New Year's resolutions have gotten a bad reputation over the years. Mainly because most people don't follow through.
Are You Like This?
I find that starting my resolutions early is the best way to go. That way by the time it's January of the new year, And everyone is talking about their resolutions. You will already have a headstart, and it will be more motivating to keep going.
It's easy to give up on your resolutions when you start in January When everyone else does. Because eventually people's motivation dies off, And it's easy for yours to die off too.
We tend to do whatever one else is doing, Consciously or subconsciously.
Start With Habits!
Habits are everything; People never seem to go after their habits. But instead start changing their whole lives, Diet Etc. Which causes them to fail when they try to reach their goals.
Recently I have been working on changing my bad habit, of coming home from work, Only to put my work bag, And my jacket on the floor. I'm trying to get in the habit of hanging it on a hook on my wall.
By focusing on creating a habit of immediately putting it on the hook. I'm addressing the real problem. And it's more likely to be permanent.
But with healthy eating you often see people force themselves to drive super far to a new store, And pick up all this food when they hate cooking, And they expect themselves to start eating a lot healthier.
Instead of looking at the habits they already have and making small adjustments to get what they want. They are essentially trying to reinvent the wheel with what they do every day.
And that's going to make you fail.
We can often only handle changing so many habits at once
Where Will It Work In Your Day?
We love to make goals without even considering on how we can put them into our day.
Want to start running every day? Great,
When do you plan on scheduling your daily run each day? Before work? After work?
Is it at least somewhat Convenient?
Or are you expecting to drive for 20 minutes to a nice park?
We have to think realistically when we have goals, Or when we want to build new habits.
While I have a running habit every day.
I still wanted to lose weight.
I knew I couldn't motivate myself every day to go to a nearby gym. Plus there aren't any 24-hour gyms near me. Which I tend to have a crazy sleep schedule.
So I went back to my old job lifting and moving boxes. Where I successfully lost over 40lbs (in 4 months) the first time. This job is less than 5 minutes away from my house.
I don't have to be "Motivated" to go to work everyday. Because If I don't. I'll be in trouble with my supervisor. (And for someone like me, that's motivation enough.)
So Ups is setting me up with a free personal coach (My Boss), Allowing me to hang out with my friends, And paying me to have fun and exercise.
Sometimes I wonder if I or UPS is getting the better deal here. LOL!
Think I'm going to fail my weight loss plan now?
Hell no!
See? My goal was to "lose weight".
So I found things that tend to keep me motivated.
A supervisor that could get angry + Money + Fun Excercise + Awesome coworkers. = Goal Successfully accomplished.
Then I made it into an easy habit that I could do five days a week.
Every day I go to work at the same time And spend about the same number of hours there.
I also keep track of my "Scan" Count. So I can check how many boxes I'm loading. And I try to improve on that each day to increase my weight loss.
Sure, Many of you can't go to quite this extreme. But finding something easy that you can do each day makes a world of difference.
UPDATE: I've been back at UPS for only one month. And Have already lost 16lbs. I plan to show photo updates after the second month there.
How Are You Going To Achieve Your Goals?
Changing your whole life overnight won't allow for long-term changes in your life. Instead of making small changes that are easy to follow will give you maximum results.
What are your resolutions?
I absolutely agree with you "START WITH HABBITS"
Thank you.
@kaylinart You are my Big Motivation and yes 2018 will be Great for Goal Setters of all types. My Goal is to be Kind and get my Reputation Up in the 70's like yours. Happy New Year !!
Wow really? Good luck I hope you get there, I think it's possible hehe with lots of dedication.
@kaylinart I just cant contain my JOY for you and I doubling the value of our accounts tonight !
heheh I definitely need to get in the habit of being more organized, but that totally makes sense to tackle things broken up into little habits to help make it attainable
Right? I am on the same boat. I feel like everyone needs to improve organization to a certain degree. It makes such a huge difference.
I guess you did not read my comment :/ :)
For me, I will likely follow how the year leads me and take precautions
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Is that Spanish for new year resolution? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Exactly ! ...making small changes..... that are easy to follow will give us maximum results.
My resolutions
This is so true haha . We all set up goals but many times we don't have any plan whatsoever of how to achieve that. I also think changing habits is the best way to go about it. There is a power and a sense of freedom in breaking old patterns that can become a spark for new behavior.
I would like to loose weight. I have always tried to put the work out after job. But I get lazy after work .. and usually my plan start failing after a stressful work day or bad sleep.
My plan is to start working out in the morning before anything can affect me and make me tired and stressed. I think this will be much easier to achieve.
Happy new year !
Happy new year love!!! :)
You at least started early and are working hard on making it happen!
I don't do resolutions anymore, I mentioned in my new years post about what my goals are. I will be continuing on from where I was already at and moving forward to keep making my life even better etc. Hehe :)
I am pretty happy with life right now.
Happy New Year @kaylinart ... My regret for 2017 is not investing much in Steem, which i want to overcome in 2018...
no risk no gain.......if we want to success in life we must take risk
Exactly!
Agreed. For a new year resolution to work it needs to work into your current life nicely so you don't have to go out of your way to do it.
Incovinence would totally kill it, and too big of a change would also mean it's likely to fail.
In the new year, to start everything new again, we can move forward well.happy new year
I will try to be a better human than i was in 2017.
i also think so...happy new year....2018
Happy New Year !!
this year my Motivation and yes 2018 will be Great for Goal Setters of all types.My Goal is to be Kind and get my Reputation Up as like you.
@kaylinart You are my best inspiration.
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First of all, I'm studying computer engineering. And my goals are as infinite and unlimited as the computer. I see a software office at the beginning. I have no experience and I am a student. That is why I write my code as much as I can write and after that steemitte earns as much money as I can.
My first goal here is to get a keyboard for $ 137.99 :) If you want to see it send it to me :)
My goals are hard to reach but the way is simple .. Coding Encoding Coding :)
I told you about the sport. Anyone who reads this interpretation should consider it. Whatever the goal is, health is paramount.
You are my Big Motivation and yes 2018 will be Great for Goal Setters of numerous kinds. My Goal is to be Kind and get my Reputation Up in the 70 resembles yours.
Happy New Year. Really, my main goal is to make more money and stuff.
Maybe I can have an evening meal with you... ;))
Happy new year :)
I arrived in 2018, and I hope to bring it with plenty of luck.. @kaylinart
Happy new year dear @kaylinart
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Happy New Year.owenderfull working your photography thanks
Happy New Years to you too :)
SURRFING is very interesting ...
but i can do that ...
by the way nice writing bro keep it up
Many people have a lose weight as their New Years resolution, including me😁I promised myself I’m gonna be stronger this year and reach my perfect shape, god help me😁Happy New New Year and good luck with all your goals🙌
I’ve never been a big fan of New Years resolutions but my goal is to cut down sugar and exercise more. Keeping it simple by setting attainable goals works best for me. Take the stairs at work, skip the sugary coffee etc.
Happy New Year!
Great post sis, i have learned many things
I will try to achieve my goals just by doing small steps daily
Similar to your weight loss goal, one of the goals in my resolution is to get more fit.
My plan is to just start dedicating like 30min daily working out in my own home. I have the time and the space, I just need to do it.
One thing that can help us achieve our goals is to write or print them and place them somewhere where we can always read them even by accident. It could be on our mirror or the back of our door.
We can even make a video of us speaking to our future self, so when we don’t feel with energy to keep working towards our goal, we see the video and we can motivate ourselves that way.
a good post my friend. Things to definitely think about. As far as my goals are I would say the following: Make a difference in the world by touching others spiritually. Give back to God through the writing I do, continue with my music at least for now, spread the understanding of gratitude for all we have, maybe invest in property in addition to what I have, find another costume in addition to my Santa and Easter bunny costumes. Perhaps God willing find someone to share life with. Be joyful and spread good things to others. How will I achieve these goals...through conviction, determination and help from the supernatural. Again thanks for your well thought out post and Happy New Year!
excellent writing.... beautiful life,, thanks for sharing following up voted
What in interesting way to lose weight girl. Meeting your fitness goals while having a good time and getting a paycheck, that's sick!
You're so right on the creating habits aspect.
I just found steemit three weeks ago, I have been doing pretty well actually. I am fully invested in this platform so my resolution or goal is to be the best version of myself - I'm tired of watching everyone achieve their dreams. This year is mine for the taking. I have always wanted to be a content creator :)
@kaylinart nice to see your post after a long time , this earn more and more money and traveling .....;-) whats your plan.... ;-)
We miss out when we are trying to solve big problems as a whole. Instead,let's try and solve our one big problem by dealing with it so many parts as suggested by @kaylinart. Nice work.
Happy New Year 2018
If it didn't bring you joy
just leave it behind
Let's ring in the new year
with good thing in mind....
Let every bad memory
That brought heartache and pain
And let's turn new leaf
with the smell of new rain...
Let's forget past mistakes
Making amends for this year
sending you these greetings
to bring you hope and cheer
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2018
Thank you for being one of the people
who made this world a wonderful place to live in.
I pray that you’ll be blessed with good health, security, success, peace and joy.
Happy New Year 2018 to @kaylinart mam and your family
This is a wonderful write-up, @kaylinart. I made a post on new year yesterday and that's what made me search for other new year posts. I didn't really talk about the new year resolution but you did and that's wonderful.
I think if I have to deal with a habit, it has to be the habit of dropping off my shirt on the chair after getting home. Am so used to that right now, I tried stopping a few times but I gave up on it - will get back to it now....
Thank you..
Always Great to get ourselves organised.
Especially with our habits.
So these resolutions can be the key
Hi, @kaylinart, I want to write more stories in 2018, and get my reputation catching yours. LOL, just kidding. I want to share my sroties to you, but I wrote them in Chinese...
i pray to God for more blessings to come in your life this year 2018!
your friend
@sorenkierkegaard
Yup that is true
happy new years :)
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I joined gym a month and a half ago and so far I've lost 9 kgs, that's around 18 pounds. And, I'm 73 kg now, that's around 146 pounds. And, I'm 5'5".
It's never too late. So, my plan is to eat less carbs more protein, lose fat and build muscles this year. 😉
Great effort for a motivating Post !
Thanks for sharing my friend ! Goals for me is just Steemit more .
A lots of new year wishes for you too 😍🎇🎆🎉🥂🎁🎈 @kaylinart !
I agree. Start with the habits and the easy ones to do,and commitment with oneself.
Greetings from Indonesia.
Happy new year!
It's not torture when you enjoy the challenge
Haha you actually learned me something there! I am one of those persons who start on 1 january and like 2 weeks after that give up. I will try to do find some small changes to do instead :) I hope your resolutions will continue to go like planned :D
Happy New Year @kaylinart!
I love the way you make your posts by giving an example of your daily life and activities. You have such great writing skills! 😀
I spent a lot of 2017 making sustainable changes. Every once in a while I'd get frustrated with my 'lack' of progress and then I'd see how far I'd already come... and none of it was a stress or a huge challenge for me. I did it all using small changes and habits that I knew I could sustain.
My resolution this year is to keep those up and add a new habit each month. Great post, great tips and good luck with your new year!