Gym five times a week; Lose weight; Less time on social media; Study more. Oh, I’m sorry, did you say your resolution is just passed down from the year before? (Houston, we have a problem).
Let’s be honest for a second here, within a week (or a month for the more committed ones) most of our resolutions have already gone for a toss. If this doesn’t apply to you, I truly believe you have attained heights of discipline beyond most of humanity, so congrats. But for the rest of us, it’s a little bit harder, so let’s look into how we doom ourselves from the beginning—and how to possibly prevent that.
‘Yeah, my New Year’s resolution is to be more productive!’
First off, maybe try to be slightly more specific with your goals. Or if you’re one of those people who don’t bother setting goals in the first place, maybe give writing them down a try. Clearly, you aren’t going to achieve something if you don’t know what it is you’re achieving. Setting up a system to achieve your goals is also vital, so if you don’t engage in ‘planning,’ that’s probably why it’s harder to get somewhere. Oh, wait—you don’t have any time to plan goals? As if. If you care about it, you make time for it.
Creating systems go a long way so keep at it, and reward yourself for the little bits you push through. If you want to lose weight, then the next time you see a mouth-watering chocolate cake topped with hazelnuts and a salad beside it, choose the salad. It’s difficult, but we know that the hardest choices require the strongest wills.
Sorry to inform you, but you’re doing it all wrong:
It is very important to aim for achievable goals because a lot of the time, you might be overestimating your abilities and shooting for the moon, when you have only just begun to get comfortable in your space suit. A lot of the goals you set are extrinsic instead of intrinsic, which means they may not be that personally meaningful to you. You need to understand why you should achieve those goals for yourself—not to please others. Admit it, your ‘getting ripped’ plans are just to spite your high school crush who didn’t like you back and make no real difference to you. It is high time you spend some time on YOU.
Take a Break (Like Ross and Rachel):
Finally, don’t beat yourself up about not achieving everything you wanted. I can say with full confidence, even without knowing who is reading this, that you have grown significantly over the past year (to all the middle school boys out there, no, I’m not referring to your height). So if you’re one of those people who cannot stand failing at anything, and immediately give up and go ‘hello darkness, my old friend,’ give yourself a break. (The dark circles beneath your eyes are proof you need it.)
Life isn’t about success. It’s just about living. So get started on those goals and make progress to make your own life fulfilling, but don’t get so caught up in the rise and grind lifestyle that you forget to have fun. Why so serious?
Also read,
How can students cope with exam pressure/academic stress? How are international schools in Mumbai supporting students?
https://www.adityabirlaworldacademy.com/blog/how-can-students-cope-up-with-exam-pressure-academic-stress
Time management during exams. How do students cope with exam stress?https://www.adityabirlaworldacademy.com/blog/time-management-during-exams-how-do-students-cope-with-the-exam-stress
