As the new starts to wear off and it starts to look like any other year and the resolutions you made yourself for this new year to be different seem to be slipping away as they seem impossible to reach. Maybe a fresh look is what you need to jump start you back on track.
What I have seem with my clients are they made the mistake to make resolution for a new year rather than make goals for themselves. They want to cross the finish line before even getting in the race. What I mean is; they want to loose weight, quit smoking, stop over eating, etc. and they make a resolution but they have no plan and no direction and they fail and stay in the place that they want to leave from.
Goals not resolutions is what I recommend. Small goals that is easily reached which will give you the encouragement to reach the next goal. Now some will set goals and some will set goals with a time frame but they are to large of a goal just starting out. Lets look at saving money, First you have to define what you want to accomplish , Then you need a plan on just how to reach your Goal. Now I would say we want to save money, we need a budget so we can reach our goal of saving money. With a budget we can see where our money is going and then we can one by one eliminate the nonessential items we do not need.
It sounds simple and in reality it is, it just take one small goal at a time to reach your big goal . Like the phrase “How to you eat an Elephant , one bite at a time.” Don’t be in a hurry to get to the finish line just finish the race. Pace yourself and if you “Fall Off The Wagon,” Get up. Tell yourself YES I DID IT and move passed it . Don’t look back on it, Learn from it and grow. Know what happened, so you can avoid it
I think folks get too hung up on wanting to change and expecting it to happen in days or even months but to make a lasting change in their life, it takes a commitment to themselves to change their lifestyle which may take months or years as it is something that can not be rushed for the changes to last. I am not saying everyone will take this long as you could have DIVINE intervention which could be an instant. Others it will take them as long as it takes. Each to his own as some folks are Left Handed and some are Right.
Take your time and listen to what is around you. What your body is telling you, what the situation in your life is telling you. You just might be surprised!
I hope I have been an encouragement to you to help you reach your goals that you set for yourself. This is just my opinion and the advise that I give to some of my clients and is just my opinion and you should base your opinion and goal accordingly to your life.
Until next time I wish you Good Health !!
