It is a new year, and we just welcomed 2018. You know what that means?! Everyone is making New Years Resolutions. Many of us make resolutions every year but rarely accomplish them. Here are the steps you need to set more realistic New Years Resolutions and to actually achieve them!
1. Make your resolutions more specific
The more specific your resolutions are the more attainable they will be. Instead of saying you want to eat more healthy, you could say you want to eat fruit every day. Instead of saying you want to exercise more, you could say that you want to go to the gym three times a week. Lastly, if your resolution was that you wanted to be a nicer person, you could narrow it down to volunteering at the animal shelter more. Narrow your resolutions down where they aren't as broad, that way you can have a vision of what you need to do to accomplish them.
2. Divide each resolution into smaller, more reachable goals
Divide each of your resolutions into two or three smaller goals, in order to create an action plan of how you are going to reach them.
3. After breaking your resolutions down into smaller goals, give each goal a deadline
Take each of your three goals and give them a deadline of when you want to accomplish them by. For example, if you want to write a novel, set a deadline for you to get an outline done, and set deadlines for each of the chapters as well.
4. Reflect on why you want to achieve your resolutions
Write in a journal or even just think about why you want to achieve your goals. This will help you visualize and help you get the motivation to take the steps necessary to accomplish your resolutions.
5. Reward yourself when ever you reach a new goal, on the way to achieving your resolutions
Whenever you reach one of your goals that you set to reach your resolution, reward yourself. Let yourself eat something unhealthy that you love, let yourself binge watch Netflix, or even buy something that you haven't bought in awhile. Every once in awhile it is okay to eat an unhealthy ice cream bar or to splurge and buy something, as long as you do it in moderation. Rewarding yourself will give you something to look forward to and it will give you more fight, to fight for what you want, to accomplish this year's resolutions.
6. Celebrate when you achieve your resolutions
Yes! You have accomplished one of your resolutions! What do you do now?! Celebrate by going on an adventure or outing, splurging on a bigger ticket item, or even being lazy all day.
7. Remember it is okay, to slip up every now and then
We all are human and we all have our days where we want to sit on the couch and do nothing. No one is perfect, so we all will slip up sometimes and stray away from our goals and resolutions, but that is okay. If you eat really badly one day and stray off of your diet, get back onto your diet the next day. If you don't drink enough water one day, get back on track the next day. If you don't workout one day, workout harder the next day. It is never too late to accomplish your resolutions, never give up!
8. Mix the things you want to do with the things you need to do to reach your New Years Resolutions
So you want to binge watch your favorite shows on Netflix or watch a movie, or listen to your favorite music? Do that while you do your workout for the day. If you mix something you love with something you need to do to accomplish your resolution, working out, etcetera won't seem like such a chore.
