It’s the beginning of a new year — a new decade! A time often spent reflecting on the past and pledging personal promises to better each day of the future. January; the month of declaring overwhelming and rarely-making-it-past-March resolutions.
So, let’s be honest. December is hard, and science says January is a terrible time for drastic changes. Returning to any semblance of a routine after the holidays is ambitious enough! This year, forego the stress-inducing soon-to-be-broken pacts and go easy on yourself. Here are Flora Terra’s ideas for seven New Year’s Resolutions you can stick to:
1. Puff, Puff, Motivate
Cannabis lovers are often stereotyped as lazy stoners with cotton mouth and constant munchies. Despite a slew of slander, a 2019 study that surveyed marijuana smokers in the US found that over 80% partake in the plant shortly before or after physical activity. Moreover, many of the study’s participants expressed that cannabis motivated them to work out, increased their level of enjoyment and improved their recovery. While the research does not provide concrete proof that cannabis boosts exercise, the results are intriguing. This year, don’t beat yourself up about going to the gym. Get lit and get in the zone! Our recommendations:
Pre-Workout: Big Al’s Frozen Cherry Lemonade
Post-Workout: Occidental Hills White Wedding Cake
2. Eat Edibles
Easy enough. Had a hard week? Treat yourself to a tasty bite and RELAX. After all, self-care isn’t all bubble baths, face masks and feel-good movies. Nibble on a few mgs of CBD and/or THC and reap the benefits of these powerful cannabinoids. A lesson in learning thyself, edibles affect everyone differently, with the average onset anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. A practice of patience, low and slow is the way to go. Wait a while, tune into your body, and eat more only if you feel you need it. Some of Flora Terra’s favorites:
The Garden Society | Spiced Dark Chocolate (deliciously uplifting)
Wyld | 1:1 Pomegranate Gummies (the perfect companion for any activity)
3. Grow your own
Test your green thumb and try your hand at cultivating a sticky crop. Cooler than growing tomatoes, pick out a baby at Flora Terra’s nursery and start your own indoor or outdoor cannabis garden. Come springtime, Flora Terra will have an abundance of quality clones ripe for the picking. Not into germinating your own flower? Flora Terra has all the green you’ll ever need. What we’re inhaling:
Wake and Bake with Lit-House 5 Alive
End the Day with Elyon Ice Cream Cake
4. Learn Something New
Whether it be speaking a different language or picking up an instrument, consuming the right strain of cannabis can help maintain and improve focus towards achieving your goal. A 2017 study lead a Harvard Medical School Affiliate suggests that cannabis may advance executive functioning (the mental processes that enable us to focus, plan, remember instructions and multi-task). Relieving both anxiety and any chronic pain, cannabis use can increase concentration and sharpen cognitive performance. So clean out the cobwebs in your head and challenge yourself to take on a new skill.
Check out this pack of Super Sour Diesel Pre-Rolls from Trees by Game. A sativa, like Sour Diesel, can be stimulating and provide an uplifting cerebral high that helps promote focus.
5. Keep Your Glass Clean
Depending on how you consume, you may have several pieces of (most likely dirty) glass accessories. Show them some love this year and clean them regularly. Too much to ask? Out with the old and in with the new — Flora Terra has an abundance of sparking clean glass for your growing collection.
6. Sample Different Strains or Products
Always purchasing your trusty go-to? Make 2020 the year you discover something dank. Rather than going for the well-known classics, pick up a hybrid or funky strain you wouldn’t normally go for. Try a dab or buy a vape. Expand your cannabis horizons and maybe you’ll find a new favorite! Our budtenders are always here to help.
7. Grow Your Tribe
Share your cannabis! Our community of cannalovers is strong. Gather with the like-minded, make new friends, and enjoy the power of the plant.
Cheers to a new year of love, light, and lots of weed.
