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New Year's Resolutions

Jeremy Brodovsky

Happy New Year to all!


Besides Times Square and parties and champagne and celebrating, New Year is a time when a lot of people decide to take stock of themselves and vow to make changes for the upcoming year and so....they make resolutions! The good old New Year's Resolutions.


We have all made them at one time or another. We are going to go to the gym more, we are going to exercise more, we are going to eat healthier, we are going to not drink as much alcohol, we are going to save more money, we are going to learn a new language, we are going to redo the kitchen and the like.


We have all made resolutions like that or something similar to that in the past. And usually they don't work. Often times, these resolutions don't make it out the month of January. Sometimes they don't even survive a week!


Why is that?

Is it because your resolution was impossible and you realized it, so you just gave up? Was it achievable, but difficult and you didn't really want to put in the work? Or is it because you are just not a "resolution person"?


To be honest, it could have been any or all three of those. Or it could have simply been this--- you chose something that you were not really committed to doing! Or your expectations were not aligned with your reality.


As a personal trainer, we always see a surge of new people in January who come in determined to lose 10 or 15 or 20 pounds or simply just get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that--- that is great! However, the problem happens when reality does not meet their expectations.


People will think that they are going to lose those 10 or 15 or 20 pounds in two weeks--- like magic! Again, to be honest, it doesn't (usually) happen that way. It can take weeks or months to drop a few pounds and people get frustrated when they don't see results. The lack of immediacy will turn people off to doing something and they will give up before they get the return on their investment.


So how do we work with this?


For me personally, I don't create New Year's resolutions until February or March. I will start thinking about them in December and January and ask myself these questions--- what am I committed to doing, will I stick with it, is my goal something achievable? Your mindset doesn't just change when you simply flip the calendar from December to January. You have to spend time with those goals, marinate in them a while, develop a plan to achieve them, find what you are really committed to achieving and then figure out what you are going to have to let go of in order to achieve these goals. This takes time and thought and effort.


So yes, go ahead and make your New Year's resolutions. But take the time and effort to plan how you are going to achieve them, figure out what you are willing to give up to achieve them and determine which ones you are committed to achieving. If you need help, Practical Coaching Solutions has a 4 week goal setting program to help you set your intentions, clear the clutter and set up accountability for inevitable success. Check it out with this LINK.

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