The Best Time to Start Your “New Year” Resolution Might Be Now
A gentle reminder that you don’t have to wait for the “perfect time” to start feeling better.
If you’re reading this just after Thanksgiving (or heading into your own end-of-year season), you might be feeling a familiar mix of things: gratitude, connection… and also a fair bit of fatigue.
Even if you love this time of year, it can be a lot. Full schedules, social energy, travel, family logistics—and if you’re living with Long COVID or another chronic condition, that “a lot” can feel like even more.
Most of us are used to the idea that January is when we start fresh. After things calm down. After the holidays are behind us. After we’ve “got through” everything.
This week on the ThriveNinety blog, we’re inviting a different approach:
What if the best time to begin your New Year’s resolution is actually now?
Not by overhauling everything or adding more pressure to your days, but by giving yourself one small, energy-giving starting point—something that helps you through the season, rather than waiting for it to be over.
In the new post, we explore:
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Why the resolutions that truly change our lives rarely start on January 1st
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How “I’ll start when things calm down” quietly keeps us stuck
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Why starting small when life feels full can actually give you energy
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Three gentle nervous-system tools (eyes, ankles, arms) that take under 5 minutes and can help:
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settle your system
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support pacing
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and make it a little easier to do the things you care about
In the blog post, you’ll also find a link to a short video with a simple sequence you can use on busy days, before a gathering, or whenever your energy dips.
👉 Read the full post: The Best Time to Begin Your New Year’s Resolution Might Be Today
As you move through the coming weeks, we’d love you to consider this:
You don’t have to wait to feel “ready” to look after yourself differently.
You can start with something very small, very gentle—and still meaningful.
Our work at ThriveNinety is built around that idea:
Tools that give you energy, instead of just asking you to spend it.
Warmly,
Katie & Andrea
