Happy New Year. I hope you had an enjoyable festive season, however you spent it.
By now, you’re probably already a bit tired of seeing ‘new year, new you’ messages piling up in your inbox, from all manner of companies, talking about all manner of goals, aims and ideas. There is of course, nothing wrong with using the new year as an incentive to set some goals and aims for the year ahead, but it’s important to not feel pressured to do this in a certain way.
Here’s some tips to get you started:
- Write your goals down – there’s nothing quite like a to-do list to keep you focussed.
- Make your goals realistic and achievable – there’s nothing more disheartening than taking on too much in one go…
- So break big goals down – big tasks are achievable if you split them up into small tasks.
- Make your goals personal to you and don’t feel pressured to match or copy the goals of others.
- Above all, be patient.
And if 2024 was a difficult year for you, whether that’s because of the loss of someone you cared for, a change of circumstances or relationship issues, make sure one of your resolutions is to support yourself for the year ahead. Reaching out to trusted friends and family is always helpful, but it’s not always easy or appropriate to talk about our issues with the ones we love.
If that’s the case, just get in contact with me and we can arrange a free, no obligation consultation to talk about your issues and a little more about how I work.
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