Resolution: Get Outside Your Comfort Zone
And, just after we told you to get your nest all cozy and clean, we’re going to suggest that you get out of it. In fact, get out of your comfort zone entirely in 2013. Trying new things makes you grow, helps you learn, and — frankly— it’s exciting! So channel your inner daredevil and commit to giving something wild a go next year.

Execution: Getting outside of your comfort zone can mean something as small as wearing red lipstick or setting up an online dating profile. But this year, we’re going big — or high, rather— by jumping out of an airplane at Chicagoland Skydiving Center. The Rochelle, Illinois facility offers tandem skydives for first-time jumpers; the cost is usually about $189. The place is billed as one of the safest places on earth to take the leap (phew). And perhaps most relieving of all: there’s an on-site bar you can hit up for a post-dive victory drink.

Chicagoland Skydiving Center, 1207 West Gurler Road (at Interstate 39) in Rochelle; 815-286-9200.


Photo: Courtesy of Chicagoland Skydiving Center