I rarely ever make a New Year’s resolutions. Every time I see a post about them I can’t help but roll my eyes and wonder how long they’ll actually follow through with these promises. It’s always the same things each year - I’m going on a diet, I’m going to exercise more, I’m going to spend less money. And inevitably every year people break their resolutions and forget about the promises they actually made themselves. I’m not going to make promises for myself that I know I won’t take it seriously and follow for the rest of the year. But this year I've decided to change that. I've decided to give myself goals for 2015. To bring back routines that I've ignored this past year and push myself past this monotony that I've created for myself. I have never really been one for making keeping strong specific resolutions. I do always jump on the bandwagon, but deep down I already know what I want. I am certainly no expert, but this year something does feel a little different. I know we all say it but I genuinely feel I have already made some progress in taking steps to achieve my goals. Goals that I am not just setting myself for 2015, but ones I have been working on for a while and just need that extra push from the spirit of a new year.
So here are my goals:
Lose weight: What I mean is to get back down to the weight I was comfortable at. To drop a few more kg. Need to get rid of my tummy fat, flabby arms and elephant-like-thighs.
Make exercise a habit: Although I've been working out for the past few months but I didn't keep it on track, not consistent enough.
Make choices to be healthier every day: I should really stop skipping breakfast, must eat every meal on-time, more greens and less oily food.
Find a job: I'll be graduating from my diploma on April and I need to find a job and to think of what I really want to do for the rest of my life.
Buy something valuable for myself: Something I can keep for a very long term and is memorable, something that I really like as a reward, to represent my 20's milestone, how I've gone so far.
Be a better friend: I need to be better with keeping in touch with my friends. When I was sending all my friends a Christmas text, I realized that I hadn't spoken to a few of my closest friends in over 3 months or more.
Stop being so angry: I need to stop being so angry. I don’t know how it happened or when but sometimes I can just snap and be so angry for no reason, to people who don’t deserve it. I need to find an outlet for myself.
Be happier: As easy as it may sounds, but this is the toughest for me to achieve I can say. I have to quit pleasing everyone, learn to unapologetically say no, don’t give a shit about what others think of me. Don’t stress out about what lies ahead in life. Live in the moment.
This year, I want to make these goals a part of every day life, not just a 2015 resolution that I go all guns blazing with and get bored of in a few weeks. I know that by setting bite-sized goals for myself, it makes it easier to get used to doing something new and getting used to a change in habits. Change just a few things, get used to doing them and then change more things. Make it a year long plan, you don’t have to try and do everything all at once. I am clearly a girl of habits and I just need to set myself the right habits to be in. For me that’s the only way I will ever keep any resolution I make myself. It’s about knowing what your capable of and setting yourself achievable goals, in achievable timescales.
I don’t think there is a lot on my list but I hope that these resolutions that I don’t leave on the wayside this year. xx
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