Gym memberships tend to rise every January as people try to fulfill their New Year’s resolution to live a healthier life or lose weight. Yet for most, it doesn’t last and only a fraction is still attending the gym by the end of the year.

The classic scenario: join on January 1st, work hard for a month or so to get results, then get frustrated by the lack thereof, see commitment dwindle, and quit.

New Year’s resolutions are good. But a completely blinkered view that they will come true with big drastic changes and overnight transformations is less than healthy.

In a world where everything is so busy, working out or doing a yoga class, or going for a run, is your chance to be with ‘you’. To reconnect with yourself and slow things down. Scheduling this time for something that makes you happy and stronger will boost your motivation to look after yourself and stick with it.