Congratulations, you made it to 2022, great job! Give yourself a pat on the back for surviving 2021. Think about the start of 2021 for a minute… chances are you started the year with some New Year’s Resolutions, which is awesome, how did you go?
Setting resolutions are a great way to reflect on the things that you’ve done well and want to continue, and others which maybe haven’t gone too well, and you want to improve
You may have told yourself that ‘this year is going to be different! This year is going to be THE year where I achieve all my resolutions! This year is going to be the BEST YEAR EVER!” and that’s awesome! But… you probably said that in 2020, and 2019, and maybe the years before that as well. That is what most of us do, at the start of every year we set resolutions which, if we are successful, would change our life for the better.
But many of us just can’t get the resolutions to stick and there are many reasons for this. It could be that the resolution or goal is too big, is not clear or defined, you don’t know where to start, or maybe you put it off until tomorrow to start.
There is a quote from Antoine De Saint-Exupery:
To make your New Year’s Resolutions stick you need to break them down into an actionable plan. Envisioning your goal and the future you want helps to motivate and set your direction, but you need to know where to start, what is your first step? Taking lots of small steps, consistently, every day, can build momentum and take you further than you could have imagined. Haven’t you heard? Slow and Steady wins the race!
Another obstacle is procrastination. When you are looking at a big goal that is a long way in the future, it is easy to say, ‘I’ll start tomorrow’ or it won’t matter if you skip a day. Very quickly one day can turn into two days, a week and so on. You need to hold yourself to accountable so that you don’t keep putting off your planned actions to take you towards your goal.
Here at 11:11, we avoid New Year’s Resolutions, we set goals, develop action plans and take consistent small steps towards them. We also don’t wait for New Year, everyday offers new opportunities and possibilities, every day is the perfect day to start. So, as we are now into 2022, what are your goals? what do you want to achieve this year? Let’s get started!
In the coming weeks we are launching a program to help you to take stock of your habits and to make sustainable changes that will move you towards the future that you desire.
Let’s go!
Shaun