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Although many of us start the New Year full of hope and excitement for making things happen, many of us quickly give up on our goals and wait until the next year to even think about them again. But we set resolutions for a reason, and that’s because we hope they can improve our lives in some way. So if you want to set goals you can keep this year, here are three tips to help you make it happen.
1) Set Realistic Goals That You Really Can Keep
The first place to start is with your goals. Are they realistic? Are they honestly, honestly something that you can see yourself achieving in the coming year? By all means, push yourself with your goals, but do it within the limits of what’s possible! Planning to work out for 2 hours every single day probably isn’t realistic for most people, nor is it realistic to think that you’ll cut out all sweet food completely if you like your sweet treats.
It’s also important to ensure you don’t try too many things at once. By all means, plan to improve your guitar playing skills, to get healthier, and to learn a new language, but try focusing on just one goal to begin with. Once you’ve made the first goal a habit, or reached the milestone you were aiming for, you can move onto the second.
2) Understand The Way You Feel
Although not all our New Year’s resolutions are about giving something up, understanding the way you feel about things like overeating, or other habits you may have, is crucial to seeing your goal through to the end. If you’re trying to give up drinking, or a certain type of food, understand that cravings come and go like waves, and do the best you can to learn about what triggers your cravings so that you can avoid them.
The same goes with things like exercise. Think about how you feel when you can’t be bothered to exercise, and put it off until tomorrow – you probably feel like you let yourself down. But when you do exercise, not only are you happy that you’re meeting your goal, but you may even get a rush off those endorphins!
3) Reward Yourself, Don’t Punish Yourself
We tend to work better when we’re working towards certain rewards, rather than avoiding punishments. So decide on some ways to reward yourself for completing goals. Instead of berating yourself and feeling guilty for not doing something, think of how you’ll feel and what you’ll do when you do something you want to do. Pick milestones relating to your goals, such as 1 month without a drink, or 5 days of exercising every day, and give yourself something nice as a reward (a new CD, a nice meal etc.) Rewards are far better motivators than fear!
What Are YOUR Blogging Resolutions for 2013?
Let me know in the comments below!
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Thanks Tanya for such a crafted Post. I totally agree with you, and i think bloggers should also concentrate on original article writing and Keeping eye on Penguin updates which might ruin blog Traffic if not paid attention….
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I would really like to grow my blogs this year. My big goal is to make a full-time income online and right now I am pretty much at earning a part-time income. I have a lot of work to do this next year but I am excited about it.
Julie recently posted..What I want to do in 2013
Happy New year to you Tanya and to all Blogelina readers!
Best of luck Julie! Also I am sure that Tanya will post more tips on how to increase your online income using blogs this year. I am particularly waiting for an update to her earnings in 2012 and a similar How Blogelina made over.. post for the past year.
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Robinson, I’ll have to work on that post… great idea!
These are good tips. Its easy to run away withourself and just forget to enjoy it as you work steadily on your blog. I am to make my blog smarter, better and get my ideas from paper to reality – bit by bit!
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I absolutely love blogging and love my blog! I’m a former publicist who has finally found her niche as a blogging SAHM. Blogelina has truly helped me in so many ways. Thank you for your dedication of helping other bloggers become better bloggers.
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Thanks for the kind words, Kim!
My blogging resolutions for 2013 are:
1. Increase daily visitors
2. Don’t loose sight of the vision God gave me
3. Focus more on the content of the Blogs and not the quantity of blogs
4. Learn about advertisement and income from blogging without loosing sight of vision for blog.
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Great goals, Alethea – I love your resolve to keep your focus on the truly important things!
My blog resolutions for the year is to continue the momentum I gained in the last quarter of 2012 by writing more, learning more and by focusing on relationships within the blogging community including one of your blog buddy groups. Thanks as always for all your help and insight Tanya.
Linda Kinsman recently posted..Jump start your New Year Goals with eMeals
Great to hear, Linda! Keep up the good work!
Thank you and same to you Tanya!
Linda Kinsman recently posted..Jump start your New Year Goals with eMeals
My biggest goal for this year is to increase traffic for my blog. I love posting the latest deals and I’m enthusiastic about sharing them with others. I also want to get a new blog design although that’s not in the budget just yet. Thanks, Blogelina, for all the great information you share with us on the blog. I appreciate it!
Great post – thanks for sharing. Increase traffic is probably my biggest goal. Then next would be getting ahead of the blogging schedule – writing my posts at least a week in advance.
Pam@behealthybehappywellness recently posted..2013 Goals
yeah… realistic goals. i know this problem, i allways want more than is really possible. i will try to set me good goals this year! ;D great post!