Why I am Setting New Years Resolutions

Before the New Year I saw a meme going around and some other posts saying phrases like “don’t wait until the New Year or a specific date or day to start your goals and to go ahead and do it now” While I do agree with that go get em attitude. I also kind of disagreed with it.

“Dont let others make you feel like your approach is wrong just because its not their approach”

Why does society try to fit people into a category. Life is definitely not black and white. Its great if you can get started right away and I commend people who can decide on a goal and just go and get started. On the other hand. some people need that concrete date or start to get motivated and get going. I am people.. people is me. I need first and foremost my planner, I need to set a start date to begin and I start planning out my course of action. I use the start of a new month, a new week and the First of the year as that starting date for setting some of those goals. Call it cliche but I’m a New Years resolution setter. And I am here to tell you don't let others stop you from setting your New Years resolutions! But also don’t let people tell you, you need to set New year’s Resolutions! Do you all 2020! If you wanna go after something, kick it in the butt, if you don’t want to set any resolutions this year then don’t! I’m also here to give you some tips to check off those resolutions and achieve them this year!

Tips for Success:

Write them down:

Put your goals into writing. Post them in a place you’ll see them daily, it could be in a planner, in a journal, a post it note on your laptop or at your desk at work or school. This can act as a daily reminder of your goals. Seeing your goals written down can act as a powerful visual tool to use to motivate you!

Track them and chart them

Figure out a schedule to check in with your self on your goals. Whether is once a week, once a month or once a season check in on how you're doing with your goals. This is a good time to see if you need to tweak your goals or add to them!Make benchmarks and set dates to when you want to achieve your goals.

Tell others:

Telling others helps hold you accountable for your goals. For no spend November I told my coworker I was working on not spending money on food. Every time I wanted to get a coffee or eat out for lunch my coworker would say nope, your not spending money this month and helped keep me accountable for this goal I set.

Create more/ add to them:

Tweak goals, add to them, or create new ones as needed. Just because you set a goal in the beginning of January does not mean that will be the same exact goal in December. If your Goal was to work out 5 days a week but in February you find it to be unrealistic, tweak your goals to reflect your schedule and what you can realistically commit to.

I am still figuring out some of the resolutions I want to hit this year, but i am claiming them all for myself and for you as well! My wish is that your worst day of 2020 be better than your best day of 2019! Happy 2020!

“My wish is that your worst day of 2020 be better than your best day of 2019! ”