New Year’s Resolutions for Brain and Body

We’re full of res­o­lu­tions for the upcom­ing new year. But, if you haven’t found one yet and need a lit­tle inspi­ra­tion, here are some ideas to stim­u­late your com­mit­ment to a healthy brain and body this year …

If your goals focus on per­son­al improve­ment, then The Car­ni­val of Pos­i­tive Think­ing has sug­ges­tions for improv­ing your atti­tude, devel­op­ing your self-aware­ness, and set­ting goals. One arti­cle in par­tic­u­lar has sug­ges­tions to improve your brain health in the new year- tak­ing time to reflect, find­ing a healthy bal­ance of stim­u­la­tion and rest, appre­ci­at­ing life, and being inquis­i­tive. Or The Hap­pi­ness Car­ni­val has great sug­ges­tions for yoga, med­i­ta­tion, danc­ing, and just feel­ing bet­ter. You might be inter­est­ed in improv­ing your stress man­age­ment tech­niques.

If you’re look­ing for a res­o­lu­tion that is a lit­tle less med­i­ta­tive and a lit­tle more com­pet­i­tive, then check out The Car­ni­val of Sports. Alvaro’s post dis­cussing the ESPN cov­er­age of Intel­li­Gym will help you fig­ure out how to beat your bud­dies at bas­ket­ball in no time! If it’s your golf game, instead of your bas­ket­ball game, that needs help, then read about emo­tion­al man­age­ment for peak per­for­mance. Or if you just need a lit­tle incen­tive to get to the gym, read my post, Two Fee of Free Ther­a­py, on get­ting out there and doing it.

Or per­haps your goals are more about suc­cess. In which case, be sure to read what suc­cess­ful traders and stu­dents have in com­mon or the neu­ro­log­i­cal roots of the achieve­ment gap.

So, what are your res­o­lu­tions for 2007? Let us know!