Happy New Year!
Everyone says hindsight is 2020 ;) — but here at Life Kit, we’re all about the present. We’ve been working hard on a batch of new episodes designed around positive, actionable changes for the new year, and it’ll be rolling out throughout January. Watch this space so you don’t miss a thing.
Keep reading for more new year, ~*new you*~ content — from attempting dry January to making the most of your weekend. Plus, our first #lifekitchallenge!
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Did your cup runneth over with celebratory bubbly this New Year’s Eve? Have your ears perked up every time that coworker raves about her dry January stint? Or were you, perhaps, a little too enthusiastic about the White Claw trend over the summer?
There are a million reasons people are deciding not to drink for 31 days in January, and there’s good news! Science supports just about all of them. A recent study, for example, showed that people who took just a brief break from booze lost some weight and saw improvement in blood pressure and insulin sensitivity. In another study, a majority of participants reported better sleep and a sense of achievement after taking a month off the juice.
For strategies to start and succeed at dry January, listen to Life Kit’s full episode here. And if you decide to give it a try, let us know! Tag your dry January story with #lifekitchallenge on Twitter and Instagram for a chance to be featured in our newsletter.
Throughout this month, the Life Kit newsletter team will be posting tips, tricks and mocktail recipes, and we’d love to have you along for the ride! Stay with us by subscribing to our newsletter, and if you have a friend who's going dry this month, we hope you'll forward them this email.
— Andee Tagle, Life Kit producer |
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| Maybe this new year you have dreams of saving just a little more, working out twice a week or expanding your social circle. NPR One put together a playlist of some of their favorite Life Kit episodes to help you turn resolutions into lasting habits.
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Fight Burnout With A Good Weekend |
If you’re suffering from a weekly case of the “Sunday scaries” or if you start Monday morning off feeling like a zombie, how you spend your weekend might be to blame.
Many weekends get filled up with errands, plans, and, yes, work. Say "no" to burnout by making your two days off into a mini-vacation with relaxation techniques and tips to help you unplug.
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As we usher in a new year AND a new decade, we hope you’ll use Life Kit as a resource to help you become a new YOU — however you define it, for wherever you are in life and for wherever you hope to go.
We’ll be publishing new episodes twice a week on everything from how to start something new (a creative habit, therapy, a book club!), to how to quit things you want to leave behind (smoking, your job!).
Stick with Life Kit, and we’ll help you form good habits — that stick.
— Becky Harlan, Life Kit engagement editor
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