Effective Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

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Last Updated on January 11, 2022 by Sagarika Kapoor

New year, new me, right? Yes, It’s that time of the year again. When we all come up with New Year’s resolutions to work on our goals for the year. When the year is about to begin, we all plan our goals enthusiastically. But as the days go by, most of us find it difficult to meet our goals. This could happen because of dying motivation, lack of encouragement and even a lack of commitment towards your resolutions. To help you successfully achieve your New Year’s resolutions, we have come up with some helpful tips. From planning your schedule to getting a buddy to share your goals with, these tips will help you achieve your goals this year.

Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

Start With Simpler Goals

This is the most important step in not just setting a goal, but also following through with the goal. If you want to successfully want to achieve a goals, start small. This biggest mistake we often make while setting New Year’s resolutions is to set unrealistic and impractical goals. This can make it tough to stick to your goals in the long run. Instead of trying to change you entire life in one day, take it one small goal at a time and gradually build on that. Smaller goals are easier to achieve and they encourage you to keep working on your goals.

You Just Have to Make it Past the Initial Fight

The rule is simple. In order to turn your goal into a long term habit, you have to power through the initial fight. When you first start working on a goal, there is a lot of initial excitement and a high of motivation. This gets you through the first few days before your growth starts to slow down. This is when you have to make sure you don’t lose motivation and your will to continue achieving your goal. Once you get past this hiccup phase, it won’t be long till your new practice turns into a habit. Commitment, perseverance and consistency is what will help you get through the initial fight.

Make Sure to Consistently Remind Yourself of Your Goals

A good trick to consistently work on your goals without giving up is to constantly remind yourself of your goals and why you set. Have small reminders all around you to help you stay motivated. Use post-its to write your goals and stick them around your desk, change r phone and laptop wallpapers, keep a schedule chart stuck on a wall in your etc. These additions will keep you reminded of your goals and how far you’ve come, helping you especially on days that you feel like giving up. Consider them hacks to keep your cheered up all the time.

Get a Commitment Buddy you can Share Your Goals With

Share your goals with a friends or a sibling who has similar interests and goals as you. This way you’ll have a buddy to share your journey with and also someone to keep you motivated and on your toes as well. You can both keep a check on each other’s progress and also keep each other encouraged. Sharing your journey with a friend gives a sense of companionship as well as a healthy relationship. You won’t feel alone in your journey and being accountable to someone will also mean you work towards your goals consistently.

Replace Your bad Habits With Good Ones

If your goals are related to giving up on old habits, the trick is to replace your bad habits with good habits. Giving up on a habit alone will not sustain you for long and will eventually make it difficult to meet your goals. Replacing your bad habit with a good one will make sure that you don’t have a void in your life. For example, if your goal is to reduce your screen time, but watching TV helps you unwind and relax, find alternatives to relax your mind. Instead of watching TV, you could do some yoga, go for a walk, visit a friend or indulge in some creative activities like painting or dancing.

Be Comfortable With Your Pace and Results

When you’re working on new goals, it’s very easy to lose heart and get demotivated over slow progress. This does not help your cause at all. In order to follow through with your goals till the end, be comfortable with the pace at which you’re growing. Any progress is good progress. Celebrate small achievements, no matter how long it takes for you to reach your final goal. The point is to enjoy the journey and feel proud of yourself every step of the way. Once you start enjoying the journey and don’t spend every minute stressing over the results, you’ll be even more motivated to work on your goals. Consider it an enjoyable journey instead of just a task.

Maintain a Journal to Document Your Growth

Now while you’re treating your goal as a journey towards a better self, document it to keep track of your growth. Journaling in itself is considered to be a mindful and therapeutic practice and so it will not only help you record your progress, but will also give you the much needed mental strength for your journey. At the end of each day, sit down with a pen and a paper and write all about your journey. Don’t worry about your thoughts being too organized or linear. The idea is to find an outlet to express your ups and downs, any hiccups you faced, how you overcame them and how you’re keeping yourself focused on your New Year’s resolutions.

Now go on and set your resolutions for the year. And for more such ideas and tips, stay tuned to Styl Inc Blogs.

Keep’in it Styl’ ish,

Signing off,

Kashika