Are New Year’s Resolutions Worth It ?
Well, it depends…
If you keep them vague then definitely not, if you can make your New Year Resolutions actionable and measurable goals – then yes, definitely yes.
So it’s January and you’re still thinking or perhaps already decided on your New Year’s resolutions.
New Year’s resolutions seem like a good idea but when you look closer, people hardly ever stick with these.
Let’s have a look at the most popular New Year’s resolutions in UK in 2019.
At first look, these all look great:
I mean eating healthy, saving more money or losing excess weight all seem like a good ideas right? Sure, in principle all of these seem like a good idea.
However, all these popular resolutions share a common problem which is also why most people pledging to these will fail miserably.
So What’s Wrong?
For a successful goal (which is basically, what a resolution is), it needs to be actionable and measurable.
Things like “save more money”, “stop procrastinating” or “eat healthy” are too vague.
Here are Some Tips How to Change these into More Specific, Actionable and Measurable Goals
I will open a savings account by the 1st of Feb 2020 and set a standing order for £50 going out from my current a count on the 1st day of each month.
One does not simply stop procrastinating, it’s not that simple. Instead your goal could be to read, Eat that frog by Brian Tracy.
Start using the pomodoro technique when working on your side hustle.
It is one of the perennial top ten New Year’s resolutions, yet studies predict that in 2020, one in 3 adults in UK will be obese.
Now, a better resolution would be to sign up for gym by the 15th of Feb 2020, make time on Monday and Thursday morning and go to gym every week on these days.
Then track progress in your diary and tweak accordingly.
All of the above are actionable and measurable types of goals rather than vague, wishful thinking types of resolutions which each year end up on the top ten list of ‘Guaranteed to Fail Resolutions’.
We hope this post was useful and that it will help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions and become better at setting and achieving your goals.
Good luck with your 2020 resolutions.
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