It’s Time For Joy In 2024: Here Are 12 Fun New Year's Resolutions For Every Black Woman
We’ve made it to 2024! Now is the time to start anew, adopt healthier lifestyle habits, and become even more adventurous. Check out our resolution list to learn how!
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Happy New Year! 2024 is now upon us, which means we have 365 days to map out our lives for the rest of the year. In the days leading up to today, we’ve seen many “ins and outs” lists on social media detailing the behaviors, actions, and objects individuals plan to take with them for the new year and things they would rather stay in 2023. Like any start of the new year, now is the time to be reflective, hopeful, and inspired about your life’s trajectory for 2024, and most importantly, begin to prioritize your time to embody wellness, self-care, and adventure, especially if you’re tired of feeling complacent. This year is your chance to spice up your life some. Do you have several hobbies you’d like to pick up? Schedule some time for them. Want to have more quality time for friends and family? Make it happen.
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We’re claiming 2024 is the year of evolution, wellness, and fun outside of accomplishing professional goals. We’ve made several fun resolutions for you throughout the new year. Keep this list close to you for inspiration, or share it with your girls, as you’ll need a reference point along the way. Don’t forget to put yourself and your enjoyment first in 2024!
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Try Something Outside the Box
Do you ever wonder what fun you’d have if you weren’t afraid of trying new things? We encourage you to list out-of-the-box activities you’d like to do this year. From sky-diving to fencing or ax throwing, list hobbies, activities, and date nights that excite you and plan to experience them.
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Have More Sex!
You deserve pleasure, and lots of it. As an action item for 2024, be sure to pencil in intimate time with a partner(s), or with yourself. Frequent penetration and physical stimulation can be medicinal and good for your mental health.
African American woman laying on bed
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Date Outside Of Your Type
If you’re coming into 2024 single, you should be open to exploring options outside your usual type. Switching up your dating preferences doesn’t hurt, especially if nothing has worked in the past.
A young African American woman and a young Caucasian man in love are touching faces and looking at each other with big smiles.
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See Some World!
Explore the world this year. Travel to new places to receive rich cultural experiences and to make lasting memories. Dream up several worldly destinations you’d like to visit and make a plan to get there.
Young black women walking in Paris in the city center talking and texting on the phone and commuting using one of public city bikes.
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Journal Consistently
Reflect on your dreams, goals, and aspirations this year in a journal. When journaling, you can track your progress, have a safe space to write your feelings and jot down new goals for the year.
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Hot Girl Trots
Say goodbye to “Hot Girl Walks!” This year, we’re all about adopting a combination of power walking and a light jog daily or several times a week to maintain optimal health.
Photo of a young smiling woman carrying a backpack and hiking in the nature
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Say No More To Enforce Stronger Boundaries
For 2024, we’re continuing to stand on business, which means it’s essential for your mental health to learn and vocalize your boundaries and limitations to others to ensure your emotional safety and maintain your bandwidth.
Joyful young woman looking up with her arms open while standing outdoors. Freedom concept.
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Make a Better Effort to Hang Out With Your Girls
We all need a reprieve from work and daily responsibilities, so pencil in some girlfriend time at the start of the new year and ensure that it carries throughout the 365 days. Hanging with our girls can bring us unbridled joy, understanding, and love.
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Self-Prioritize Over Self-Care
This year we’re all about doing actions that serve us and center our personhood all year long, and not only during moments of self-care. We’re prioritizing ourselves this year, across the board.
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Treat Yourself Often
You should book all the spa dates, eat the dessert, and do every single thing that makes you happy (in moderation of course)! Don’t be afraid or hesitant to treat yourself this year.
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Pick Up An Interesting Hobby
Going back to thinking outside of the box, you should incorporate new hobbies in your life to add excitement and fulfillment. Think of trying tennis or pilates!
Beautiful African smiling sportswoman doing pilates exercise on reformer.
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Take Your PTO (Even if you’re not traveling anywhere)
Rest is paramount this year! Even if you’re not jet-setting to every country this year, be sure to pencil in some time off from your job. We’re limiting the burnout in 2024.