6 Ways to Start the New Year Right

How to get new year—and yourself—off to a good start.

Write your goals in a place that you can look at daily or weekly. Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images

It’s a blank slate, a fresh start, a new beginning—a new year. Here are six simple ways to get it started right.

Mark Your Memories

Before the memories of the last year get fuzzy in your mind, take some time to reflect back and write down those moments you enjoyed, that you’re grateful for, that helped you in your life, that taught you something, that were beautiful, that seemed magical, and those that you simply want to remember.

An easy way to jog your memory is to go back through your journal, if you keep one, or go through your photos from the past year, beginning in January.

Look Within

There’s not one person reading this who wouldn’t like to improve themselves in one way or another. Such is the human spirit. Take a moment to look within yourself and consider the ways you’d like to improve yourself this year. Perhaps you’d like to become more fit, more patient, less fearful, less messy. Think about the kind of person you hope to be in the new year. Think of who you are when you’re at your absolute best—the person you know you can be at your highest potential.