As we joyfully ended 2019 and have begun 2020 with great positive vibes and energy, the New Year is usually the most golden opportunity to begin a new chapter in one’s life. It is a fresh new start and adventure which everyone looks forward to and step into with so much great hope for a better future especially if we encountered in the year we’re leaving behind some challenges and setbacks.
Quiet a number of people don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions or don’t even bother making any because they see it not necessary and sometimes adamant because of fear of not sticking to it. As the saying goes, ‘half a loaf is better than none!’ It’s always better to aim for something than nothing at all. When this happens, either one way or the other, if you don’t get exactly what you aimed at, you’ll certainly get to a step closer which will in the long run lead you to that goal.
Making New Year Resolutions is a nice way to set and prioritize your goals for the coming year and at the same time taking a step back to look at the bigger picture. The moment New Year rings in, everyone seems to always have an idea as to how they want their year to be from learning a new skill to embarking on a healthy lifestyle journey. To be able to stick to and accomplish this ideas or plans, you’ll need to put in place a strategy in order to hold yourself accountable.
Here’s hubub’s top 10 ways to sticking to and achieving your New Year’s Resolutions and goals this year.
1. Write Down Your Resolutions on Paper
Writing down every single idea, goal or resolution you have as proven in recent studies makes you more likely to accomplish them. A recent study by the Dominican University in California concluded that one was 42% more likely to accomplish written goals. It doesn’t matter at all where you write it but what matters the most is that you do it. And always remember, no idea is either too big or too small so get you a pen, notepad or even a phone and start writing down all your resolutions or goals you want to achieve by the close of this year.
2. Be Realistic
Being real and not aiming too high usually helps one achieve their New Year’s Resolution.
Always consider your previous experience with resolutions and always remember, there’ll be more room for improvement next time. The most important thing to identify is what leds to that particular failure the previous year and once that is done, set clear realistic short-term goals and decide gradually on how you will turn that into success. Take the entire process one step at a time and don’t ignore reality.
3. Build Up a Vision Board
Building up a vision board is one of the best ways to really define your New Year’s Resolution. Make a move and begin by storing up words and images which represent your goals, what you’d wish to accomplish and how you’d wish to feel after achieving them. Arrange them into a collage, lay back and deeply connect to the vision you have pictured in mind for yourself. Hang your built-up vision board somewhere more visible where you can see it all the time.
4. Make It Fun
One of the best ways to achieve your New Year’s Resolution or goals is by spicing it all up. Even though it’s relevant that goals are made around a time-bound and also specific, they should also at the same time be fun during the process of achieving them. Be flexible and make your goals more inspiring and really fun to achieve. Some of the things you can consider doing are often reviewing your goals to make sure you still want to achieve them, celebrating, rewarding or treating yourself at specific goalpost and also enjoying the journey and success it all comes along with.
5. Embrace Yourself for Change
It’s well known that the very reason why people tend not to stick to their New Year’s Resolution is because people don’t put in the work to embrace themselves for the change it comes with. In order to turn a written goal into success, one needs to tune and prepare their minds for the long-lasting changes being it physically, spiritually and emotionally. When this is done, be rest assured your goals can be accomplished with ease.
6. Set Goals That Line Up With Your Daily Life
Most often than not, New Year’s Resolutions are not achieved because we are busy with other stuff but because we tend to take them for granted and don’t commit to getting them done. A perfect way of ensuring you achieve them is to exclusively change them to goals which are in line with your everyday life. You can always receive advise and support from other people but the accomplishment of your goals is directly under your control and setting them to align with your personality makes it possible to measure and attain them.
7. Assess Your Daily Habits
Resolutions and Goals hardly work most times because there’s usually the likelihood to shift all our energy on the big goal and abandon some of the significant measures, which needs to be taken into account to get to the resolution or goal itself. It is important to first of all assess your daily habits whenever you embark on a New Year Resolution. By so doing, you get to figure out which ones need to either change or acquire to accomplish success. Irrespective of what resolution you want to achieve, you will never achieve it if you don’t focus on what it takes to get there.
8. Build A Network of Accountable Partners
It is a great thing to have a network of partners where you get to further motivate each other and at the same time hold each other accountable in achieving your New Year’s Resolution. When building this Network of partners, carefully select people around you who have proven themselves supportive, trustworthy and ones whom you can always feel free to explain your plans to at any time when the need arises especially when the going gets tough. But remember that in the end, you’re doing this for no one else but for yourself.
9.Make Your Resolutions Measurable And Share Progress
Making your Resolutions measurable helps keep you in check. By so doing, you get to know if your laid down plans are working as there’s no point setting targets without accomplishing them. Make it a point to Translate your New Year’s Resolution into specified actions and behaviors. After, measure your progress daily and try to share with close friends or family for feedback. This usually acts as a source of wakeup call when the reviews you get from them aren’t positive or satisfying.
10. Aim To Be Better Than You Were Yesterday
Aiming to be better than you were yesterday tend to have a positive impact on achieving your New Year’s Resolutions. Personal and business lives keep on evolving all the time during which we come across hurdles that needs to be overcome. The goal usually is not to be flawless or to accomplish something extraordinary, but to be better than you were before. Being better in one area than you were before is easy to achieve and simple to understand.
After having read hubub’s top 10 ways of achieving your New Year’s Resolutions in 2020, you’re now in a great position to assess and consider ways to achieving your resolutions this year and also, make them more successful this time around.
Get started now and the entire team of hubub wishes you the very best of luck!
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