EnVisioning Your New Years Resolution
Posted on December 31, 2011 by Veronica Forsman, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
Why are New Years Resolutions rarely successful? What steps can you take to ensure success in the coming year?
Given the time of year, you can bet that there is a huge percentage of the human population considering this trend of making New Years Resolutions right now. And why wouldn’t we? It’s tradition, after all, to reflect at the end of each year on where we’ve come from and the things we need to work for in the coming year.
While this can be both a challenge and a motivation to create results, improvement, and forward momentum in our lives, most must admit it seems more like an excercise in futility and something more to berate ourselves over as we say goodbye to the following year. This cycle must then beg the question, why do we do it? While we could spend time and energy trying to answer this question, I think it best we instead focus on how to actually set ouselves up for success in the coming years’ new years resolutions.
In order to create success for your life, consider the following…
Envision your New Years Resolution
~ First, Begin with the End in Mind++…What is the VISION you have for your life over the next year? Ask yourself, who do I want to be and what do I want to achieve by the end of this next year? Create a Vision Board to help you build your vision into something to remind and motivate you as you meet each new day.
~ Create Realistic Goals++…You can’t get to the end without first taking the journey to get there. Change doesn’t happen overnight if it’s meant to last. By creating realistic goals that are in alignment with getting you closer to your vision, you will feel more successful more often and more fully in control of your life. Once you reach the end and meet the Vision, you will feel a true and real sense of ackomplishment, knowing the change happened because of your commitment and dedication to the journey.
~ What Strengths and Values++ do you have in your arsenel that will help you succeed?
~ Live in the Moment++…By choosing to take the journey moment by moment, day by day, you can see where you’ve come from and learn in the moment you’re in. Celebrate the little victories as you learn and grow towards your vision.
~ Enjoy the journey!!++ If you can’t enjoy working towards the lasting changes you want in your life, you’re already setting yourself up to fail. Take the time to look around you, see the progress you are making, no matter how small and be proud of yourself! Life is hard enough without making it harder on yourself. You are wonderfully and uniquelly you!
~ NEVER COMPARE!!++ Don’t waste your energy comparing your goals and yourself to others. This is your life and what you learn and grow by is yours alone to take. Use your energy towards your own power.
~ Seek Accountability++…by taking the journey with someone else who can keep you accountable and your perspective fresh and real. This is where a Life Coach can truly be a simple yet effective key to your success. To take you from where you are to where you want to be. To take your fear and anxiety and turn it into power and faith in yourself!
Following these simple and practical steps can help ensure you make this years resolutions not only successful, but enjoyable as well! So what are you waiting for??
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Happy New Years Everyone!! Here’s to every success and hope for 2012!!
