Resolutions are great, but you are often setting yourself up for disappointment. I don’t believe that you either succeed or fail, with nothing in-between.
If you make a New Years Resolution to lose 30 pounds and you only lose 20…you would consider that a failure. I totally disagree with that. Set 30 pounds as your goal and if you fall short, you STILL made huge progress!
Take some time today to think about where you would like to be at this time next year. Then think of practical steps to get there. Break it up into pieces and make monthly goals.
Using the above example, if your goal is to lose 30 pounds…that can seem overwhelming. Instead, set monthly goals of 2-3 pounds a month. Easy!!!!
If your goal is to get a new job, set monthly goals of January: update resume. February: Sign up for email alerts from various sites and check my email daily. March: Attend a networking event. Etc. Setting a goal of finding a new job won’t happen magically…it takes logical steps in that direction.
Think about what you want to achieve and set optimistic, yet realistic goals.
I also like the idea of creating one new habit a month. It takes 21 days to create a new habit, so you can easily do 12 in one year. For example: January – Drink 8 glasses of water a day. February – Read 1 book every week. March – Create a budget and follow it.
I love the whole idea of a new year and a new start. Put some thought into where you are now and where you’d like to be in 365 days. Then lay down a plan to get there.
