Top 8 tips to help you keep your new year’s resolutions

The reason resolutions don’t work because we speak of them on New Year’s Eve and we forget them. The following top 8 tips on achieving your goals methof method allows you to be reminded and constantly involved in them.

1. Identify the theme of the year to come

2. Ask yourself what qualities and skills do you need to add to achieve them

3. Write up to 5 goals (ideally 3) that you plan to achieve

4. Identify possible obstacles that could stop you from achieving them and decide how you will stop them from stopping you

5. Start your plan from Dec 31st, 2018- yes that’s right; the last day of next year and work backward. Identify the different milestones that you would go through while achieving your goals. On each milestone put the due date. Ideally you want to have 12 milestones- one for each month.

6. Get envelops and label them with the due date of each milestone.

7. Put the milestones and their rewards for every due date and seal the envelopes. Now set a reminders on your phone if you need or you can use a good old fashioned calendar.

8. Put the envelopes and a list of your goals and your annual theme and your new qualities somewhere where you frequently go back to in the house. And see yourself achieving them.

The reason resolutions don’t work because we speak of them on New Year’s Eve and we forget them. This method allows you to be reminded and constantly involved in them

What is your New Year’s resolutions for 2018, and how do you plan to keep them?