Breaking Down New Year’s Resolutions
Here’s my definition of New Year’s resolutions: an unrealistic list of things you decide to change about yourself in January, but take very little action on, and by February have almost completely forgotten about until the following December when you make the same list again and repeat the cycle.
Does that sound about right?
New Year’s resolutions are one of my favorite topics because 80%* of people make them and approximately 0% actually complete them. (* all statistics listed here are approximate and completely made up by me.)
I am guilty of that myself. My New Year’s resolutions usually centered around two main topics: money and weight, neither of which ever got resolved in January. In spite of my best laid plans, the actual weight loss action steps often progressed as follows:
January — Go to the gym 5–6 times
February — Go to gym once
March — Decide I should go more because I am paying for it, but never do
April — “Gym? What gym?”
May — “Maybe I should cancel that gym membership because I never go.”
June — Nothing
July — Nothing again
August — Find my gym card, notice the bill for the membership, and finally cancel it.
A word of advice: if any goal that you have is going to take six months to a year to complete, you are going to need to break it down into smaller pieces to be successful. I actually make a new list of “resolutions” every month, most of which I do keep.
Let me explain: in January I make a main list of five things that I want to work in the next six months. They can be things like:
1) Lose 25 pounds
2) Pay off my Visa card
3) Increase my business revenue by $500 per month
4) Spend lose 5 pounds
5) Be more organized
Also in January I make a list of action steps (goals) that I want to complete that month to support my main, six-month goals. A sample list may go something like:
1) Call personal trainer and create a new fitness routine that I can actually fit into my schedule.
2) Go see Pia Martin DC in Encinitas about creating a new fitness plan.
3) Create a livable budget that enables me to pay off the Visa in one year.
4) Schedule an Appointment with Jill at Healthy Habits Hypnosis for help sticking to my goals (shameless plug, I know)
5) Get a daily planner and start managing my time and business affairs better. This will help to both increase business revenue and get more organized.
Then create a new list of action steps (a.k.a., resolutions) every month in order to turn that longer-range list into actual goals you complete, rather than a list of wishes to ask the Genie if that bottle ever shows up.
If you need help anchoring these goals, or if you want to change a habit like smoking or overeating that might be interfering with making these goals a reality, give me a call. I can help you anchor new habits deep in your unconscious so that they become automatic and reaching your goals becomes easy.
Jill Thomas CCHT
Healthy Habits Hypnosis
760-803-2841
www.healthyhabitshypnosis.com
Here’s my definition of New Year’s resolutions: an unrealistic list of things you decide to change about yourself in January, but take very little action on, and by February have almost completely forgotten about until the following December when you make the same list again and repeat the cycle.
Does that sound about right?
New Year’s resolutions are one of my favorite topics because 80%* of people make them and approximately 0% actually complete them. (* all statistics listed here are approximate and completely made up by me.)
I am guilty of that myself. My New Year’s resolutions usually centered around two main topics: money and weight, neither of which ever got resolved in January. In spite of my best laid plans, the actual weight loss action steps often progressed as follows:
January — Go to the gym 5–6 times
February — Go to gym once
March — Decide I should go more because I am paying for it, but never do
April — “Gym? What gym?”
May — “Maybe I should cancel that gym membership because I never go.”
June — Nothing
July — Nothing again
August — Find my gym card, notice the bill for the membership, and finally cancel it.
A word of advice: if any goal that you have is going to take six months to a year to complete, you are going to need to break it down into smaller pieces to be successful. I actually make a new list of “resolutions” every month, most of which I do keep.
Let me explain: in January I make a main list of five things that I want to work in the next six months. They can be things like:
1) Lose 25 pounds
2) Pay off my Visa card
3) Increase my business revenue by $500 per month
4) Spend lose 5 pounds
5) Be more organized
Also in January I make a list of action steps (goals) that I want to complete that month to support my main, six-month goals. A sample list may go something like:
1) Call personal trainer and create a new fitness routine that I can actually fit into my schedule.
2) Go see Pia Martin DC in Encinitas about creating a new fitness plan.
3) Create a livable budget that enables me to pay off the Visa in one year.
4) Schedule an Appointment with Jill at Healthy Habits Hypnosis for help sticking to my goals (shameless plug, I know)
5) Get a daily planner and start managing my time and business affairs better. This will help to both increase business revenue and get more organized.
Then create a new list of action steps (a.k.a., resolutions) every month in order to turn that longer-range list into actual goals you complete, rather than a list of wishes to ask the Genie if that bottle ever shows up.
If you need help anchoring these goals, or if you want to change a habit like smoking or overeating that might be interfering with making these goals a reality, give me a call. I can help you anchor new habits deep in your unconscious so that they become automatic and reaching your goals becomes easy.
Jill Thomas CCHT
Healthy Habits Hypnosis
760-803-2841
www.healthyhabitshypnosis.com
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