The key to fulfilling your resolutions is setting specific goals for you to work towards and outlining the steps you are going to take.
Let’s take a look at one of the most prominent resolutions — losing weight. The resolution itself lacks clarity. How much weight do you want to lose? What are you going to do to work towards this? And most importantly, why do you want to lose weight?
You could start off by first writing your resolutions as goals, a set of specific statements that you want to accomplish by a certain date. Following that, drafting out a list of measures you will undertake to realize these goals would provide you with a clear roadmap. Let’s take the above example of losing weight. Possible goals and steps that you can set are:
- Losing weight → I want to reach a weight of 80kg by March this year.
- I will sign up for a gym membership and exercise at least two times a week.
- I will eat healthier by adding vegetables to my diet and limiting my intake of fried food and sugar.
- I will drink at least 4 litres of water a day.
This does not signify that lacking a strict routine to follow your steps will lead to failure but rather, keeping them in mind and making a conscious effort to stick to your steps will help you achieve your goals and therefore, your resolution.