{"id":18944,"date":"2024-12-26T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18944"},"modified":"2024-12-26T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:24:14","slug":"why-your-new-years-resolutions-should-involve-your-interpersonal-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18944","title":{"rendered":"Why Your New Year\u2019s Resolutions Should Involve Your Interpersonal Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Experts share how shifting from self-focused goals to thinking about others can have a positive impact on the year ahead.<\/p>\n

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My New Year\u2019s resolutions have always had one thing in common: They\u2019ve been all about me. Some years I\u2019ve vowed to pick up my high school French again; some years I\u2019ve sworn off impulse shopping; and some years (OK, every year) I\u2019ve promised myself I\u2019d go to bed earlier. The goal, though, has always been the same: to become a better, happier version of myself.<\/p>\n

But while there\u2019s nothing wrong with self-improvement, experts say that focusing on our relationships with the people around us may go a long way to making us happier.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur society has treated happiness as a highly individualistic pursuit \u2014 the idea being that it\u2019s something that you make for yourself, that you get for yourself, and you do it all alone,\u201d said Stephanie Harrison, founder of The New Happy, an online platform that uses art and science to change how we think about happiness, and author of \u201cNew Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That\u2019s Got It Wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

We tend to set our sights on self-focused goals, Ms. Harrison said, \u201calmost plucking them out of thin air, thinking, \u2018OK, this will be the thing that makes me happy.\u2019\u201d Instead, she suggested, pivot to \u201cthink about happiness as something we create together and for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There is ample research \u2014 including one of the longest-running studies on human happiness<\/a> \u2014 to show that our interpersonal relationships are crucial to our<\/a> well-being, protecting against depression<\/a>, bolstering our physical health<\/a> and making our lives more meaningful<\/a>. As you think about your goals for 2025, here are some ways to center your relationships with your friends, family and co-workers.<\/p>\n