YMCA Healthy Living Magazine, powered by n4 food and health Autumn 2018 | Page 19
IT’S ALL WELL AND GOOD TO SAY ‘I’M GOING TO CHANGE MY
JOB BY THE END OF THE YEAR’ BUT IN DOING SO, YOU MAY
BE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
So here are a few helpful tips to help you conduct a successful
2018 Resolution Reset:
Get clear about your intent
The resolution reset is a great opportunity to get clear about
what you ‘want’ for yourself. It’s not about the what of your
resolution, it’s about the why. Do you believe you should lose
5kg because it’s an appealing number on your bathroom
scales … or do you want to eat more nutritionally because
you’d love to feel more energised? Do you think you should
stop wasting time on social media feeds, or do you want to
nourish yourself more often with
inspiring activities, surroundings and
conversations? Make sure you have the
right intent when setting your goal, as
this will help you maintain enthusiasm
and commitment.
Only focus on the things within
your control
It’s all well and good to say ‘I’m going to
change my job by the end of the year’,
but in doing so, you may be setting
yourself up for bitter disappointment.
You can’t control the current job market,
or the decisions of others. What you can
promise yourself is that you will explore
every employment opportunity, or that
you will upskill, or believe in your skill set
more unconditionally. When conducting
a resolution reset, make sure that you
don’t commit to a goal that is out of your
control. Focus solely on YOU; your
decisions, your actions and your attitude.
Choose to be, rather than do
We live in a world obsessed with doing
and, often, our resolutions are based on
what we can achieve in a physical sense:
join a gym, learn the guitar, spend less
time on social media etc. But the easiest
resolutions for us to maintain are those
that focus on who we want to be: kinder,
more assertive, more mindful, more
optimistic etc. When we resolve to be
something new, or greater, we place full
responsibility in our own hands. And if
we truly WANT to be something new, we
will find ways to grow, adapt and evolve,
and achieve our resolution.
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