By now you may have realized how difficult it is to keep the freaking new year resolutions right? It is usually fine for the first few days and even weeks. You are optimistic about the future and you have probably even seen yourself achieve your goals and aspirations for the new year.
Fast forward to the second week and your enthusiasm is waning and you begin to wonder if you’ll ever keep your resolutions. Trust me, we have all been there.
Since the year is still fresh (this is only the second week), here are 3 ways you can make sure that you keep your new year’s resolutions.
- Have a clear purpose
Ever wondered about how easy it is to do the things you want to do compared to doing things you know you have to do?
When a goal is backed up with a clear reason why you should to reach that goal, you would do whatever it takes to achieve it. Purpose acts like a fuel that will move you to reach your goal. The clearer and more deeply attached you are to your purpose, the greater the enthusiasm and determination you have to make sure you are always on track.
Action Step #1
If you feel like you are slacking in your new year resolutions department, then re-assess your purpose for your resolutions and get in tuned with the reason why you want to achieve your goal.
- Set milestones
The outcome you desire for the year could seem so far way, especially when you know that you have less than 365 days to the end of the year. Knowing that there is a lot of time for you to patch up your goal will make you slow down your progress. This is because you’ll feel like you have a lot of time on your hands to make sure that you fulfill your resolutions.
Setting up achievable “mini-goals” that will get you closer to your new year’s resolution is a great way to pace yourself and encourage you to keep putting in the work until you achieve your new year’s resolution.
Action Step #2
Break down your resolutions into smaller goals that you can work towards achieving daily, weekly or monthly. This will help make your resolutions more achievable, with clear milestones to work towards.
- Reward yourself as you make steps to achieving your goal
Keeping a resolution or working towards a goal can be really hard. Most times, it is energy-sapping. If you don’t encourage or motivate yourself to keep going, you will want to abandon your new year’s resolution. Motivation is the key that can help keep you going.
When you are motivated, you are more prone to taking action. As you keep going, you start gathering momentum until it becomes a part of you.
Action Step #3
Reward yourself every time you make a step towards fulfilling your resolutions or nail your daily, weekly or monthly target.
The reward doesn’t have to be a big one. It could be anything like taking yourself out to the movies, treating yourself to a massage, or even enjoying a nice jar of freshly baked cookies.
Do you have any resolutions for 2017? How do you plan to keep them?
I always set myself smaller goals, I find them much more achievable x
Yea me to x
Mini-goals are so important as you said. Definitely a must for encouragement and motivation. It’s so hard for me to keep to my new years resolutions coz I sometimes forget or want to do too much.
Yea mini goals work so well for me.
The post is so great! I really love your blog:)
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Glad you do. Thanks for reading.
Small steps are definitely the way to deal with bigger things. That way you don’t get overwhelmed by it all and give up!
Very true Jen.
I think smaller goals are far. One of the best ways to keep resolutions is to make small ones for each month and then out them in your calendar.
Yea true that.
A great post – I have set some simple goals to help me focus, I am happy with my progress so far!! Kaz x
Ah nice. Thanks Kaz x
Wonderful looks!
Thank you.
I love the idea of making sure you reward yourself as I tend to focus on the things I never did
Yea me too Emma.
Such sound advice.. I’m not a fan of resolutions.. but I am a fan of setting goals.. your hair looks fab by the way x
Thank you x
Very good post. I believe in New year resolution and I try to make them short and simple. I am working hard towards achieving them. I like your pics, they are beautiful.
Oh nice. Thanks Osimeno.
Absolutely great tips. I definitely like the reward yourself part. x
Thanks Chloe..
My resolution is to loose weight this year and so far so good
Oh good. Good luck with it.
I agree with your TIPS. when the vision is plain and clear, it motivates us to go for it, new year or not.
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Thanks for reading hun x
Great post! I set one or two clear goals that I break down into smaller goals that I can achieve across the year. Goal setting keeps me on track.
Yea it keeps me on track too. Thanks Mariam.
I didn’t make any resolutions this year, as I’m just about to have a baby, so there’d be no point – no dieting for a while yet! But I do have clear goals in my head, I think I’ve been making resolutions all along and in a way – using these types of tips to keep me going!
Ah nice. Thanks.
I’ve been quite successful so far this January, but that’s because I’ve picked goals that I’ve got a passion for. Things where it doesn’t feel like a chore. So far, so good!
Oh good Grant.
Great post. I just realized January is finished and I haven’t done anything yet. As you said at the beginning everyone has a good motivation and then we are slowing down. I wrote a post as well and time to get things done. Positive attitude and let`s go 😀
Glad you like it. Good luck with Feb..Let’s go!