2025 is here and so are the New Year’s resolutions that can shape your future.
Each new year brings reflections on the old year passing and what life will be going forward. Many will make a list and only a few will continue in a new direction months from now. What new course do you want to chart in 2025? Does it include your health, your money, your time and/or your knowledge? If 
it includes a building project, the B. Chaney Improvements professionals resolve to help you make your dreams come true. If you want to build a custom home or a major addition to add extra square footage to your Charleston, SC area home, contact Brad Chaney right away. The staff can also help with major home improvement projects, including replacement windows, doors, roofing material and renovations.
Contact a Mt. Tabor rep here or by calling their Clear Spring, MD office at 301.766.7161. You can also email our office staff at info@mttaborbuilders.com.
Reflecting back on 2024, the staff is thankful for another year of helping others achieve their building dreams. They met many new friends in 2024 and look forward to making many new connections in 2025.
If you need help making other resolutions, and advice to stay true to them as the days pass, keep reading.
Popular 2025 New Year’s Resolutions
Saving more money is the top resolution for people heading into the new year, according to survey gurus at Statista. The other top survey answers are:
- Eat healthier
Exercise more- Lose weight
- Spend more time with family and friends
- Quit smoking
- Spend less money on living expenses
Some experts say 88 percent of resolutions fail between two weeks and two months. However, there are ways to help ensure success. Those ways include setting small, specific goals and tracking them, even using loved ones for encouragement. Here are some details to focus on to make lasting changes:
- Set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) goals.
- Break down bigger goals into smaller steps.
- Track your progress.
- Find accountability partners to walk alongside you.
- Reward yourself for victories in the journey.
- Start small and be realistic about making progress.
- Stay positive, even during setbacks, to keep moving towards your goal.
Read this thehopeline.com article for more detailed advice to sustain your resolution throughout 2025.
Inspirational Quotes about the new year
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Benjamin Franklin
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King
Good news headlines from 2024
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Mom opens cafe to employ people with disabilities
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First black astronaut candidate makes it to space after more than 60 years
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Man paralyzed as a teen competes in his first marathon
Click on this article to read many positive stories from 2024.