Hello, friends! It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted because I’ve been way more busy than I ever could have dreamed of. I’m just now finally getting to take a breather after about two months of constantly doing things. My first distraction from posts was finals, I went to Mexico (my next post will be over that), and then I accidentally took an online class over winter break that took up all of my time until yesterday. I also moved into an apartment, which I’m super excited about, but it’s taken two weeks more than I’ve planned to get everything clean and situated. But, I hope the holidays were great for everyone!
So, onto my content for the day:
New Years resolutions; a concept that the average human being typically only sticks to for six weeks. “How do I break that?”, you might ask. Staying consistent is something I’ve really struggled with my past couple of years in college. I have wanted to be a better me, but life always got in the way of that and I made excuses to why I couldn’t change my daily routine or why I couldn’t eat healthier. Last year I really tried to stick to my new years resolutions and I did actually make it about eight months until I completely gave up. However, this year, I feel like I might’ve cracked the code.
Humans get bored and lose the light at the end of the path rather quickly. We can only hold onto something if we see results within about 2 months which is an issue if we are trying to change something for the whole year. Another problem is that in our heads, it isn’t a lifestyle change, it’s just temporary. Okay Piper, where’s the fix to that then? Well, frankly, it’s easy. Break your goals down month by month. If your resolution is to lose 50 pounds by the end of the year, divide that by twelve and aim to lose 4 pounds a month. You have to start with baby steps or you’ll get frustrated and quit. I also made it a point to have a general resolutions list as well so that I can base my monthly goals off of it as well as look back on the goals I wanted to achieve for the whole year; it’s just not my main focus.
On another note, I know that people can sometimes have a hard time figuring out what they really want to achieve by the end of the year, so here’s what I did to figure out what I need to do. You need to sit down in a quiet space and reflect on your past year. What are you unhappy with? Is it personality traits? Is it your health? Do you feel like you have a lot of toxic people in your life? Are you struggling with mental illnesses? For me, I decided to reflect on my plane rides back from Cancun, because for the most part it’s pretty quiet on flights. I felt like I was struggling with who I was as a person. I was having a hard time the whole year with having consistent friends. During my fall semester I was having a lot of trouble with one of my roommates towards the end of the semester, so the whole space was just negative. I was caught up in drama I didn’t care for. My depression was getting pretty bad again, and I just really wanted to be happy and feel like I was in control of my life again. I was also unsatisfied with my fitness journey. I was having trouble eating clean and wasn’t making the progress I had hoped for. It was just a really bad and traumatic year all around for me, but I knew that I also was part of the issue because I’d let the bad things drag me down instead of trying to keep my head up. If I were to list everything by typing it up, this post would go on for forever, so I’m just going to include pictures of my goals this year.
As you can see, I have a whole folder for my resolutions. I have my general new year’s resolutions, as well as monthly goals all the way up to May (I don’t want to get ahead of myself by doing more months past May).
These are my general goals for the year. They’re very in depth and I also tried to be completely honest with myself, which is insanely important.
And these are my monthly goals! I cut out March and April because they’re the same as February and May, I basically am just telling myself to lose 2-4 pounds per month. However, January has a lot more goals than the other months as you can see. This is because I’m mainly focusing month by month. For example, at the end of this month I’ll be adding more goals in for February. Like I said, it’s important to break resolutions down into do-able chunks.
New Years Resolutions are important if you want to evolve into the person you’ve always wanted to be. Set your excuses aside, plan accordingly, take it a little at a time, and you’ll see progress and what you need to focus on the next month! Don’t be a statistic, slay your goals this year!
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