Want To Make Your New Year Resolutions Stick?

Creating New Years Resolutions every new year, has become a worldwide tradition to start the year fresh with a clean slate.  It’s a time to set a new direction or improve upon the journey one is on. The most famous New Year resolutions is the promise to improve our health and wellness better than last year. Our New Year resolutions are usually goals that are specific, measurable, and achievable, backed by motivation that’s mountain high. So, the question remains, why then is the rate of our failure, at least for many of us, so high? The  goals we set are the main culprits. We set up resolutions with specific outcome such as precise body weight loss, that are fixated solely on physical appearance. When these superficially outward looking goals cannot be attained in a short period of time, it becomes discouragingly challenging. Worthwhile goals take time-long time.

Here are three factors we must consider in helping us succeed  and stay on course for the duration and beyond.

1. Re framing Your New year Resolutions Goals for Success:

Set up goals that are short term and realistic. Short term goals can be as simple as, walking 10 minutes everyday, instead of  running 5k on January. If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and you want to quit smoking altogether, the doable approach would be to reduce your smoking by 5 cigarettes or so a day. Instead of telling yourself you will stop smoking on January first, cold turkey. These kinds of realistic and achievable goals become steppingstone towards the long-term desire to effect lasting change.

 

2. Set up goals that are short term and realistic:

Short term goals can be as simple as, walking 10 minutes every day, instead of running 5k on January. If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and you want to quit smoking altogether, instead of telling yourself you will stop smoking on January 1st cold turkey, the doable approach would be to reduce your smoking by 5 cigarettes or so a day. These kinds of realistic and achievable goals become stepping stones towards the long-term desire to effect lasting change.

3. Aligning your New Year Resolutions Goals with Core Values:

Align your goals with your personal core value instead of just a specific outcome. Our values are our living principles and our compass through which we navigate life itself. If for instance, living a quality of life every day is part of our core value system, that is a factor that motivates us to continue to walk a little more each day. Even when we don’t feel like it.. The cumulative impact of the short-term goals that are attainable and are aligned with our core values go a long way to improve our quality of life for the long haul. Our core values in life are not temporary and they are the sources of our motivation and discipline to continuously do what we do daily. Our core value helps us stick to the yearly resolutions we make to improve ourselves and enhance, not only the quality of our lives each day, but consistently improve the life we live as we age. It seems hard yet so simple; because it’s all about being methodical and staying rational if you want to stick to your new year’s resolution throughout the year.

Conclusion:

Achieving New Year’s resolutions necessitates a strategic and methodical approach. By setting realistic short-term goals, linking them to long-term objectives, and aligning with personal core values, you can overcome the common pitfalls and ensure the success of your resolutions throughout the year. It’s not about complexity; rather, it’s about being systematic and rational in your pursuit of self-improvement. If you need help in achieving your New year Resolutions, our personal Trainers are ready to help!