Successful Ways to Achieve Your Goals

Welcome to the New Year! What do you want from this new year? New Year’s resolutions are always so ambitious and they fizzle out quickly. You need to achieve them this year, but it requires dedication and strategy. Hence here, are some tips to help you turn your aspirations into reality:

Tips for Achieving Your Goals

Be Specific: Clearly define your goals. (If your goal is to get into shape, define what you want to get into shape. Is your goal to have abs? sculpted arms? Break it down and define it!
Set Realistic Targets: Ambition is great, but by not setting unattainable goals can lead to frustration and demotivation. (Think about how much time you have to devote to achieving your goals and whether can you do that in the long term).
Create a Plan: Break down your goals into smaller, manageable steps. (if you need help to achieve your goals – there is help for everything out there. Choose carefully what help you choose to achieve your goals. Is it a reliable source? Is it you? Or is it really out of your wheelhouse? Is it something you can see yourself doing long term?) For example, If you have a fitness goal there is Nike Training Club. It has something for everyone from beginners to advanced. Furthermore, some of the routines on the app are so simple and effective that you can do them whenever you find a small break. Things like this will help you reach your goals.
Stay Flexible: Circumstances change. Your approach needs to adapt to it. Be open to adjusting your plan as needed. (Time is a hard thing to keep a hold of and important things come up. Above all, you need to evaluate if that thing is more “important” than your goals.
Stay Accountable: Share your goals with someone who can support and keep you accountable. Additionally, you can also set up a chart with milestones for achieving your goals. Or set up reminders. (There is a reminders program on the Mac – it can help you get on track and stay on it).
Time Management: I am so guilty of letting time get away from me. Thinking you have time for everything or quite a few things, isn’t realistic. I am starting to give myself timers to complete my task at hand. It has helped me realize the actual time it takes for things. Additionally, I am hoping this will help me stay accountable so I can achieve my goals.
Celebrate Milestones: Acknowledge and celebrate your achievements along the way; it’ll keep you motivated. If you want you can set up certain things you will gift yourself if you reach a milestone in your goals. Another key point is by making achieving your goals more rewarding and fun, you may enjoy making those goals even better. Remember, you are worth being rewarded.
Visualize Success: Imagine yourself achieving your goals. Visualization can be a powerful motivator. Have you heard of mood boards? They are so inspiring and I love creating mood boards. Furthermore, we will be exploring mood boards in future blogs.
Stay Positive: It’s natural to encounter setbacks; the key is to stay positive and keep pushing forward. If you don’t make it start again in the 2nd qtr or the 3rd or the 4th. Remember you have still make some progress on achieving your goals even if you don’t make it. Be proud of who you are and remember you aren’t the only one that has life interfere with goals.
Once begun is 1/2 done: Starting is the first step in achieving those goals. Start the new year off with starting and be proud of that progress as well.