By CHLOE GRUSING
Editorial Editor
2024 is here and that means a new way to start the new year. People tend to make resolutions to themselves or others, and while they come stick with it, most tend to not follow through.
This year, I think it is important to stick with one’s resolution and strive to keep up with it until the end of the year. This new year, the year of the dragon, is predicted to bring good fortune and opportunities to everyone.
I think it is important to keep your resolutions and work towards becoming a better version of yourself. Here are some tips on how to achieve success in 2024:
To start the new year one must come up with resolutions that are attainable and realistic for their life.
The goal must be something that can be achieved within a reasonable time frame, and sets realistic expectations that fit within an individual’s abilities.
For example, if a person wants to start reading everyday but they are not an avid reader, reading one book a week is far too much. A better goal would be to read 15 minutes a day the first month and then thirty the next month and so on.
The person setting the goal must consider their time and abilities and how much effort the resolution will take. Setting yourself up for success is key to achieving your goals.
The second step to achieving your new years goals is to set them with the intention of spending time to achieve them. A person must be willing to sacrifice time, money, or resources to achieve their resolutions.
The sacrifice could be as large or small as you make it but it must be realistic for you. Setting a goal to go to the gym for an hour everyday when you do not have an extra hour is unrealistic.
This goes back to the first step in making sure that you can achieve these goals. New habits take time to form and one must take the time necessary to create them.
Finally, a person must be willing to accept that failure may happen but to work through it and keep pushing. The drive to keep with a goal is important in achieving them, and while some days may be hard, you have to stick with it.
If you keep missing the goals you have set, maybe you can keep the same result but change the path to get there.
For example, if you are trying to eat out less but keep finding yourself picking up something on the way home, you could take a different route home or allow yourself to eat out once a week until you become used to it.
The key to achieving your goals is not giving up.
I think it is vital to take care of yourself and set realistic goals that can be achieved. The goals don’t need to be easy, but they must be realistic. Giving yourself a fair chance to complete what is needed to improve yourself is necessary.
A person should make their resolutions realistic and attainable. The next step is to make time to complete them and then be able to move forward and keep trying when you might fail.
Being able to recognize where change could be taken and improved is personal growth and I think a person should be proud of themselves for recognizing that.
New years goals don’t have to be impossible to achieve. Set yourself up for success in the year of the dragon. Good fortune is said to be coming this year so set yourself up to attain it.
