What I Think About Resolutions

Well, here we are, right in the middle of “The Week”; the time between Christmas and New Years which means a lot of different things for people.

This week seems the perfect time to take unused vacations from the previous year. Some will spend it traveling, other’s hanging out at home, decompressing from the previous year (and holiday stress), while others will finally be getting around to knocking out that to-do list.

Then there are those tying up the loose ends of 2010, getting ready for 2011 to come rolling around.

Have you made your resolutions for this year?

What if I was to ask you not to? Well, maybe just one very special resolution.
I have always thought that New Years’ Resolutions come with a bunch of added pressure. And the fact of the matter is that in some ways they have gained acceptance of not being completed, like its ok. We just kind of make them…just to make them I guess.

Case in point. Have you ever been a member of a gym or athletic club? Have you ever noticed how busy things are the first few weeks of January, and then by month’s end things fall back to normal. That is the result of ‘Resolution Apathy’…the excitement builds for a few weeks and then, Wham! Life happens again.
Remember last week how I talked about the snowball effect that starts as multiple goals are attained? That’s why I feel creating goals regularly throughout the year is a much better option than basing your whole years success on grandiose resolutions.

So I did say I would like you to make one resolution though, and it will be the same one that I would wish you to make next year, and the following year.
Ready? “2011 Will Be The Year of YOU”

Now, I cannot say this is original. Actually, remember the T.V. show friends? Well, Joey declared 1999 to be “The Year of Joey”, and I think that’s a great idea.
As you know our job here at www.longevityleague.com is to provide you the support in attaining your health goals and allowing that to be a catalyst to achieving many more goals in your life. So I would like to share with you 3 tips to make 2011 your best year yet.

Goal number one is actually, to set a goal. See yourself attaining this goal, keep it in your vision…visit it throughout the day.

Goal number two is to log your results. In wellness consulting practice this is a tool which we implement with our clients. This is a tremendously effective to not only see how much closer to your goal you are getting, but in issues of increased goal resistance, will allow you to identify factors which might be holding you back.

Goal number three is to surround yourself with like-minded individuals who have similar goals. It has been proven that greater result’s can come from the ‘buddy-system’, and it’s more than just being about support. Have you heard the saying that you become the average of the five people you spend most of your time with? It’s like osmosis, something happens when you not only share the motivation, but when you see successful results in others and they see it in you-it’s that snowball effect again.

Are you ready to make 2011 your healthiest year yet? Contact us here at longevityleague.com

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