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A Current Affair TV Show Topic - New Years Goals Tips
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Here's an article with New Years Resolutions / Goal Tips Below
We are off on a family holiday for a month so will be doing minimal work during that time. So I'm sure you'll understand if there aren't any Organize Your Life Posts for a while! Happy holidays.
Here's to a wonderful 2012 with less mess, stress and more fun and happiness.
Til next time,
Claire McFee and the Organize Your Life Team
Creator Organize Your Life Household Filing System - Your Life in Lists
Author Organize Your Health and Wellbeing Naturally
www.organizeyourlife.com.au/health-wellbeing
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS…
How To Avoid Disappointment with your New Year’s Goals and set yourself
up for success!
by Claire McFee
One of the main reasons that so many
people are unable to stick to their New Year's Resolutions every year, is
because they try to achieve too much, too soon and because they do not break
their goals down. Something that may help you to achieve your New Years
Goals is putting them off until after January all together. Considering what a
busy time of year it is, delaying your action plan can help ensure better
results. This way, you can relax and enjoy some time with family and friends
without feeling guilty about it. This will also help prevent you from feeling
like you're behind before you have even started. Once you put
pen to paper and get your mind in gear to take action on your goals then here
are some tips on how to help make your resolutions a reality, not just a
thought in you head.
1. Get clear on your Goals
Pick a
maximum of five areas you would like to work on in your life. Be it at home/ in the garden/ at work/ to do
with the children/ your partner etc, and write them down on an Action Sheet for the year.
2. Clearly write your goals down of course!
2. Clearly write your goals down of course!
Get a piece
of paper for each statement with its own heading and break it down into several
steps of what you need to do to make it happen. Prioritise which items you need
to address first – with the good old 1,2,3 or A, B, C Remember you need to
focus on one job at a time, or you risk losing focus and putting it in the 'too
hard' basket.
3. Find a good ‘home’
for your Goal Lists/Plans
Put these pieces of paper into the appropriate
section of your Organizer/Diary. If you do not have one, it's a must to invest
in something that can house such lists. Without one you will end up with scraps
of paper all over the place, and this will stress you out and prevent you from
reaching your goals.
4. Read and take action on your
Goal Plan
Refer to your Goals
list/s regularly, (daily/weekly/monthly - what ever suits you
best), ticking off what you do as you go. The more ticks on the page the
better!
5. Re-do your Goal Action sheet regularly
5. Re-do your Goal Action sheet regularly
As you tick off
items on your Goals Sheet the page may start to fill up and become a bit of a
mess. When this happens simply transfer the incomplete jobs onto the other side
of the page or onto a fresh page until all the jobs have been marked off.
6. Set Realistic Goal Timelines
6. Set Realistic Goal Timelines
Be realistic about the timelines you
set for your Goals - (to be written at the top of each page also). Estimate how
long you think it will take you to complete and then double it! This will be
more accurate and the good thing is if you do happen to get the job/so done
before your timeline is up, you will feel even better about tackling the next
job, rather than beat yourself up for not getting it done quickly enough.
This New Year
(delaying) Goals setting strategy works a treat for me and countless others so
why not cut yourself some slack and give it a try too? Good luck and Happy New Year’s!
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