m liking this idea
i love this!!
I really like all these ideas!! Definitely worth it to dedicate a month to a healthy goal!
I’m really looking forward to finding out more about those topics
May just have to do some of these myself!!
this is a wonderful idea! it’s a great way to slowing down and forcing myself to focus on one goal at a time for an entire month. thanks for doing this and sharing everyone!!
I love these ideas! Except every month for me is meatless month/oatmeal month/sleep month
i like this idea a lot – I was toying with themed months when I was baking cookies tonight – I may give it a shot!
I love this! I don’t think my family, especially the husband, would ever go for meatless, but I could! Everything else sounds like it could be incorporated with my family needs! Thanks, Monica.
I really like this post. It seems like there are unique tangible goals. And if one month doesn’t work, you can “switch” next month. I have the urge to copy this, or at least, make my own!
This sounds like a great idea! I tried to do something like this last year but started slacking. I think I’ll try it again, but one thing I’ll add is a “Hydrate” month.
What a good idea. I think I might make my own and use some of your ideas… Hope you don’t mind
wow i love the monthly themes! makes a vague goal like “be healthier” soooo much more tangible!
I think this is a really good idea, and something that I would like to try for myself! Thanks for the idea!
did you read china study?? did you review it? i must have missed it. this is primarily why i went vegan, but also because a great mentor of mine is vegan (after battling cancer= lifestyle change) and he inspired me to try it.
i love the month focus idea.
I don’t even remember if I reviewed it – but I read it and it totally convinced me that veganism is the healthiest diet. I’m not ready to commit to all of that yet, but I will be vegetarian in the new year!
Leo from Zen Habits actually recommend giving yourself 31 days to acquire a new habit. I like this idea of yours. I’ll try to come up with my own. Thanks for sharing this!
-Denise
Great idea. I imagine the ones you like will become habits that stick with you.
Love this idea! I’ll take on some of the monthly challenges!
It only takes 21 days to make something a habit, I’ve read, so you’ll have tons of healthy habits by the end of the year!
this is a great idea, i’ll be steal this idea if that’s OK? enjoy the warmth of CA
This is great!! I love it and will definitely be trying it. Good luck and happy almost new year!!
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