Make Sure Your New Year’s Resolutions Are Really Yours
So often in our lives we do things simply because we think it’s what we should do. Or what society or other people in our lives think we should do. When you make a decision to do something and it is based on doing it for someone else, your chances of success are pretty slim.
For example, if you are happy with your weight, but your spouse thinks you should lose a few pounds, you probably won’t keep off what you lose. The minute you get upset with your spouse, you will gain some back just to spite them. In order for a resolution to ‘stick’, it has to be something that you really want and that you are motivated to do. When you add or remove something from your life for someone else, you don’t have the same motivation as you would if you did it for yourself.
If you really want to be healthier and feel more fit and you focus on health and fitness, you will succeed. What you focus on is what you create. If you want to make more money because YOU want more money, you can do it. You will put your focus on generating more income for yourself. It will work. If someone around you thinks you can do more but you really don’t feel like it, it doesn’t matter what you do, you will not sustain it. It’s not for you, you won’t really care that much, you will eventually lose focus.
If you are making resolutions, make sure the timing is right.
Is Now the Best Time for A Resolution?
Sometimes you may find you make a resolution just because it is a New Year. It’s not something that you would necessarily do at this time, EXCEPT, that it is New Year’s and you ‘need’ a resolution. If you have a bunch of parties to attend in January, or are going on a vacation to Disneyland, maybe January 1st isn’t the best time to start a new habit with your diet or your finances.
Goal setting, having dreams, and being inspired to take action is important. Just make sure that when you decide to do something it is not at a time when it would be almost impossible to succeed. You need to set yourself up for success.
If NOW is The Time For That Change – 5 Things You Can Do to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
If you decide that now is the perfect time for a change for yourself, it’s for you, something you want, and you are motivated and inspired, there are a few things you can do to help yourself succeed.
1. Think about what it will be like when you have it.
Don’t think about things as they are (I’m broke, I’m fat, I’m … whatever). Think about what it will be like when you have money or a more comfortable body. Sometimes you may not be able to dream too big at first, but everything comes in steps. You won’t wake up in the morning 25 pounds lighter, or with a million dollars in the bank, but every day you can do something to bring you closer to your goal. Keep focusing on, and thinking about that. Get in the habit of thinking like the type of person you want to be. Thin people don’t eat pizza 2x a week, and rich people don’t blow money that they do not have and live on credit.
2. If you screwed up yesterday, just forget it and move on.
So you ate crap last night, today is a new day. If you think about what you ate yesterday, you are more likely to eat like that again later today. It is what you will be focusing on and what you will get more of. Think about what a healthy person does, and go do that!
Same if it was a financial thing, or a smoking thing. Move on. What happened yesterday doesn’t need to happen today unless you keep thinking about it. Think about what you WANT, not about what WAS.
3. Keep a tracking system for your successes.
If you want to lose weight, track pounds, exercise done, what you have eaten, how your clothes fit. Track something. Look at it. Focus on the successes. See the numbers changing, (going up or down).
Or how many cigarettes you DID NOT smoke, or how much money you made, or saved, or bills paid off. Track something where you can see even the small successes adding up.
4. Keep a journal too.
If you keep a journal and write your feelings out, you will begin to see correlations between what you are tracking and how you were feeling. Feeling bored, upset or sad? Maybe that would be a day that you exercised less….or more, or ate differently. If you can be AWARE of what is going on, you can make positive changes based on what you see.
5. Add some gratitude to your journal.
Every day write down what you are grateful for. What you focus on expands. If you focus on gratitude, you will create more opportunities to be grateful.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!!
New Year’s Resolutions aren’t for everyone, I don’t think I’ve made any since I was about 14 years old. I do however set goals, journal and track things periodically throughout the year. This year is slightly different though. I joined a group 21 Days, 21 Blog Posts. Not quite a “resolution” for me, but certainly something to strive for.
Decide what it is you want, decide the best time to start, and go to it!
You Can Do This!
Have a Fantastic 2015 Everyone!!!
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Yeah, most people abandon their New Year’s resolutions within 1-2 weeks. Making sure your resolution is something that YOU want is ultra important, and you are right – keeping a journal has been a huge help for me as well.