Like I said yesterday, I am sharing with you Vashti's inspirational tips for making your resolutions stick.
In the past I've not made resolutions for the fact that two days later, I forget, or I lapse, or I just can't be bothered - so I ditched them. After reading Vashti's tips - it seems more realistic and achievable, and I think I can start 2013 a-fresh with some ideas on how to live a better, happier life.
Over to Vashti:
It’s that time of year where way too
much of the good stuff over the silly season has guilted us into making a series
of New Year’s resolutions declaring that this, yes this, will be our year of
big change.
This year I will dump my annoying boyfriend for
someone more deserving of me; I will give up sugar, wheat, dairy, drinking,
smoking and anything that doesn’t honour my body; I promise to actually use my
gym membership more than twice and I will pay off all my debt and start
investing wisely, as in no more shoes, Net A Porter ‘whoops, I just pressed buy’
moments and certainly no more leaving my credit card behind the bar!
The first step to actually turning this year
around is to acknowledge the fact that if we are here, at the beginning of yet
another New Year, with yet more of the same old resolutions, then clearly
something in our approach is just NOT working.
It will take a little bit of time and a lot of
thinking, but if you are really serious and 100 per cent willing to back
yourself and really go for it this year, follow my top ten achievable steps to
ensure that you get as much out of 2013 as you hoped for.
Step
1/
Create a list of all the key areas that make up
your life from career, health and money to relationships, family and wellbeing.
Don’t leave anything out.
Step
2/
Now give each area a mark out of ten in terms of
how happy you are with that particular area, one being the absolute lowest and
ten being super fantastic.
Step
3/
Go back over each area and ask yourself these
questions. “What really got in the way of me making this happen last year?” and
“How did I sabotage this for myself/what excuse did I have for not doing it
last year?” Read back over what you have written and have a serious
conversation with yourself as to whether you are finally willing to let the
excuses go and start moving forward.
Step
4/
Take each area, one at a time, and write a couple
of lines about how you would like it to look and feel a year from now. Be as
detailed and specific as possible. Manifesting is a process that many avoid and
yet done effectively can be the one constant that keeps you focused on your
outcomes.
Step
5/
A year is a long time, so take each area and
define four specific and measurable, time based goals to work towards. These
need to be goals that really inspire you and that when achieved will have
considerable impact on your life. Work backwards and create one year, six
months, three months and one month goals for each area. Now commit these goals
to your calendar.
Step
6/
Map out specific steps and actions, like when you
will go the gym, when you will have done your tax return or handed in your
notice etc. and then put them in your diary/calendar. Once you reach three months,
be sure to acknowledge what you have achieved and then repeat the process to
begin working towards your six month goal.
Step
7/
Schedule and commit to weekly reviews of where
you are at with your goals and then structure what specific actions need to be
completed that week and put them in your diary/calendar. Use lists, Post It
notes, reminders and any resources needed to ensure you follow through on your
commitments.
Step
8/
There is nothing like a weekly check in with
someone that knows your plan and is willing to support you sticking to it. So
look at how to create the support structures around you to help you stay on
track, who and what would be good for this?
Step
9/
Write a letter to yourself, reminding yourself
why achieving these goals and ultimately the specific changes in your life,
will make such a difference. Be sure to acknowledge to yourself what will be
hard about the process and list the excuses or situations you are likely to
create to try and sabotage yourself, but equally, remind yourself that you know
you can actually make all this happen this year and that when you look back on
this time, in your future you will be incredibly proud that you finally made it
all happen.
Step
10/
Last but not least, write a description of what
your life will look like at the end of the year with all your goals achieved.
Write it in present tense and with as much detail as possible. Now take this
fabulous vision of how life will look and put it somewhere that you can see it
everyday, knowing that if you don’t have a clear focus on where you want to be,
you will end up in exactly the same place this time next year!
Note to self: You get one life, so make this the
year that you really commit to yourself and go for it!
For more from Vashti Whitfield - and for even more inspirational tips - check out her blog
images via Pink Wallpaper
3 comments:
This is perfect! Just what I need to make a difference to the start of this year. I love it, thanks.
Great to be in touch with such a bunch of powerhouse, dynamic women - Made the force be in you and with you for 2013! Warmest regards Vashti /Maybe McQueen
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