A brand-spanking new year is just a few weeks away. Can you believe that? We made it!
But don’t start planning your No Jeans January outfits just yet.
I will be the first to admit that I have a hard time getting a grip on my life this time of year, let alone planning for a whole new calendar year. In December, I let the runaway train of holiday shopping, too many parties and not enough sleep absolutely run my life.
The festive season is so much fun, but ultimately can leave me feeling more fatigued than festive!
That’s why I made a list chock full of December reset opportunities.
Which means yes, it’s as much for you as it is for me.
So, let’s do this together, shall we? On three, we’ll all take a breath, take a beat, and take stock.
After all, this in-between time—before the cozy cocoon of the holidays completely envelopes you, and before the immediate reality of a new year is mere days away—is the ideal time for a little self-reflection.
Which makes it the ideal time to set yourself up to start 2025 on a high note.
Our entire ethos at SG is to help you look, feel and act your best, so let’s dive into all three areas!
From reinvigorating your love life to catching more Zzzs, engaging in some serious self-care and tackling long-delayed housekeeping tasks, here are 27 ways to reset your life before the end of the year.
Pick a couple. Or more. Do one a day, advent calendar-style, or fly through a handful on a quiet weekend or slow afternoon.
And don’t worry, you still have my blessing to throw back one too many glasses of eggnog at the family function and spend a couple blissfully relaxed days on the couch with your dog catching up on The Great British Bake-Off.
Below, 27 ways to get a December reset
- Play hooky and spend the day hitting the slopes at the closest mountain. Bonus points for leaving your phone on DND while you get your shred on.
- Reflect on 2024, alone or with a friend or close co-worker. You may be surprised at the highs you’ve forgotten about, and the lows that don’t seem so bad in the rearview mirror.
- Hit the town in search of the best hot chocolate. The larger the marshmallow on top, the better.
- Change your sheets. Quick, when was the last time you changed your sheets? And that includes washing your duvet? If you can’t remember, stop reading this and go do a load of wash (or three).
- Take a Hot Boy Walk and listen to your favorite podcast.
- Go to bed early. This is a busy time of year. Don’t forget to give your body the rest it needs to make it to 2025 without succumbing to a cold or flu.
- Write down your goals or resolutions for the new year.
- Take an everything shower. There’s no better feeling to setting yourself up for a great day, a great week, and yes, a great year than when everything’s clean and you’re scrubbed to a shine.
- Cook a meal for friends.
- Finish a book you started sometime between January 1, 2024, and now.
- If you’re single, ask out the crush you’ve been nursing all year. If they say yes, great! If they say no, hey, at least there’s your answer.
- If you’re in a relationship, plan a winter date.
- Unsubscribe from emails cluttering up your inbox (not ours).
- Clean out your closet. You’ll be shocked at how many more options it feels like you have each day when you can actually see the clothes you like to wear, and none you don’t.
- Try an infrared sauna session.
- Teach yourself to make a new cocktail. Who knows, it could become your new signature drink!
- Rethink your wellness routine. Do you want to move more in 2025? Try Pilates? Run a marathon? Get swole? Now’s the perfect time to make a plan of action based on how you want to feel in the new year, not just how you want to look.
- Shave your sweaters. Yes, really. This little guy and I had a nice night in recently, watching the Lindsay Lohan Christmas movie on Netflix and renewing every knit I own.
- Unfollow anyone on social media who drains you for any reason. Maybe you loathe their sports takes, or you’re jealous of their career. Even if it feels petty or small, wipe them from your feed if following them makes you feel worse when you see them pop up.
- Get a manicure. If Jared McCain can play in 21 games, starting eight of them, his rookie season with a fresh mani at tip-off, what’s stopping you?
- Choose a word of the year to set an intention for 2025.
- Change your hair. Maybe that means simply switching things up and getting a fresh haircut. Or finally buzzing it down to your scalp. It could be booking that trip to Turkey for that all-inclusive hair transplant treatment you keep getting served on Instagram!
- Clean out your fridge. Be ruthless.
- Schedule that appointment with the physical therapist / dentist / proctologist you’ve been putting off.
- Make healthy additions to your diet. More fruits. More vegetables. More water.
- Let go of the grudge you’ve been holding against your fourth grade bully. It’s time.
- Book a trip, even if it’s for next December. It’s fun having an adventure to look forward to.
