4 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Home

Have you made your 2015 New Year’s Resolutions yet? Here are 4 commitments we should all be making to our homes this year.

Have you made your 2015 New Year’s Resolutions yet?  If you have, we hope you’re already off to a great start.

According to research conducted by the University of Scranton, 47% of people who make New Year’s resolutions make commitments to self-improvement or education related resolutions.  But, what about home improvement?  Home is so intrinsically tied to our self identity, so shouldn’t we make a few resolutions for our home, too?  Before 2015 gets away from us, here are 4 New Year’s Resolutions to make this year for your home.

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1. Implement a “one in, one out” rule. A cluttered home can sometimes translate to a cluttered life. To start the year off fresh, take some time to sort through the items you’ve added to your home and vow to only hold on to those that are useful or have sentimental value. Then going forward, for each new item you add to your home, vow to donate or toss another. This will teach you to only collect items that have use or purpose.

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2. Learn to be grateful for home. Answer this question: what does home mean to you? Is it a blessing? A refuge? A shelter? A place to gather? No matter the answer, home is a place that should never be taken for granted. This year, commit to remembering the true value of a home. One of the best ways to do this is to look for opportunities to share the gift of home with others. Take in a shelter pet, participate in a home build for those less fortunate, or simply share family traditions with your children.

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3. Make a fix it calendar. Life gets busy. A winter project gets put off until the warmer weather arrives. And then the spring comes and we don’t want to spend the warmer days doing home projects. Take time this January to identify things around the house that could use a little TLC. Add one to-do to each month of your fix-it calendar and commit to focusing on that one project for 30 days. It’s easy to put off those home projects, but with a structured plan those honey-dos seem a little more manageable.

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4. Make happiness your map. Finding a new home is a big move. Literally! Packing up and moving to a new home can sometimes be intimidating, but if a little extra room, a bigger backyard or a better neighborhood will add to your happiness at home, it’s worth revisiting the big picture. Real estate professionals are there to help throughout the home buying or selling process and with more modern home search tools at your fingertips, searching for the right home for you has never been easier.

We hope you find health, happiness, and most importantly, home in 2015.  Here’s to another beautiful year ahead!

Victoria Keichinger is the Vice President, Brand Marketing for Coldwell Banker Real Estate. When she's not managing national media and advertising for the Coldwell Banker brand at work, she finds herself most at home in Jersey City, NJ with her pre-school crush turned spouse and son. A true Francophile, she loves to travel and will go anywhere there are ski slopes.

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  7. Jennifer Cavanaugh Ronzo
    January 6, 2015

    This is a great article! I love it! Coming from a Sandy Devastated Area the importance of home is so great where we are!

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  8. DFWTxNewHomes
    January 7, 2015

    Home is where the heartbeat of life thrives! This is where it all happens…..Make 2015 a great year of living a good life and enjoying your home or getting into a new home!!! Be blessed…..

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  9. Brad
    December 30, 2016

    Very interesting tip concerning being grateful to home. And really, I suppose it would be work in a good way.
    Also it’s important to maintain clean house. Make sure you have a place for everything so it’s easy to put everything in its place. And don’t forget to organize books. This topic https://rentberry.com/new-year has some good pieces of advice to help you keep your home in good conditions.
    And one more resolution that is worth keeping is reducing home’s carbon footprint by making energy-efficient and eco-friendly upgrades.

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