Tips to Stay on Track With Your New Year’s Resolutions

It felt like the holidays were just days ago. Yet, we are almost done with the first month of 2023!

I get excited at the beginning of every new year. It feels like a fresh start every time. 

End of January usually means a time to check in with ourselves to see how we’re doing with the goals we set at the beginning of year. A couple of my goals include being healthier by opting for less sugar in my drinks and taking the girls to Asia for the first time this year!

Here are a few tips on how to stay on track with your resolutions.

Accountability is Your Best Friend

You can have great sounding goals and nice plans to get there, but if you don’t keep yourself accountable to sticking with them, then you might as well have not made any goals.

There are different ways to keep yourself accountable. Perhaps your goal is to drink 1 gallon of water everyday - you can keep accountability by utilizing habit trackers such as this one to see if you really are drinking 1 gallon of water everyday.

You can hire a coach to keep you accountable. They will ensure you stay on track and provide you coaching to shift your mindset about any limiting beliefs you may have.

Or you could even ask a friend who is also committed to their resolutions and become accountability partners.

Measurable and Tangible

Create goals that are measurable and tangible.

For example, if you are trying to lose weight, don’t just say, “I want to lose weight.” Instead, dictate exactly how much weight you want to lose or state the ideal weight you want to get at. “I want to lose 30lbs by December” and “I want to feel my healthiest at 140lbs” is much more effective.

Otherwise, even losing one pound would technically mean you met your general goal, but you know that’s not what you really mean.

So get clear and specific with your goals.

Ask Why, Not How

Figuring out how to get to your goals comes easy for some.

For others, trying to figure out how you’re going to meet your resolutions may feel overwhelming… which then can lead to inaction. If you knew how to get it done, then you would have achieved your goals already, right?

So if you feel like you’re the latter, try asking “Why?” questions. Why do you have this goal? Why is it so important to you? Why are you doing this?

It’s usually easier to answer these Why questions than coming up with how to get it done. Once you anchor yourself to your Why, it can be powerful enough to drive you to take action and figure it out along the way.

Write It Down

Did you know people are more likely to achieve their goals when they write it down?

One, it reminds you of the goals you have (because it’s so easy to forget things these days); two, you can visually see the goal and use visualization techniques; and three, it’s priming your mind to focus on reaching your goals.

So get out your favorite pen, write it out, and post your goal up somewhere you’ll be able to see it everyday. You can even put it on your phone lock screen!

And if you’re feeling inspired, take your written goals and create a vision board.

Reward Yourself

Something we get to do more of is acknowledging ourselves for the effort we’re putting in.

It’s important to also set rewards for yourself along the way. Make it fun. Don’t let it be all work and no play. You’ll end up burning yourself out and having a negative experience, which will deter you from achieving future goals.

Look at your goals and set some milestones with how you’ll reward yourself once you reach that milestone.

Don’t let your goals pass you by another year. Try these out and let me know what you think of them. Have a wonderful 2023 everyone!