Furthermore from Equinox New Year's resolutions from Equinox experts

This story originally appeared on Furthermore from Equinox, the official wellness partner of The Related Life.

Recent research suggests that the best resolutions provide obvious or immediate satisfaction (you notice an uptick in daily energy levels, for example) without requiring a trade-off between health and happiness.

Equinox experts know that they need concrete plans if they want their New Year’s resolutions to stick. “I’ll pursue mine as any coach would: with planning, practice, training, and execution,” says Jessi Laird, Tier 3+ trainer and master instructor at Woodland Hills in California.

To inspire your own 2020 goals, Laird and four other Equinox experts share their resolutions and how they plan to achieve them.

I resolve to: nurture my joy.

“My 2020 resolution is to hike and paraglide in four countries: the United States, Brazil, Italy, and Switzerland. The solitude and freedom I feel during these activities regenerate me mentally and emotionally in ways that allow me to appreciate the life, atmosphere, landscapes, and cloudscapes around me. I believe a resolution should ultimately be a pursuit of joy, and hiking and paragliding bring me genuine happiness.

On January 1, I will start a two-month paragliding training program that I designed. During the summer, I’ll take to the skies for twice weekly flight practice in San Bernardino, California. Here, I will work with my instructor to earn my P3 pilot license with accomplishments in ridge soaring and turbulence, which will allow me to fly internationally.”

—Laird

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