We’ve curated a list of 12 ways to start fresh in 2018, focusing on your mental, physical and social well-being so that you can accomplish all you set out to do this year. But for those looking to improve their lifestyle in the new year, you might want to try baby steps instead of cannonballing straight into the deep end. When you weigh yourself down with too many expectations, you automatically set yourself up for failure. Try breaking down these 12 steps into a plan that better suits your needs.
George Amonitti, a retired doctor who worked with Volunteers in Medicine, leads seminars on healthy aging and knows what it’s like to care for an elderly parent. His mother, who lived to be 97, had just one request when she became too feeble to live alone: She did not want to be in a nursing home.
