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Meet your New Year’s resolutions in Greenville, SC

The biggest step in completing your New Year’s resolution? Show up.

Photo of the Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in downtown Greenville by @vanzeppelinaerial

Photo of the Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in downtown Greenville by @vanzeppelinaerial

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Looking to meet your New Year’s resolution in Greenville? From feeling fit to finding more family time, check out our local resolution recommendations below.

Greenville Technical College's chef Jay

Pizza making class at Truist Culinary & Hospitality Innovation Center.

Photo by the GVLtoday team

Cook more meals at home

  • The Cook’s Station | Learn to cook more meals at home with a class or two to beef up your recipe repertoire.
  • Truist Culinary & Hospitality Innovation Center | Take a hands-on class (and become an official Greenville Tech student) to bring professional-grade cooking skills into your own kitchen.
  • Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery | Grab a basket and peruse the refrigerated and frozen sections, complete with ready-to-eat salads and sides + ready-to-heat frozen dishes like pasta, soup, quiche, and more.
Students taking a workout class with an instructor.

Find your core at C.O.R.E Grow Strong

Photo via @coregrowstrong

Start a new workout routine

  • The Junkyard | Start a new workout routine with HIIT workouts featuring treadmills, cycles, rowers and functional training.
  • C.O.R.E Grow Strong | Strengthen your core by taking a pilates or aerial yoga class.
  • YMCA of Greenville | Become a Y member and choose from hundreds of classes or create your own workout routine.

Explore local yoga studios with our guide.

Books at M. Judson Booksellers

Bury your nose in a new read.

Photo via M. Judson Booksellers

Read more books

  • M.Judson Booksellers | Pick a locally authored read while you sip on a coffee or glass of wine from Camilla Kitchen, join a book club, focused on genres like classics and Southern lit, or attend an event.
  • Swoon Booksellers | This new romance-only book store on wheels is popping up on select dates.
  • Fiction Addiction | This Eastside independent book shop offers a variety of national best-sellers and novels written by Upstate and regional authors.
  • As The Page Turns | Browse books in a variety of categories, including cozy, historical romance, and paranormal.
  • Hughes Main Library | Bring your own or sign up for a library card to get lost among the multiple floors and stacks of books or read up on SC’s history in the South Carolina Room.
A playground in Greennville SC

Your kids will never want to leave the Unity Park playgrounds.

Photo by GVLtoday

Spend more quality time with family

  • Unity Park | Let the kiddos slide into the new year on Unity Park’s playgrounds, throw the ball on the Michelin Green, or play a round of family basketball on the courts.
  • Flying Rabbit | Strap into a harness and climb your way to Greenville’s treetops + practice teamwork with the family on the multiple obstacle courses.
  • The Children’s Museum of the Upstate | Let your kids’ minds roam free in this three-level museum featuring hands-on exhibits on everything from the human body to water.
  • Conestee Nature Preserve | Download the “Biodiversity of Conestee Nature Preserve” iNaturalist project explore the preserve with the fam to find and photograph its species.
art, pottery

Learn to throw with Hollowed Earth Pottery.

Photo via MAC + Hollowed Earth Pottery

Learn a new hobby

  • Greenville Center for Creative Arts | Try your hand at an art class with GCCA in a medium of your choice, from drawing to screen printing to jewelry making.
  • Hollowed Earth Pottery | Get behind the wheel to throw a new vase or hand pinch a new mug in this studio’s pottery intro, basics, and handbuilding classes.
  • Carolina Ballroom Dance Studio | Work up a sweat in this dance studio’s new space by learning ballroom, Latin, or swing dances.
  • Upstate International | Learn the five skills of understanding a new language — spoken interaction, spoken production, listening, reading, and writing — to maximize your next trip experience or enhance your resume.
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