{"id":5118,"date":"2016-01-12T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2016-01-06T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:36:41","slug":"2016-new-year-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestationerystudio.com\/blog\/2016-new-year-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 New Year Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jan-2016-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5149\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jan-2016-001.jpg\" alt=\"jan-2016-001\" width=\"1200\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jan-2016-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jan-2016-001-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.thestationerystudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jan-2016-001-1024x264.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Did you make any New Years resolutions?\u00a0 About 75% of people nationally make resolutions and by the end of January they begin to fade away.\u00a0 Some of the most common resolutions we&#8217;ve all heard are to lose weight, spend less and save more money, quit smoking, stay organized and spend more time with family.<\/p>\n<p>I have three resolutions this year.\u00a0 My first is to wear more patterns.\u00a0 I&#8217;m such a solid person.\u00a0 I like the classic and the simple.\u00a0 Jewel colors mostly.\u00a0 And black.\u00a0 Well, it&#8217;s just so hard to commit to a pattern.\u00a0 But I&#8217;m trying &#8230; in clothing, stationery, home decor and more.\u00a0 I mean, why not?\u00a0 Yes, I&#8217;m really going to try.<\/p>\n<p>My second is to improve my stir fry skills.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 It&#8217;s such a great, quick dinner.\u00a0 But I have to figure out how to create tasty sauces that are on the healthy side.\u00a0 No more jar sauces for me in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>For my third resolution, inspiration came after watching a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/amy-cuddy-strikes-a-power-pose\/\">Ted Talk featuring Amy Cuddy<\/a> recently.\u00a0 The talk was featured on Sunday Morning on CBS-TV in December which is where I was introduced to it.\u00a0 Have you heard it yet?\u00a0 It&#8217;s really fabulous.\u00a0 She discusses Body language and how it affects how others see us.\u00a0 And, she explains, it may also change how we see ourselves.\u00a0 Amy Cuddy is a Social psychologist and she shows how \u201cpower posing\u201d \u2014 standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don\u2019t feel confident \u2014 can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language, and those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes, like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.&#8221;\u00a0 And Cuddy notes, &#8220;When you pretend to be powerful, you are more likely to actually feel powerful.&#8221;\u00a0 If you have a chance, watch the segment.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s important and can positively affect your life.\u00a0 As Ms. Cuddy would say, &#8220;stand tall and remember who you are!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So stand tall.\u00a0 And wear patterns.\u00a0 And enjoy some stir fry.\u00a0 Happy 2016!<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Renee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestationerystudio.com\/blog\/2016-new-year-resolutions\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Did you make any New Years resolutions?\u00a0 About 75% of people nationally make resolutions and by the end of January they begin to fade away.\u00a0 Some of the most common resolutions we&#8217;ve all heard are to lose weight, spend less and save more money, quit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[991,990],"class_list":["post-5118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-new-years-2016","tag-new-years-resolutions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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