It is now January 1st, the start of a new year and do you know what comes with a new year? New Year Revolutions or Resolutions, however, you like to call them. We all know those type of people who creates them and end up giving up on accomplishing them by the first six months. Were you one of those people last year in this situation? Well, this year you're going to be able to accomplish them and I'm going to tell you how while mentioning why a lot of revolutions don't get accomplished.
The first reason why a lot of resolutions don't get accomplished is because a lot of people wait until January 1st to start working on their goals instead of working on them at the very first thought. By waiting, it will only give you more time to place negative thoughts in your head and why you should try to accomplish the goal.
Another reason why most resolutions fail is because a lot of people create unrealistic resolutions to acheive. For example, making the goal to lose 50 plus pounds in one month, but have never been to a gym in the past five years after graduating college and still maintain the same diet that you developed during your freshmen year and is the cause of you to gain the weight you currently are. This example is unrealistic because there are many steps need to be made first before being able to lose the 50 pounds. You have to learn a work out routine that works for you and Your body and you need to learn how to create the right diet for your body as well. According to the article, "Top 10 Reasons You Don't Stick to Your Resolutions," by Jene Luciani, she believes that people need to set goals that are achievable in a reasonable time frame. Also, make sure the goals are specific. Instead of having a goal of losing weight, have the amount you want to lose in mind.
Having too many resolutions to achieve in one year, can also play a part on why they don't get accomplished. It is better to focus on one goal at a time before focusing on the others at the same time. By trying to focus on more than one goal at a time, it can become overwhelming and may just make you stop trying to accomplish any of the goals you previously set.
When it comes to resolutions, many don't realize that when it comes to achieving new goals that you never accomplished before, you have to retrain your mindto accept new behaviors and a change of thought processes in order to accomplish those goals and stop your previous habits. By changing your previous behavior and thought process, you will learn to be patient when it comes to seeing accomplishments within the goal and make it unlikely for you to want to give up easily when things get hard or when it seems like the goal has become unachievable. Also when it comes. To changing previous behaviors and allowing new thoughts to enter your mind, changing words of action is also essential to do. Instead of saying "I can't accomplish" " I'm trying to" and "I didn't accomplish", you should be saying, "I can accomplish" "I am going to accomplish" and "I may not have accomplished this yet, but what I did accomplish was".
The lack of money can also stop people from accomplishing their resolutions as well. For example, one could have the goal to travel to five countries within the year, but they believe they are not financially capable of traveling according to their bank account. Jene Luciani believes that by being creative, you can be able to find less expensive ways to complete those goals.
New year resolutions become unachievable when there wasn't a plan of action created in the very beginning. By having a plan of action, it can help you stay on track with each step leading to the ability to accomplish the goal.
And lastly, having a lack of honesty amongst yourself while creating your new year resolutions, can be a big factor on why you're not able to accomplish your goals. According to Luciani's article, she says that a lit of times, we try to commit to goals that we believe we must aaccomplish within society's expectations, but isn't a personal goal you tgenuinely want to achieve. Instead, you should be creating your new year revolutions based on things that you actually want to achieve and creating a plan of action towards those goals.
Now that you know why many revolutions and resolutions become ununachieved goals, you will be able to create significant and realistiones this year. I made a few myself and I'm going to make sure I take each step to get them accomplished and I hope you do the same. Stay positive, grow to become a better version of you, and of course"Happy New Year."
Sources
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201012/why-new-years-resolutions-fail
https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/top-10-reasons-you-dont-stick-your-resolutions
