Often we make New Year’s resolution or set goals- second day of January we  expect everything to fall into place ?Wrong !

To execute a goal, you need to plan your steps beforehand this will increase your chances of following through.

I had a goal for 2018 of where I wanted to be and guess what ? I started laying down the foundations in the season before January and then the first week of January it was already set into motion. I also found getting a diary also helps with the preparation stage as it allows you to organise your time and reminds you to actually get to work !

So if your resolution is to stay healthy, try planning your workouts beforehand, meal prepping and shopping for new workout gear. Try speaking to people on a fitness journey so you can exchange tips. All this will start getting your mind right so you will be more likely to stick it.

Visualisation

So you want those abs ? or you want longer and thicker hair ?  You need to surround yourself with these images. Create a vision board. There are even great phone apps for this like Happy Tapper and Hay House, if you don’t want to get all arts and crafty about it. It also creates accountability.

Talk about it

Tell your friends , your colleagues and even spam your social media with your goals. This creates accountability. This is not  necessarily to shame you but how embarrassed would you be 3 months from now when your friend ask you how your fitness journey is going but you are yet to join the gym???

Start Small

If your aim is to learn a new skill or run a 5k race ,you can’t be expected to achieve this by the first week of January. Please be realistic. What you can do is set mini challenges each week, for example ‘I will run 0.5 k this week without stopping …', each week you build on it. You're pacing yourself.I mean sure you can try and run 5k in the first 2 weeks of January but don’t you want to do it properly ?  instead of stopping and starting every minute and pulling a muscle. Therefore, start small to create a sturdy foundation and build on it to create a long lasting  results.

Don’t be so hard on yourself

Okay you missed one workout and had a piece of birthday cake. You forgot to take your folic acid , so now you fear you have stunted your new healthy hair journey. ??? Listen most of us are working adults, with lives and jobs. There will be days where you have not done something on your list. However, don’t be too hard on yourself which will likely create negativity feelings of failure and in turn make you quit. What we're not going to do is quit ! Our focus is consistency here, we’re creating new habits , therefore the change won’t happen overnight so don’t be too hard on yourself just be consistent.

Love Pat x