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Happy New Year! Starting the year off right means something different to everyone. But here are some of the many things you can do in January to be productive.<\/p>\n
Take down your holiday decorations <\/strong><\/p>\n Taking down your holiday decorations isn\u2019t as much fun as putting them up. But after you complete this chore, it\u2019ll take a considerable load off of your shoulders.<\/p>\n Post-holiday sales <\/strong><\/p>\n Hit up the post-holiday sales and get some decorations, wrapping paper for the following Christmas and possibly things for other holidays and birthdays.<\/p>\n Goals <\/strong><\/p>\n Reflect on the past year and make some goals for the next month and year. These goals don\u2019t all have to be productive. It can be anything from travelling to a new country, starting up a garden or sleeping more. Don\u2019t forget to write these down though!<\/p>\n Start a 52-week challenge <\/strong><\/p>\n This is the perfect time to start a 52-week challenge. Maybe pick a challenge that can help you achieve your New Year\u2019s Resolution as well. You can also do a 31-day challenge for January if a 52-week one is a lot of commitment.<\/p>\n Thank you notes <\/strong><\/p>\n Write thank-you notes for the holiday gifts you\u2019ve received for Christmas. This can be by hand or through an online platform, and it\u2019ll only take a few minutes out of your day.<\/p>\n Organize <\/strong><\/p>\n Whether it be your basement or closet, starting the year off clean is one of the best feelings.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the perfect time to start a 52-week challenge. Maybe pick a challenge that can help you achieve your New Year\u2019s Resolution as well. You can also do a 31-day challenge for January if a 52-week one is a lot of commitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-7907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-january"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7911,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7907\/revisions\/7911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}