New Year’s Resolution: How to plan them?

Are you planning a new resolution? Have you tried this before and successfully failed?! Are you planning to lose weight, get de addicted, have good health – physical and mental, manage finances, be more organized? Planning a resolution is easy, but sticking to them is difficult. Generally, we can stick to the resolutions for some months, but after some months we tend to lose track.

Here are some easy ways to plan a New Year resolution and stick to them.

Plan for one or two resolutions at a time.

We tend to have too much on our plate and it becomes difficult to achieve even one goal. Take one step at a time. Plan for one or max two goals a year.

Be specific

Your goals need to be specific. “I need to lose 20 kgs by Dec 2020. For achieving this result, what are the steps you need to take? Chart them out. Join the Gym or attend Yoga class, consult a nutritionist.

Let your friends and family know

When you publicize your goals people may help you in achieving them. For eg: you are addicted to smoking & when your friends and office colleagues know they may not offer you a cigarette or force you to have one. If you know that it’s difficult to resist, stay away from that place or refrain from going to places where you might tempt.

Anticipate challenges

There could be so many challenges like having no time, busy at work, being on vacation. The idea is to find out an alternative way from these challenges. If you are a procrastinator, set deadlines for all your work. Celebrate or gift yourself when you don’t cheat!

Keep tracking

Set up a reminder to track your progress. Celebrate when you achieve every small milestone. Let people know of your achievements and this will boost your energy to perform better.

Give yourself some time

Do not over expect of yourself, be patient and kind enough. Pat your back that you have at least thought of getting the change in you. It is not magic that the change will happen in the next 10 days. If you plan to lose 20 kgs by December 2020, which is 1.6 kgs per month, even if you are not able to shed the same for a month, it’s okay. Similarly, if you smoke a packet every day and you aim to reduce to 10 cigarettes a day and slowly reduce to one to finally get dedicated. You may want to smoke that 11th cigarette, if you feel so don’t blame yourself. Understand why you want to smoke that 11th one?

Restart if unsuccessful

You don’t need to wait for next year to restart your resolution. It can be restarted when you feel like. Don’t turn relapses or temporary failures turn into an excuse. Instead, accept the mistake and recommit to the path.

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