My approach is some what different. I don’t call it a new year’s resolution, I call it goal setting. It’s a process. If you follow it you will be much less likely to fail. These are the steps I follow.
1. Open a note book or an excel document.
2. Categorize the areas of your life. Ie. Health & fitness, Relationships, Finances, Career and so on.
3. Pick only 2 or 3 of these categories to work on. The reason I say this is because it’s a lot of work.
If you pick too many you’re likely to become over whelmed and give up.
4. Create S.M.A.R.T. goals for each of your chosen categories.
a. S- Specific What exactly do you want to accomplish?
b. M- Measurable Can you assess your progress? How?
c. A- Achievable Is your goal within your reach?
d. R- Relevant Is it relevant to your life?
e. T-Timely Set a deadline or goal completion date.
5. Review at the end of every month. Yes, every month. Why so often? Because every quarter isn’t often enough to see if you are on track or if you need to make some modifications to your plan or your behavior.
6. At year end grade yourself on each of the categories. Analyse your results objectively. If you did not succeed, why? And what can you do differently to overcome those reasons.
7. Set new goals for the next year.
Good luck and let us know how this works for you.
Jenn Bishop
Sports Risk Advisor