The New Year is a great time to make a list of resolutions (and attempt to stick to them!). Let’s take a look at our top tips to make 2025 your best year yet.
Dream Big!
As we step into 2025, many of us have some goals and dreams in mind that we'd like to achieve. Whether you're aiming to run a marathon, improve your health, secure a promotion, or prioritise your mental well-being, the key is to break down these big ambitions into small, actionable steps. Writing your goals down and keeping them visible is an effective way to stay motivated and hold yourself accountable throughout the year. By making progress each day, you'll be well on your way to making 2025 great!
To do this, opt for a gorgeous, eco-friendly daily planner. Pop your personal and professional goals into your planner — start every week with clarity, purpose, and a belief in yourself!
Eat Your Greens
Make sure you get plenty of fruit and vegetables — ideally organic, or home-grown fruit and veg. Veggies have plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, especially green, leafy veggies like spinach, kale, arugula, bok choy and cabbage.
Did you know that it’s quite simple to grow these greens? The Little Veggie Patch Co have an amazing range of veggie and herb seedlings that you can plant in your very own garden. Which ones will you grow?
Move Your Body
Get active and try something different this year! If you’re tired of your same old exercise routine, spice things up with strength training, yoga, hiking, swimming, or a team sport. Exercise should be enjoyable and rewarding!
Setting small goals can be really helpful to reach your desired fitness level. If you want to run a marathon, you’ll need to increase the amount of time that you run for and increase the distance every week. With strength training, increase the amount that you lift incrementally (don’t overdo it!).
Or, maybe you want to play outside with your kids, nieces/nephews or grandkids more! Be the one to prioritise movement, play and activity in the every day to set a good example. Whether it’s going to the playground, taking the dog for a walk, or playing chasey in the backyard — something is better than nothing!
There are so many ways to get moving — how will you become more active in 2025?
Practice Mindfulness & Gratitude
Feeling a bit low? There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed.
We believe that mindfulness and gratitude work together, hand in hand. Mindfulness is the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. Sitting down and being present with your own thoughts — even just for a few minutes — can be a powerful way to start your day. When we calmly observe our thoughts, actions and bodily sensations through an objective lens, we can become in tune to the present moment.
Gratitude can be expressed in a few different ways.
- Notice the good things in your life, look for them, and appreciate them.
- Savor, absorb, and really pay attention to those good things.
- Express your gratitude to yourself and others.
- Write down five different things you’re grateful for every morning. It could be a nice cup of coffee, a promotion at work, or the support of a friend or family member!
- When you’re feeling low, take a look through your gratitude journal and remind yourself of how much you have to be grateful for.
Start Composting!
In the kitchen, your goal for 2021 might be to start composting your food scraps. The Urban Composter System is the quickest and easiest way to compost. Never used a composting system before? Here is a complete beginner’s guide to composting!
In your bathroom, your goal for 2025 might be to swap out your plastic bottled shampoo/conditioner for zero waste bars. There are so many reasons to purchase your hair care products in solid bar form. They massively cut down on the number of plastic bottles you dispose of, they’re great for travel, and they’re incredibly concentrated – meaning each bar can last up to 4 times longer! All shampoo and conditioner bars from Flora & Fauna are packaged in minimal, biodegradable materials; therefore no unnecessary plastics going to landfill.
Prioritise Self-Care
Feeling burnt out, stressed or overwhelmed?
There’s one aspect of your life that you can control: how you practice self-care. Proper self-care is integral to leading a happy, balanced life. Self-care is the practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness – especially during periods of stress.
Prioritising a self-care routine is really important — because, ironically — we forget to relax properly. Here at Flora & Fauna, we stock a huge range of products to help you to de-stress after a big day.
We love the idea of creating a spa environment at home, and to do this, we use Retreatment Botanics. These products are used at Gaia Retreat's Spa in Byron Bay. Everything you need to recreate the spa treatment right in your own home is found in the Retreatment Botanics Glowing Skin Self-Care Ritual Set. In this set, you’ll find: the Instant Glow Face Masque (75ml), a Handcrafted Ceramic Masque Bowl, a Facial Masque Brush, and a 100% Organic Cotton Muslin Face Cloth.
For more ethical self-care routine ideas, check out this blog: How to Have an Ethical Self-Care Routine.
Try Veganism!
January is Veganuary! If you’ve considered making the switch to a plant-based diet, now is the perfect time to give it a go. Veganuary is a 31-day vegan challenge; the broader goal is to facilitate the end of cruel animal farming, to protect our planet, and to collectively improve our health. By signing the Veganuary pledge, you can gain access to delicious recipes, easy meal plans, helpful tips, and ongoing support. Sign up for Veganuary here!
Here at F&F, we have a brand range of Vegan Food & Health items to help you on your journey — we’ve got plenty of vegan snacks and pantry/baking items, supplements, and protein powders.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate
Raise a glass of water to 2025, then drink it… Then drink a few more!
Proper consumption of water is essential for all bodily functions and maintaining body temperature. An adequate intake of water for men is approximately 13 cups (3 litres) a day. For women, an adequate intake is around 9 cups (2.2 litres).
If you’ve found yourself swapping water for coffee (or wine) throughout the last year, then the new year is the perfect time to reverse this habit. Take some time to identify why you’re not drinking enough water. Maybe… you only prefer drinking ice-cold water, or you need some cucumber, lemon or mint to enjoy water — or, you don’t have a robust water bottle to take with you wherever you go.
Here at F&F, we have a huge range of stainless steel, copper, glass and insulated bottles for you to choose from.
Get Your Beauty Sleep
We all need more sleep. Getting enough quality sleep will help protect your mental health, physical health, and quality of life. If stress and anxiety are preventing you from getting to sleep, we recommend trying an evening routine for ultimate relaxation.
You might want to try a relaxing bath with the Physic Garden Bath Soak. This naturopathically formulated bath soak contains Rose, Passionflower and Geranium. Settle into a warm, delicious bath and feel stress of the day dissolve away.
After a bath, settle in with a steamy cup of tea. For a relaxing caffeine-free option, try the Love Tea - Sleep Tea. With a calming blend of lavender, passionflower and valerian, this tea aids in relaxation and improves the quality of your sleep.
We all know that scent is very powerful, and that’s where essential oils come in. Create a calm space before bed (and overnight) with the ECO. Modern Essentials Deep Sleep Trio. Simply pop a few drops of lavender, sleep and dream drops on your pillow to let yourself fall into a deep sleep.
Take Up a New Hobby
Last, but not least — take up a new hobby! Hobbies give you an opportunity to destress yourself while remaining mentally productive. Hobbies must be enjoyable but challenging.
The world is full of wonderful, exciting things that we can try out, fail at, and get better at. Whether it’s mastering a musical instrument, growing a garden, or learning how to bake — don’t be scared of being bad at something. Learning, growing and adapting in the face of adversity is so rewarding — it makes us more interesting people, and we become better equipped to deal with problems.
Taking up a new hobby is also a great way to become integrated into your community. It might be some sort of club or volunteering opportunity that you can get involved with. It’s a massive bonus if your hobby helps other people in need.
