What Are Goals Presents Changing And Keeping Resolutions
Many of us have difficulty following through on our resolutions due to factors such as choosing unrealistic goals, not making them challenging enough and/or lacking the necessary motivation to stick with them. The following tips should help put you on the right course and assist you in staying committed to your most important goals for 2006.
It’s time for that annual ritual of making (and breaking) our New Year’s resolutions. There is something about the idea of being able to start over that motivates us to pause (at least briefly) and reflect on our lives as they are, as well as how we would like them to be. Yet how many times have you thought back to last year’s goals and found that many or most of them were abandoned or just forgotten after a few weeks or months into the year?
Begin with a life vision
Then try to see your life if all of these areas were addressed and had become satisfactory to you.
If you don’t know what you want your future to look like, how can you decide what areas of your life need to be worked on? Spend some quiet time TODAY reflecting on (and writing down) what is good, bad or incomplete.
Get ordered and organized
Keep ONE calendar to record all appointments, events, etc. Write down everything- don’t rely on memory.
Clear away clutter. Go through paperwork, files, old bills and receipts, closets, drawers and storage containers. Decide what you need and will use and either throw out or give away all the rest. Put aside some time each week for this purpose. After you have cleaned out you can think about your existing systems for management and storage and see if these need reworking or just some fine-tuning.
Make a commitment to learning something new and Expand your horizons
It will help build your self-esteem to realize you really are capable of more than you had previously believed. This new learning can also give you additional resources to assist you in your career, personal or love life. Challenging yourself will infuse you with greater energy and sense of purpose.
Realistic Resolutions challenging Yourself
Choose goals that stretch your ability muscles, yet are realistic and therefore less vulnerable to failure. Don’t respond to that negative inner voice that says; oh, I’m not capable of that. Instead, focus on what you truly desire for your life and relationships and let this be your guide.
Resolutions and Writing down
You can also show them to a good friend, family member, your coach or anyone who could provide support and encouragement.
Write them down and stick them on your bathroom mirror, your fridge, your car dashboard, your desk or wherever you know will be a good place for you to see them.
Keep an accounting of your progress for each. and Create action steps for each resolution; write them down
Come up with an accountability system that will work for you. Make sure you check off each accomplishment as you go and be flexible and willing to make adjustments in your action steps in order to achieve your desired end results.A resolution without planned action is doomed to failure. Break each goal down into small action steps or objectives. Putting a date for completion will help ensure you follow through.
Exercise regularly and learn to control and eliminate unhealthy stress and take care of yourself; eat well.
How many times have you said, I don’t have the time to eat right, exercise, sleep adequately, etc? Not caring for yourself will guarantee failure.
I know this is an obvious one, so why is it often ignored or overlooked when we are attempting to make important life changes?
Work to eliminate bad habits
For each bad habit you decide to eliminate, have a good habit in mind to replace it with.
Including this as a New Year’s resolution would put you on the road to good follow-through. Bad habits will sabotage your efforts and use up your limited resources of time, energy and focus.
