Rethinking New Year Goals and Resolutions
Rethinking New Year Goals and Resolutions
Let's make 2024 amazing!
It’s the beginning of the new year, which means you’ve been flooded with messages about setting goals and resolutions for the new year.
“ How to keep your New Year’s Resoltuions?”
“10 steps to achieving all your goals in 2024!”
“Set intentions, not goals, this year!”
With all these messages, you might be feeling super jazzed and have your vision board all done. Or you might be feeling overwhelmed and want to forget it all and just live life.
No matter what you may be feeling about this new year, it’s ok! You’re not a failure if you don’t have your list of SMART goals. You’re not overachieving if you’ve already mapped out the rest of the year.
So, if you’re reading this, I’d like to share with you some of my goal-setting experiences from last year to help you paint a clearer picture and support you in deciding what you want to achieve and who you want to be in 2024.
Some of my biggest accomplishments last year were
Getting published in Conde Nast Traveler
Doing a solo improv dance performance at The Old School
Attending dance festivals
Collaborating with local communities
Dancing more
Creating community within dance and other areas of my life
Continuing my career as a freelance writer and working with new clients
Learning to ask for help
Continually growing my money mindset and manifesting money
Learning to prioritize the the things I care about
Finding joy in everyday
Securing my autonomy visa to live another year in Spain
Trusting myself more
Following my inspiration
Traveling home to visit friends and family
I share these accomplishments to show you what accomplishments can look like; yes, they can be quantifiable, such as reading X amount of books or traveling to X amount of new places. Success can also be just being happy, spending more time with loved ones, or other things you can’t showcase on social media.
Originally, I was going to share a list of my failures to humanize failing. I personally like it when others do the same. However, I want to showcase my failures differently and share them and the things I’ve overcome.
Inconsistency of work
Heartbreak
Mistrust in friendships
Missing an important payment and having to pay double the price of the original bill
Being let go from a gig
Not meeting client expectations
As I look back on the things that didn’t work out, it reminds me to keep my focus on the things that did work out. Because that’s what I want more of in 2024
If you’re curious about my goal-setting process and success or maybe want some extra tips and tricks to add to your goal-setting process, here’s my advice as a mindset coach and freelance writer
Start simple and small. Now, if you’re a crazy Gemini like me, narrowing down your goals is probably hard. Geminis or multi-passionate people want to do all the things. So, if you find yourself creating more than one goal, that’s fine. If you have multiple goals, make sure they are super simple.
Be realistic. You must be able to differentiate between something you want and something you can actually obtain this year.
Set a realistic time frame for yourself and the check-in period.
I have a lot of goals and intentions I want to accomplish this year, however, I’m only focusing on some for the first part of the year and the rest for the second part. If you know a certain time of the year will be busier for you than usual, don’t try to accomplish a bunch of goals during that time
Be the person who has accomplished your goals.
I’ll admit that I’m still working on this one. However, imagine the version of you who has achieved their goals. If your goal is to exercise more, what does that person do to ensure they are active as much as possible? The reason why many people achieve goals and manifest the things they want is because they become the person who has the things they desire.
I learned a lot about this from working with my former coaches, Cassie Parks and Vicki.
Lastly, I’m all about accountability. In each post, I'll share one of my goals and my progress.
One of my personal goals is to create weekly habits around studying Spanish. I have an intermediate level of Spanish, but I want to be advanced. So I’m starting with studying Spanish for 10 minutes five days a week for the month of January. Then, in February, I will up that to 15 minutes a day for five days or 10 minutes a day for six days a week, depending on how I feel and what's most realistic for me.
I encourage you to share your goals with me, either in the comments or direct message, and before I send out the next post, I’ll check in with you to see how you’ve been progressing with your goals.
Sound fun?
Bonus. If you’d like a video of how to execute the tips I suggested, let me know in the comments, and I’ll make sure to record one.
