Seemingly Small Upgrades to My Everyday

In the spirit of the New Year, I got to thinking about the resolution I made for 2024: to improve my life by 1% every day. It was the best goal I’ve ever set because it’s extremely low stakes and it meant I could take stock of my life daily. In essence, I wanted my tomorrow to be 1% better than today and this could look like anything from lunch was too salty, so I shouldn’t add as much seasoning tomorrow to take a walk because I didn’t today. Now that we’re in 2025, I can safely say it was so worth it.

And, as I mull over what 2025 holds for me, I thought I’d share a bunch of the things I did last year to improve my life. Here are the seemingly small upgrades I made to my everyday:

Packing homemade lunches for office days.
… In glass Tupperware and into an insulated lunch bag, of course.
Making one of my in-office lunch breaks a non-negotiable solo one.
Early nights and early mornings.
Having a book (or Kindle) on hand at all times.
Ginger shots.
Upgrading to an electric car.
Taking time to keep a bullet journal and flex my creativity and logic skillset.
Adding in an extra day in the office to my hybrid schedule.
Never working out fasted (on an empty stomach).
Changing my workout routine up with a weekly Reformer Pilates class alongside strength.
Leaving my phone in another room while I work/read/cook/live.
Social media-free days and weekends.
Drinking warm water (half boiling, half cold tap) or peppermint tea.
Replacing oat milk with soy.
Doing away with routines by time or hour, and just having two or three focuses per day.
Making time to properly reply to messages.
Sleeping for at least 8-10 hours a day.
Subscribing to The Good Trade and The Know newsletters – doses of happy in my emails.
Investing in stocks as well as saving into a high-interest account.
Using my Camp Snap Camera for in-the-moment film-style photographs.
Decorating my Kindle with cute stickers every few weeks (or days).