With 2024 now here, many start their New Year's resolutions.
According to a Forbes.com study done in Oct 2023, 62 per cent of the 1,000 respondents said they feel pressured to set a new year's resolution.
48 per cent of people who make resolutions cite improved fitness as a top resolution, compared to improved finances (38 per cent) and improved mental health (36 per cent).
No matter what your goal is this year. you can achieve it at a workshop in Sault Ste. Marie.
On Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 7:30 p.m., Hope Heroes is holding Vision Board workshop at First Church of Christ at 300 Spruce St.
Hope Heroes is a Families Against Narcotics (FAN) group that offers support, community, education, and fun for people living sober lives.
The workshop is open to anyone in recovery. There is no charge. Refreshments will be served.
The workshop will last 60-90 minutes.
Organizers say it's a great way to start 2024 by setting personal goals.
Maxx Anderson will be the guest presenter at Tuesday's workshop.
"I have done several in the past. I am a firm believer in the power of and the energy of the universe, setting goals, requires creating habits. Some habits as we know can have a negative effect and actually INFECT us, almost paralyzing us from making positive changes," Anderson said.
Many people who are connected to Hope Hero’s a Family Against Narcotics support group are well aware of how these daily decisions create daily, weekly, yearly or sadly lifetime effects.
"Our hope with creating this workshop is to allow people to create a visual tool for their 2024 life habits. The workshop is very personalized, in fact, it is best NOT to sit with or next to a friend or family member. It’s much more powerful if you have your own space to be free with your thoughts. The worksheets I provide help to look back at some of the experiences and lessons you learned in the past and empower you to make a fresh clean start on daily habits for a healthier and more fulfilling new year and beyond," Anderson added.
Hope Heroes started in Spring 2023 when the Families Against Narcotics Chippewa County President Lynn Farnquist heard about a group in Macomb County being run by one of FAN’s Hope Not Handcuffs program there at the time.
"The idea was to provide a place for socialization for people who had become sober through the Hope Not Handcuffs program there. I know quite a number in our recovery community and threw the idea out to them, opening involvement to anyone in recovery who might want to meet and associate with others in sobriety and share fun and enrichment activities that encouraged people and provided a safe place to share challenges and also ideas that helped maintain that sobriety," said Farnquist.
There was no hesitation to get the program up and going locally.
"The group jumped on the idea. I asked my board to support the program, and when they agreed, my people in recovery contacted FAN Central for more information. We asked if First Church of Christ (FCOC) would support them meeting there and they. Things have progressed from there. This meeting seems a great way to start 2024, looking forward and setting personal goals," continued Farnquist.
