It’s the exciting time of the year when New Year Resolutions could create a New You!
A new year signals a new beginning. Moreover, it’s the hopeful and exciting time to reevaluate our life choices.
- What does your ideal life look like?
- What resolutions would get you where you want to be?
- How can you start and keep resolutions that will make you happier?
Difference Between Resolutions and Intentions
A resolution is a firm decision to do or not to do something. We focus on the outcome we want to see. Some examples are:- Lose 20 pounds
- Save $100 per month
- Go to the gym twice a week
My Experience with New Year Resolutions
Toward the end of the year, I would clearly see the new and improved version of me. In addition, it was exhilarating thinking about the new life I would create for myself starting on January 1st. Over the years, after much frustration around February about my inability to stick to my new year resolutions, I found a new way of thinking about them. Instead of piling up all my expectations for an improved me for the new year, I started considering my resolutions as something I could begin any day of the year. It is the daily journey toward a happier life. Over the last 10 years, I changed what I did for work, what I thought about myself, what I owed, where I lived, and what I ate. I did not change any of those things because it was January 1st of a new year and changes did not happen overnight. Here are the 4 strategies for anytime resolutions that will change your life: A resolution starts with the decision to change something we dislike about our life and focus on a new behavior we want to adopt.1 – Start Your Resolutions Right Now
What lifestyle changes do you want to make? For most people they include:- Exercising more
- Loosing weight
- Eating healthier
- Getting out of debt
- Saving more money
- Spending more time with family
- Making some extra money
2 – See Yourself After the Change
See yourself walking, speaking, and looking as someone who already has the lifestyle you are trying to create for yourself. Moreover, feel like the healthier, more athletic, full of energy person you want to be. Focus on the end result. Don’t think about what you will need to do or how you will have to deprive yourself in order to create your ideal lifestyle.3 – One Simple Action Today
Once you have the picture of the new you in your mind, decide what step you can take today that will move you closer to the person you want to become. Take one simple action toward your resolution or intention today. Once you know what your first resolution is, determine one action you will take today to move closer to achieving the end result. It needs to be simple but definitely move you toward your resolution.4 – Make it Enjoyable
Make your resolution something you look forward to. Find out how you could work on your resolution while having fun and enjoying the process.- Who could help you with your resolutions?
- Is there any support group in your area or online?
- What type of activities do you enjoy?
- What are your favorite healthy foods?
- Learn more about yummy and healthy food choices
My Resolutions is lose weight lose weight eating healthy no more junky . Love this article thanks
Thank you for this
Keep doing this great work.
It is always good to reevaluate things. I thing we need to do this more often than a year to make things stick
Losing weights and keeping myself healthy and fit for 2021 is my priority. Thanks for the guidelines.
Would love to actually act out my resolution for New Year.
I’m one of the people who always makes New Year’s resolution. So thanks for this.
Ease and simplicity is the key to anything get done. And it is especially important for the creation of a new habit.
The resolution ideas that you mentioned are all ones that I want to adopt. I won’t wait until the New Year though because that would just be delaying the changes I need.
These are some really great new year’s resolutions! There are some really good ideas here.
2021 is going to be a special new year for the whole world. The word for us all should be Renewal!
I have been really bad with the new year resolutions! I have never stuck to any but I guess the way you have expressed in this post, I might give new year resolutions one more try!
I love the idea of making more specific,tangile goals than just “I want to lose weight” I’m attempting, “I want to lose 50 lbs – I will do that safely by losing 2 lbs per week by increasing my activity with a daily 20 minute work-out and choosing healthier options.” That’s actually measurable. Love this blog – thank you!