BestBeautyHacks

Reflect on the past year

How was this past year for you? Eager to shake the dust from your shoes and jump into the new year? If we want actual change and don’t want to repeat some events, then we need to spend some time reflecting on what went well and what we’d like to change.

Acknowledge wins and lessons to learn from

Write a list of 10 things that you accomplished over the past year. They can be personal or professional. Add detail to describe the effort it took to accomplish your wins. Read this list whenever self-doubt starts to creep in, because you may have accomplished these wins without a lot of intentional planning.

Now think about the lessons you’ve learned from the past year. Some people may call these failures, but it’s all perspective and an opportunity to learn something. It may not have turned out the way you wanted, but often times it’s because there is something better than you imagined, waiting for you. How can you take these learnings and apply to your goals in order to grow in a positive way, to live the live you want to live? Remember: life happens for you, not to you.

Set meaningful goals, both personal and professional

Do you want to get in better shape or improve your health this year? How about find a new career? Everyone will have different goals, choose ones that you personally really want to achieve. Think of your life in the following main categories. These are the categories where most people want to see improvement:

Health and fitness

Intellectual

Career

Financial

Social

Relationships

What are your goals and aspirations for the new year? Make SMART goals:

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound goals.

Who do I want to be this year?

What are my non-negotiables?

What type of boundaries am I setting?

What am I willing to sacrifice to make my goals happen?

List out 5-6 main goals across these categories for the year that you want to achieve. They can be personal and professional for balance.

Then detail the steps it will take to accomplish each goal. Break out the steps into quarterly goals and then monthly goals. This will help you stay on track by breaking it down to manageable tasks as well as helping you stay on schedule with monthly reviews.

Also list out any obstacles for each goal and what steps would you need to take to overcome these obstacles. Do you want to join a gym but can’t afford a membership? Then find creative ways to exercise at home depending on your level (youtube, buy a set of resistance bands or dumbbells)  and schedule it into your calendar.  The goal is to remove all obstacles and excuses.

Create a clear vision

Choose a word for the year that will be your overall theme based on your goals. Something like “Transformational” or “Intentional”.  Something that motivates you when you think of it. Use these to create a vision board. This can be digital on your computer as your screen saver, or a physical board with cut outs from magazines. Be as creative as possible, as this is meant to be placed somewhere where you see it often and it provides motivation and reminders to keep your goals top of mind.

While you can certainly accomplish goals on your own, it’s really helpful to have an accountability partner, coach or group, that you are accountable to for reaching your goals.

 

Here’s to YOUR best year yet!

Need help with goal setting and/or accountability? Please let me know!