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Looking to meet your New Year’s resolution in Sacramento? From feeling fit to giving back, check out our local resolution recommendations.
Join a gym or a fitness class
- East Sac Fitness | This gym’s hybrid classes offer personalized goals and training sessions without the personal training price tag.
- Urijah Faber’s Ultimate Fitness | Whether you want to step into the ring or just feel your best, these MMA-inspired workouts will help you get there.
- Yoga classes | Find your zen at a local yoga class around Sac.
Read more books
- Beers Books | Since 1936, Sacramentans have been snagging books from these shelves — the newish location is on R Street.
- East Village Bookshop | Kids can join the After School Reading Club to enjoy crafts and activities along with their favorite stories.
- Capital Books | Browse three floors of books, games, and toys at this Downtown shop.
- Wanna step it up? Read these books by local authors.
Light the Beam.
Photo by @wongpark
Explore your city
- Lake Natoma Loop Trail | Explore oak woodlands —relics of Gold Rush history — along this paved trail located in the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.
- Old Sac Underground Tours | Learn how historic flooding prompted city leaders to raise the streets of Sacramento by up to 20 ft in the late 19th century.
- Sacramento Kings home games | “Light the Beam” as part of the city’s tradition following the Kings’ resurgent 2022 season.
Volunteer
- SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity | Passionate about science communications? Volunteer at Sac’s newest museum to help support its offerings like the planetarium.
- Front Street Animal Shelter | Submit an application with the city to assist Front Street how you want to, whether that’s fulfilling front-of-house needs, helping with off-site adoption events, or serving as a foster parent for cats and dogs.
- River City Food Bank | Assist with food prep and food distribution for low-income families, the elderly, refugees, and all people experiencing food insecurity.
- Find even more ways to help around Sac in our guide to local volunteer opportunities.
Look at all that meat.
Photo by @vmillermeats
Shop local
- Phono Select Records | The self-identified “friendliest record store in Sacramento” sells new and used vinyl, as well as vintage tapes, secondhand CDs, and a rich collection of 45s from local bands.
- V. Miller Meats | This butchery — whose owner was once the lead chef instructor at Le Cordon Bleu — offers pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and more.
- Upscale Thrift | This Curtis Park “boutique style” thrift shop — which has a second location in Carmichael — sells gently worn clothing, accessories, artwork, and more to support local nonprofit Free Will Foundation.
