Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick: 6 Easy Things To Do This Year

Another year has passed faster than the last and I find myself asking the same question I did last year. Where the heck did the year go?

Can you believe Jan 2023 is fast approaching! I love this time of year for obvious reasons but what I love more is to get started on the things I want to work towards in the upcoming year now! There is not a lot of time left in 2022 but there is still time to accomplish anything you want. 

I think there are a lot of reasons why we don’t stick to our so-called resolutions. Below I’m sharing how to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick: 6 Easy Things To Do This Year. These tips will help you approach New Year’s resolutions in a different way that may just help them stick this time around.

1. First and foremost let’s start off by not calling them resolutions at all. We should look at our new year’s resolutions as a lifestyle change. It takes more than just saying you are going to do something. You have to actually change your habits and your lifestyle to make them click. Ever find yourself making the same new year’s resolutions year after year. Approach this year as a lifestyle change and things might just turn out different. 
2. We make more goals than we can handle. Setting too many to do’s for yourself can get overwhelming and can make it difficult to focus. Jot down all you want to accomplish in the coming year. Then, take one at a time and build on it throughout the year. Set small goals you can actually achieve along the way. By the end of the year, your small goals will add up to one big lifestyle change. Doing this sets yourself up for success instead of failure!
3. Change your mindset. You have to actually do the hard work to achieve them. They won’t just happen because we say this is what we want to do. If you really want to become more fit or eat healthier you have to be consistent and do the hard work required.
4. Don’t wait! Start now. Don’t wait until January 1. A lot of us like to take this time to just chill and have fun with the intent to get started come January. Just think if you started now! Where could you be by January? What could you accomplish? Think of the momentum you could have going by then. I highly reccomend selecting one thing that you want to work on in 2023 and start now!
5. Check-in with yourself every 1-3 months to see how things are going. Write down and acknowledge what you have accomplished or the things that need fine-tuning. Don’t be too hard on yourself. You are only human and not expected to be perfect all the time. And, celebrate the little things! Consistently checking in will allow you to celebrate your successes and get back on track if needed.
6. Don’t have an all or nothing attitude. We all fail at one time or another. If you slip up along the way or find yourself going back to your old way have a small encouraging chat with yourself and get back at it. Don’t quit before you make it to the finish line. Slip-ups are our way of really testing what we truly want. If you can overcome a slip-up and get back at it you will finish even stronger.

I hope 6 Easy Things helps you to be set to conquer all you want to achieve in 2023!

In Love, Health + Gratitude,

Katie