Set Your Intentions for 2022

As we continue through 2022, many people will be thinking about the goals they set for the new year. Here at Active Family Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, we encourage people to pursue healthy living year-round. Yet, if you’re someone that struggles to keep up with their goals after January, we hope that setting your intention can continue to help with your wellness journey in 2022.

Alongside setting SMART goals, consider setting your intentions. This can look like focusing on one single word to title your year. One word to focus on and remember throughout the year to stay motivated. Say, for example, every year you make it a goal to go to the gym 4 times a week, every week, for the year. Perhaps you don’t achieve your goal every week, which grows to a monthly basis, by the end of the year you feel as though you’ve failed at your yearly goal. This is a negative way to think, which could be detrimental to your mental health. Poor mental health, in turn, affects spinal health, which is of the utmost importance to your Mississauga chiropractor.

Setting your intentions gives room for patience and grace for yourself. Taking the same example, say you set your intentions to be active in some way, every day for the year. You could set your mind on the single word, “MOVE.” Every day you set your intention to “MOVE” in some way, shape, or form. Now, you don't have to get down on yourself for not going to the gym 4 times a week. You can take the time to celebrate your daily wins. You can congratulate yourself for walking your dog on Monday, going to see your Mississauga chiropractor on Tuesday, and playing at the park with your kids on Wednesday.

Setting your intentions and giving yourself grace and patience may be the key to your resolutions for 2022. Instead of trying to take an enormous leap at the start of every year, your Mississauga chiropractor encourages
you to take one small step every day on your health and wellness journey.

If you would like help with your wellness journey this year, don’t hesitate to schedule an appointment with your local Mississauga chiropractor here at Active Family Chiropractic and Wellness Centre.