NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS!

Here we are, at the beginning of another year! Can you believe it? 

If you celebrated holidays in the past few weeks, I hope you were able to fully enjoy them and have some time to rest, recharge, and rejuvenate yourself!

Looking forward to the new year, I must know, do you make resolutions? 

I don’t really believe in resolutions anymore. To me, resolutions are simply statements of something you would like to do or have happen, but they aren’t backed by any kind of plan. Instead, I like to make goals. Goals should have a plan with them so you can see the path to reach them.

A typical New Year’s resolution could be “I want to lose weight.” But without a plan, that resolution will never come to fruition. Weight loss might be the most common resolution set at the first of a new year. But how many of us fizzle out by the second week of January? Generally, I’d guess this is because there is no plan - no actionable steps detailed that will be taken on a daily basis to achieve weight loss.

Instead, stating “I have a goal to lose ## pounds, AND this is how I intend to do it…” will shift your mind into action mode. When you state your goals in this manner, the intention behind them will push you to make a plan and take action to achieve them. 

When you set a goal, there are three steps involved:

1. DEFINE THE GOAL: State what it is you wish to accomplish. This should be a specific achievement or milestone, it should be measurable, and it should be reasonable. Goals should be challenging but not so far out of reach that there is no way to reach them. Take the weight loss goal – stating you intend to lose 30 pounds might be challenging, but it is likely reasonable and reachable. 
2. CREATE A PLAN: You have your goal; you know what it is that you want to achieve. Now you must create the plan you will use to help you reach it. Continuing with the weight loss goal – the plan could include how many days per week you will exercise and for how long, what kinds of exercise you will do, necessary diet changes, how much water you will drink daily, any supplements you may need to add to your diet, any doctors you may need to visit before starting your weight loss plan, equipment or activewear you need to purchase, etc. The plan doesn’t have to be extravagant, but it should include a list of the steps you will need to take to reach your goal. 
3. TAKE ACTION: This is the step that usually trips us up. It is easy to define a goal and make a plan to reach it, but executing that plan is the hard part. It takes work. Consistent, daily actions are the secret to achieving your goals. As you create your plan, think about and detail the actions you will need to take within each of the steps of that plan. 

With a weight loss goal, scheduling a doctor’s appointment, purchasing new walking shoes and cold-weather gear (or hot, depending on where you are!), and even buying a new water bottle are small actions you can take to start working your plan. Once you have the plan laid out and you know what to do each day, you simply have to do it. Whether it is running X number of miles per week (I prefer to go even smaller and define the number of minutes I will exercise each day), or drinking X ounces of water per day, whatever those necessary actions are, take them! Once you take action, you are on your way to achieving that goal!

When setting and working toward your goals, it is important to remember that big changes or accomplishments take time. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither is a new body, a business, a fitness level, or anything else. It is the day-to-day actions that lead to different habits that lead to big changes.

The biggest commitments we make are the ones we make to ourselves. Yet, they are usually the ones we let go of the quickest, likely because we don’t have a plan and we don’t have someone to help keep us accountable to ourselves. Don’t let yourself down in 2023. Set goals, make plans, take action, and let me help you along the way! 

If you have big goals and dreams for 2023, but you aren’t sure how to reach them, I’d love to help you. My unique framework makes it simple to not only set your goals, but to create a plan and define the intentional actions you can take to reach them!

If you have any questions about how my coaching can help you in your business and your life, connect with me HERE! I specialize in communication coaching, skill building and development, and mindset reformation (including goal setting and achievement 😉) and I can’t wait to help you reach your goals!

I currently have openings for 1 on 1 coaching starting in January. Click HERE to book a FREE enrollment call to see if working together can benefit you in 2023. I can’t wait to connect with you!

I hope to see you soon!

Ciao for now!