Why Your New Year Resolutions Fail and How to Fix it
Every new year offers you the opportunity to start over. It presents you with a clean canvas so you can paint new pictures and dream big. It brings with it hope and anticipation of the future. It is the perfect time to start over and to dream big dreams again.
If you’re like me, then you like to put down some resolutions for the year. You jot down all the projects and things you’d like to do and change just to forget all about them after a week or two. You then go through the rest of the year without taking a look at those resolutions until the last week of December. You make new resolutions and promise to stick to them this time but we both know you won’t.
The resolutions you write down to improve your life, to try new things and to make changes never become reality. They remain, sadly, only on paper as they're usually just wishful thinking on your part. This happens because you lack the strategies to implement them.
There is a better way to plan strategically for the year to ensure that you achieve your goals. Instead of resolutions, set S.M.A.R.T. goals and prepare an action plan to achieve your goals. S.M.A.R.T goals are goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.
Why do my resolutions fail?
Here is what I've learned about why most resolutions fail.
1. They are not specific.
2. They lack specific strategies to implement them.
3. They are not things that you are passionate about.
4. Resolutions are not placed where they can always be seen to serve as a reminder.
5. There are no set timelines to achieve them.
6. They're not realistic.
What do I do to accomplish my goals/resolutions?
So, instead of making resolutions I believe you should set goals and have actionable steps to accomplish each of them. The following are five ways to accomplish your goals:
1. Set monthly, quarterly or yearly goals.
2. Break each goal down
2. Set deadlines
3. Place your goals where you can always see them.
4. Be resolved to work on them until they are accomplished.
How do you accomplish your goals? How do you get a lot done in the year?
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