Renewing The Commitment To Our New Year Intentions
/Its the first Monday of July. Summer is officially here. How are those New Year resolutions holding up?
The first half of the year has come to a speedy close, it may seem daunting to pick up recommit to your intentions, but I honestly think July is a perfect time to recommit. With six months left in the year, it’s the perfect time to beak bad habits, cultivate meaningful ones and develop routines that will allow us to create the lives we wish to lead.
We get comfortable with only one day of the year dedicated to goal setting, or maybe two if you feel the drive to better yourself on your birthday, but most of us are used to setting lofty goals on the first of January and forgetting them by March. And why is that? It is never the wrong time to renew your commitment to yourself.
It takes about ninety days to create a long-lasting habit, or make a lifestyle change, so six months is plenty of time to work on your resolutions. Whether you wanted to learn a new language, start a blog , read more etc, you can still do all those things. The tips below will help guide you to the self you imagined in January.
Start small(but stay consistent). Spend thirty minutes for the next thirty days working on your resolution. You want to get to the point where not working on your resolution feel strange.
Track your progress. Not only will it boost your confidence, tracking goals help reinforce your habit making.
Write down your resolution(and all related goals). Get very specific, write about challenges you’ve faced in the past how you’ll overcome them in the future. Write out where you want to be by specific dates in your calendar of choice(GCal, planner, bullet journal) so that you have a physical reminder as time passes. Written goals are achieved more than spoken ones.
Find and accountability partner. Reach out to a friend or acquaintance that you know is also working on a goal and use them to motivate yourself to work on your goals, and reciprocate the energy. Goal-getting is definitely a group activity.
Be patient with yourself. There will be setbacks, but you have the knowledge to overcome them. Remember to treat yourself during these setbacks how you would treat a friend going through the same thing!
I challenge you to revisit the goals you set in January, and use the tips above to renew your commitment to the intentions you set in for the year of 2019.
You’ll only thank yourself when December comes and you can look back over the year and see your growth.
