Sticking to Your Resolution
The Foundation of New Year’s Commitments
The very best tip in the world for sticking to your New Year’s Resolution:
Ready? Can you hear the drum roll? Here it is: Ditch your New Year’s Resolution now!
Instead, carve out an hour sometime this week to pause and reflect about one to three Goals you’d really like to accomplish this year. Decide how important each goal is to you. If a goal is important, then a) make a promise (to yourself) to pursue it, and b) take the first step immediately.
This calls for a mindset shift. We’ve become accustomed to the idea that a “resolution” is something that can be broken. A promise is different. Promises are serious. And if we can’t keep promises to ourselves, then who can we keep them to? So let’s determine to be a Promise Keeper, instead of a Resolution Breaker this year.
Health and Promises
Did you know that according to the Center for Disease Control, almost all chronic disease is related to unhealthy lifestyles? Coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, Cancers, Hypertension, Heart disease, Stroke, Liver disease, Gallbladder disease, Sleep apnea, respiratory problems, are all strongly linked to obesity, inactivity, and poor food choices.
So make a yourself a promise, and a commitment, that doing fitness enhancing activities and making good food choices is now part of your life-permanently. Decide that health and fitness is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. We don’t do it because it’s fun (I certainly don’t); we work out and eat better because we have to.
Taking Immediate Action
If you want to get healthy, write it down, make a promise to pursue health and immediately do something about it. My suggestion, of course: do a Free Consultation with a me, to assess your fitness level and make a strategic plan to keep your promise, achieving your goals.