It’s safe to say that most of us are happy to see the back of 2020. Hopefully, 2021 is a chance for more positivity and maybe also a little reinvention, but what can you do to feel as though you are starting the new year with your best foot forward?
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Try a new semi-permanent hair colour
Unless you’re a seasoned pro with home colour, we don’t recommend plumping for a permanent change straight away. However, a washout option could be just the change that you need to feel renewed and revived. Reviews of www.sallybeauty.co.uk – a UK supplier of professional hair and beauty products – reveal that the team members in-store and online are always happy to help and advise, so you can be sure that you’re buying something that won’t do any lasting damage.
Maybe now is the time to try that vibrant red hair that you’ve always fancied? With national lockdown in place, if you don’t love it, it can be gone before you need to venture out again!
Take up the hobby you keep meaning to
If you’ve always longed to take up daily yoga, keep putting off picking up some crochet hooks or never find the time to get better acquainted with your cooking skills, do it now. Make 2021 the year that you stop putting your interests second and make time to prioritise yourself and your personal development.
Don’t forget that a new you doesn’t necessarily mean a physical transformation, it can be a mental breakthrough as well.
Get creative with scissors
Attempt this with caution! Have you been considering cutting a fringe, to give yourself an easy but noticeable revamp? It can be a great idea, but do your homework first. There are countless video tutorials that you can watch before you start snipping and you’ll need to think about the style of fringe that you want to end up with too. Long 70s curtains are very in right now, and are easy to brush to one side if you get fed up of them quickly. Micro fringes are also ‘in vogue’ but are far harder to cut well and disguise if you don’t love them.
Audit your entire wardrobe
There’s never been a better moment to jump in with both feet and embrace a style overhaul. Start by getting literally everything you own out on display. From here, you can create three piles: keep, undecided and discard. Anything that you haven’t worn in at least six months or that makes you pull a face should be gotten rid of. Or, if it has life left in it, be sure to either sell online or keep for when you can take donations to charity shops again. A style change doesn’t mean that we can forget our duty to recycle!
If you feel unsure about anything, pop it in the undecided pile and come back to it later. If you are determined to change your style entirely, only keep truly classic pieces that can be adapted easily.
Evaluate your career
This is a big suggestion, but if you want to make 2021 the year of the new you, taking stock of your career is an important step. Do you love what you do? Is the company you work for where you want to be right now and are you progressing like you think you deserve to? If not, it could be time to make a drastic change. It’s not a cliche to say that you’re never too old to try your hand at something new or to retrain.
Try a new dietary lifestyle
There’s always a food-related challenge going on that you can sign up to, whether it’s Dry January, Meat-Free Mondays or even just traditional Lent. You might find that you enjoy the process and resulting changes so much that you want to make a permanent adaptation to your eating habits and as an extra bonus, you might find a new group of friends to interact with too.
Get proactive
If you want it, go for it. Anything you have been putting off or thinking you don’t have the time for, you should get on with now. We are all prone to procrastination in some form, but you’ll be surprised at how much simply getting proactive will change your life. You’ll find you are motivated to try new things, unlikely to get stressed about a build-up of tasks and you’ll just have more of a zest for life in general. The best thing is, you can be proactive in any and all areas of your life, so this change will be far-reaching and positive on multiple fronts.
2021 is being touted as a year for big change, so start with yourself and see how else you can make this your best year ever.