New Beginnings, New Resolutions

Goals!!!

New Year Resolutions!!!

It's the new year again, and these keywords are surely going to grace our eyes hehe. We hear most people talk about the things they intend to achieve this year 2024, the habits they intend to either cultivate or put a stop to, these and so many more are the thoughts that fill most people at this time of the year.

Goals and or new year resolutions could be likened to plans or targets we set out to accomplish over a given period of time.

But even after setting these goals, there could be times when you don't meet most of them as planned, especially as the year begins to come to an end. What happens when this is the case? do you get yourself all worked up over the fact that you weren't able to meet up with your goal? Do you give up? What exactly do you do?

I remember a few years ago when I was much younger and had to make a New Year's resolution to make sure to study my lessons from school every weekend, I tried for the first month, and then that was it, I gradually began to relax and just study when I felt like. At some point towards the end of the year, when I took a look at the list of resolutions I had made, I was not so proud, the reason being that I was not able to achieve them, I was heartbroken, but I consoled myself, and promised to do better the next year

Well here's what I'll do, or what I've had to do over the years when I don't get to meet up with my goals.

First of all, I would pat myself on the back for those goals I was able to meet, celebrate my little wins in those different areas, this will then give me the required energy and momentum to handle those goals I wasn't able to meet up with.

Furthermore, I would try to do a thorough evaluation of the goals I had previously set, if they were SMART, more like Specific, Measurable, Achievable, and Time-bound. My evaluation will be mainly on how attainable my goals were, if they were something that I could actually achieve within the time frame I had mapped out for it because sometimes we actually set unrealistic goals within a short time frame that cannot be achieved, this is one way I would evaluate myself.

Moreso, after checking if my goals were SMART, I would then try to find out what went wrong, was it something I didn't do, something I neglected, or is it that life happened along the way, because trust me when I say there are times that you get to do everything within your means, but don't get to achieve something you set out to achieve due to unforeseen circumstances, so that would also be put into consideration.

Again, I would take the time to restrategize, find a way to break down my goals into simpler bits, to enable me to achieve them all gradually but surely.

Finally, I'll put in the effort to make sure I achieve what I have set out to achieve. I know it might not be easy, but it is better I try and make conscious efforts, than not do anything.

This is my response to @kenechukwu97 prompt.

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