The mantra is no longer new year, new me because we aren’t trying to change ourselves altogether but improve the parts of ourselves that need work, whether it be in our self-confidence, attitude or lifestyle. Walking into a new year gives me some sort of peace. Knowing you have a blank canvas to start afresh. Rewrite it all if need be or just tweek bits and pieces to let your true greatness shine through. If you’ve been a little short tempered in the previous year, you can change it. If you’ve been pushed around a little too much for your liking, you can learn how to react to such situations and set the tone of how you should be treated. You can reinvent yourself or build onto the strides you’ve taken in previous years and even follow through with your long -term goals.
How are you going to manage to get it all done? Well here’s the approach I’ve always followed.
• REFLECT- too often we move on without taking a moment to ourselves to actually understand what exactly went wrong and how we could do better. Before this year ends reflect on everything-the good and the bad. No point on leaping into a new year only to make the same mistakes that could have been avoided.
• I’ve always believed there is so much power in writing things down. By writing things down you subconsciously hold yourself accountable. Write everything you want to achieve down, preferably in a list format and put it in a place you will be able to see everyday, even if its for just a couple of seconds. This will serve as a daily reminder of what is the end goal. Keep the goals realistic too.
• DIARISE, DIARISE AND DIARISE! It is perfectly normal for life to get the best of us sometimes but by actually keeping organised, it’ll get the best of us less often. There are great free printable calendars available all over the internet. You can also download a daily, weekly and monthly planner/to-do list here. You won't regret it.
• Laura Lacquer from A little bit of Lacquer once said do the things you have to do in order to do the things you want to do and I agree 110% with this advice.
Some goals are not simply career/ school focused but might be simply based on getting out of your shell, making new friends, handling your anger and those goals are a little harder to achieve because A) They aren’t the same old generic goals which have a step by step formula B) They require you to dig deep But every goal begins with a single step and that’s what you just need to remember daily. It all starts with a single step. Here’s a couple of my goals for the new year. I hate calling them resolutions because by March everyone is telling you how they’ve quit their new years resolutions which guess what? It’s completely discouraging.
Here are some of my 2017 goals:
- Kill it academically
- Get out of my shell.
- Be more happy in who I am, as an individual, without a partner and really become self-aware.
- Read more
- I dread writing this one but like I said earlier, keeping yourself accountable. Eat write and gym more.
- Lastly, reach a greater audience and build a community via my blog.
I'll be sure to give you guys a details of how everything goes. I hope you all can do the same and achieve your goals in 2017.
