Resolution Resolved

Another year has ticked over, and a new one has just begun. Many people will be thinking how to make this year better than the last and may even decide to set a new years resolution or two. They will be looking to change old habits and create new ones, they will decide to work harder, spend more time with family, lose weight, stop smoking, all of which will more than likely be forgotten by the end of the month.

Whilst the New Year is a great time to review your past and plan the future, for real change to occur a more long-term commitment should be put in place. Its all good and well writing a wish list and making an extra effort over a couple of days and a couple of weeks, but in all honesty that’s the easy part. It only takes 20 minutes to write the list of goals and ambitions, but it can take a lot longer to achieve them, particularly if its lifelong habit you plan to change or improve.

Although 20 minutes is longer than most people spend reviewing their life and thinking about the future, its really not enough if you want to be all that you can be. Unless you are extremely motivated and ambitious person that naturally jumps from success to success, you will have to continually review your goal throughout the year. One gigantic exhilarating change more often than not isn’t enough to change behaviours that we have taught ourselves over a longer period of time. Just as we have developed our current way of thinking over several years, we have to develop a new way of thinking (to achieve our goals) over a period of time also.

Therefore if you are truly committed to achieving your new years resolution your first step will be to stop calling it a new years resolution! It needs to evolve into a constant living resolution that you are committed to achieving everyday. This living resolution does not fade after January finishes, because it is alive and takes a regular review.

Your living resolution must be regularly accessed, with continual adjustments and maintenance made. Slipping back into older more comfortable habits is common, but with regular reviews we are more likely to make these changes in habit stick. It is human nature to slip up on the odd occasion, but surely if it was easy you would have made these changes already!

Be unusual this year and make your new years resolution a living resolution that remains part of your life for longer than January. If it is to be fitter or to lose fat why not ask for expert support and assistance.