With just a few days under your belt into the New Year there is still time to get in the mindset for setting goals and starting the year off with a new mindset. Often resolutions are focused on losing things [stress, weight, bad eating habits] – resulting in only 8% of all resolutions being achieved at the end of the year.
There are plenty of reasons resolutions are rarely achieved, but I want to make 2016 a year of gaining, and I challenge you to think about your resolutions (or if you don’t ‘resolve’ your goals) from a new perspective.
2016 Goals & Resolutions
- Gain time for myself.
- Read 20 new books.
- Create positive habits.
I am terrible at making time to focus on myself, including just taking a breather to kick back and watch tv. In 2016 I want work towards making more time that I can read and relax. I want to drink more water, eat a good breakfast each morning, remember to take vitamins and occasionally make it to the gym or a yoga class.
Over the last couple of months I’ve been working on making better choices about my time, trying to not over schedule myself to the point where I don’t have time for things that need to be done (like grocery shopping and laundry). One of the ways that I’ve been doing this is thinking about how whenever I say no to something, what that means I’m saying yes to.
When I say no to a volunteer opportunity or signing up for committee that means that I am saying yes to having time and clarity to write, clean my kitchen, and maybe just take a few breaths over the weekend. With our schedules Drew and I try to spend all of our Saturday’s together and sometimes that means jamming 10 todos into what is really only a 6 todo possible timeframe. Since starting to think about the what I’m saying yes to when I don’t over plan our time on Saturdays I have felt a lot calmer and more focused. Over the next year I want to continue with that mindset and working on creating more downtime.
What are you resolving in 2016? Do you think it will help you to refocus your resolutions on what you are gaining when you achieve those goals?
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