Last 28 Days of 2021, What’s Your Plan?
Let me help you and prepare you for 2022 as well.
In this article it says , according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 46% of people who made New Year’s resolutions were successful. That means over half of the people who set a goal for the new year will fail!
Creating new habits takes time and energy. A new behavior won’t become automatic overnight, but you may enjoy some of its benefits fairly quickly.
Any area of your life — health, family, emotions, friends, romance, finance, purpose, etc. doing poorly creates suffering and exhaustion.
Each area needs a certain amount of time, energy, and your utmost attention.
What can you do to make it more likely that you will keep your next resolution? The following tips may help you beat the odds.
Here are a few ways you can document your resolutions for 2022:
- Write them in a journal/notebook
- Draft an email to yourself
- Print and tape to the wall
- Use any online note taking tools
Create categories to reflect various aspects of your life
Bucketing life into categories helps simplify, prioritize, and results in clarity.
It’s generally a good idea to have a list of personal categories and professional/work/mission categories. All categories matter and all need time. All are worth planning.
All segments can have:
1. individual visions
2. goals
3. priorities, and underlying meaningfulness.
The following are examples of how someone might bucket different goals:
- Relationships/Family
2. Career/Job
3. Financial
4. Health And Fitness
5. Side Hustle
6. Travelling
7. Reading
Put an specific number and date/month against each goal to make yourself more accountable.
Aim Big, I mean Go Wild!
Audacious goals are compelling. Want to compete in a marathon or triathlon? Lose 50 pounds or just enough to fit into clothes you once loved? or want a new job? or looking to start a new career?
With perseverance, encouragement, and support, you can do it. An ambitious aim often inspires others around you. Many will cheer you on.
Some will be happy to help in practical ways, such as by training with you or taking on tasks you normally handle in order to free up your time.
Start writing your goals shamelessly , do not limit yourself. Go Wild!
Create a System that can allow you to be one step closer to your goals
Now think tiny. Small steps move you forward to your ultimate goal. Look for surefire bets. Just getting to first base can build your confidence to tackle — and succeed at — more difficult tasks. Don’t disdain easy choices.
If you start every plan with “Make list,” you’re guaranteed to check one box off quickly. That’s no joke: a study on loyalty programs that aim to motivate consumers found giving people two free punches on a frequent-buyer card encouraged repeat business.
So break hard jobs down into smaller line items, and enjoy breezing through the easy tasks first.
Identify your WHY to stick to your goals
That’s right. Until you grasp why you’re sticking like a burr to old habits and routines, it may be hard to muster enough energy and will to take a hard left toward change.
So, when you’re considering a change, take time to think it through.
You boost your chance of success when the balance of pluses and minuses tips enough to make adopting a new behavior more attractive than standing in place.
Make Your Goals Public ( If you like )
Make yourself accountable through a written or verbal promise to people you don’t want to let down. That will encourage you to slog through tough spots.
You can make a less public promise to your partner or child, a teacher, doctor, boss, or friends. Want more support? Post your promise on social media to your followers, or seek out folks with like-minded goals online.
Write down your ideal day
Write down what the routine or day is going to look like and what all you need to do to meet your goals?
Create bright and big mental pictures, visualize your ideal day.
Learn from the mistakes instead drooling over them
Any time you fail to make a change, consider it a step toward your goal. Why? Because each sincere attempt represents a lesson learned. When you hit a snag, take a moment to think about what did and didn’t work. Maybe you took on too big a challenge? If so, scale back to a less ambitious challenge, or break the big one into tinier steps.
If nailing down 30 consecutive minutes to exercise never seems to work on busy days, break that down by aiming for three 10-minute walks — one before work, one during lunch, one after work — or a 20-minute walk at lunch plus a 10-minute mix of marching, stair climbing, and jumping rope or similar activities slipped into your TV schedule.
Appreciate your efforts
Appreciate yourself more often. Don’t wait to call yourself a winner until you’ve pounded through the last mile of your big dream marathon or lost every unwanted ounce.
Health changes are often incremental.
Encourage yourself to keep at it by pausing to acknowledge success as you tick off small and big steps en route to a goal. Blast your favorite tune each time you reach 5,000 steps.
Get a pat on the back from your coach or spouse. Ask family and friends to cheer you on. Look for an online support group.
Follow Progress NOT Perfection.
Set your sights on finishing that marathon, not on running it. If you compete to complete, you’ll be a winner even if you wind up walking as much as you run. With exercise — and so many other goals we set — you’ll benefit even when doing less than you’d like to do.
Any activity is always better than none. If your goal for Tuesday is a 30-minute workout at the gym, but you only squeeze in 10 minutes, feel grateful for that. It’s enough. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
“Determine where you will be one year from now and then reverse engineer your goal to determine what it actually looks like.”
Whatever your plans and goals are for this year, I’d do wish you luck with them but remember, it’s your life and you make your own luck.
Be Bold
Be Courageous
Be Your Best
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