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As January 1st looms ahead on our calendars, some are finalizing plans for New Year’s Resolutions. I saw a TikTok video where they went back to last year’s resolutions and just adjusted them for the current times.

Last year: Put myself out there more

This year: Go outside

Others are finding that after 2020, just surviving 2021 will be a tall enough order.

They’re both right.

Though The Times is a weekly paper, we resolve to bring more news as it unfolds. We’ll achieve this goal by leaning into our online presence. Waitsburgtimes.com is the best place for all the news that fits in print. Users will also find stories shared through the Waitsburg Times Facebook page and photo-driven content on our Instagram.

To fully integrate this new change into our lifestyle, we’ll be posting every day for 30 days. Together, we’ll build a new habit and learn more about our community.

For resolutions to be achievable, they must be quantifiable, and even better, more specific. Rather than just saying we want to post more often, which is vague and general, we’ll share one post per day for a month and then reassess. It’s specific and yet leaves a little grace in case we get to the end of the time period and decide it isn’t ideal.

Making a new habit stick by going gung-ho for the first 30 days only works with a bit of planning. Do everything to make it easy to follow the new regime.

Other goals may require more planning before getting started. It is for this reason that January 1st as a start date becomes arbitrary. Any day would do for a new beginning.

What’s on your resolutions list?