Firstly welcome to 2024 and well done for doing your best in 2023. As we begin a new year we think of all the things we want to accomplish and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, I know I’ve been there.
Setting yourself goals that are just too big and not getting round to and with that we can feel a mixture of negative emotions so this year I’ve decided to take a different approach to the new year.
Let’s get into shall we …
1. Intentions not goals
I think by calling it intentions rather than goals makes it feel less intimidating. If you think of it like this, I intend to do such a thing, and by phrasing it in a way that’s positive, you already feel like your accomplishing it.
2. Set manageable intentions
When I was writing my list of intentions, I wrote, for example, read 3 books a month, and in brackets, I wrote a note to myself to increase in a couple of months. It’s easy to set yourself unmanageable expectations that you aren’t able to fulfil with the chance you’ll not stick to because they seem or feel too big. By starting off small and increasing later on, your actually adding to your list rather than avoiding it, and with that I’m sure it will feel like a big win.
3. New year , Better You
When I was reflecting on last year and think of the new year I kept seeing “New Year , New you” and I just thought what’s wrong with the old me. Having experienced lessons from the previous years you have essentially carved a better you as without those lessons you aren’t the person that you see before you now. Think of it as every year you are adding something to yourself rather than creating a whole new you. And I think that is worth celebrating.
Have a lovely 2024 and I’ll see you very soon