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After tough year, psychologist says to focus on manageable New Year s resolutions
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and last updated 2020-12-30 10:12:33-05
With 2021 right around the corner, many are thinking about New Yearâs resolutions.
After a hard year, an expert tells us you may want to focus more on reflecting on the things that did make you happy in 2020 and plan small changes that could make those things better in the coming year.
âIn the process of paying more attention and being more aware, we might actually come upon or notice things in life that we hadn t noticed that actually are already pretty positive or good or enjoyable that we might be missing when we re in autopilot,â said Sophie Lazarus, PhD, a clinical psychologist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
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YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - New Years resolutions could add to the heightened stress levels that most people are experiencing this year due to the pandemic, according to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
But balance may be a key factor for better mental health in 2021.
As much as we all want to get back to some type of normalcy, the pandemic is not disappearing at the strike of midnight.
2020 has been a tuff year. Obviously, COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic are a large reason why. Since it won t be magically vanishing on January 1 at midnight, we can expect it to dominate the headlines if not for all of 2021, at least for a large amount of the year. As a result, I have advice: Don t make a New Years resolution for 2021. Why? Let me explain.
You already have enough pressure on yourself due to the current pandemic. Why add more? In fact, an expert on the matter Dr. Sophie Lazarus agrees. Dr. Lazarus is a psychologist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. In a CNET interview, she encourages readers to not make resolutions because we have already dealt with so many difficulties this year, we don t need to place even more pressure on ourselves.