5 TIPS FOR STICKING TO YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

By Ryan Hook

For many people, the start of a New Year marks an opportunity to set new goals and utilise their new found motivation to achieve them. However, one month down the line, goals can start to take a back seat and become less of a priority within the daily routine. Once this happens it is challenging to get back on track, often resulting in losing sight of the original goal altogether.

In order to make sure you achieve your New Year’s resolutions this year, do these five things;

• Set a REALISTIC and SUSTAINABLE goal. Setting goals that are unrealistic and unsustainable are often the reason why the goal will not be achieved. Going from one extreme to another in terms of your habits and behaviours is something that very few people will be able to stick to long term. There’s no shame in setting big goals that scare you – in fact I’d encourage this. However, realise that it’s going to take A LOT of time and effort to get there, so don’t underestimate this when writing them down.

• Which brings me into my next point. Actually WRITE your goals down. Putting pen to paper and writing your goals down has been statistically proven to increase your chances of achieving them. Putting them somewhere you will see them every day and saying them out loud will increase these chances even further. We all have hectic lives, and our priorities can easily be misled by this. It’s easy to lose sight of what you are trying to achieve, so taking measures to keep these goals at the forefront of your priorities is always a wise thing to do.

• PLAN how you are actually going to achieve your goals. What do you need to do? What habits do you need to change? What barriers do you need to overcome? Who is going to hold you accountable? Who are you going to ask for knowledge, guidance and motivation?

• EXECUTE your plan. Having a plan means nothing if you don’t actually execute it! Start slowly implementing the points above, every day, until they become ingrained into daily routine. Change is hard at first. However, if you make sure that you tick one day off at a time, the weeks and months will soon start adding up.

• Reap the rewards of CONSISTENCY. As a wise man once said “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated consistently, day in, day out”. Small daily victories will be the deciding factor over whether you achieve your goals or not.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year and success with any resolutions you may have!

Pic Credits:

New Year Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Book Photo by by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash