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KISS Your Resolutions?

Well, we are in the third day of the new year now. So how are you getting on with fulfilling all those New Year's resolutions that you have carefully drawn up yourself?  Still too early in the day to tell? Or will it be the same thing as last year where we break them almost immediately?

According to Dr Lawrence Walter Ng, an author of 'Passion For Extraordinary Performance, "making resolutions at the beginning of the year is a great start and also the first step to achieve your ideal life or ideal self."

Consistenly setting resolutions is one way to remind yourself of continuous self-improvement. However, there are some people who find it difficult to keep their resolutions while others find that making resolutions never works for them.

In fact, New Year's resolutions are something that state your intention to personally change yourself at the beginning of the year so that you have a brand new self for the new year.

Some people are kind of enthusiastic to make their resolution in the beginning of the year because they have the "New Year new beginning" concept. In fact, we should not just make resolutions in the beginning of the year; we can also make resolutions during some special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, celebrations an so on.

While some of the targets we have set for ourselves in our New Year resolutions can be achieved easily, most of us tend to procrastinate and that is when things can fall apart.

For us to achieve better results in keeping your resolutions, there are five simple steps we can follow:

1. Make It Realistic

Many people give up their resolution easily because they set their pledge too high. When making a new year's resolution, pick a goal that is reasonable to attain. Make it simple, specific and straightforward.

For example, "Jogging three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) after work", "Spend only $200 for shopping every month", or "Appreciate a person a day."

2. Make A Silent Emotional Decision To Change

Take a moment to feel how passionate or eager you are to achieve the resolutions. Feel the need to make those changes possible. Remind yourself of the emotions of love, support and care to enjoy the better lifestyle that you deserve. Then youa re ready to move out of the current zone to a next level of your resolution.

3. Put Up A Visually Influencing Poster

Put up some intersting poster with pictures or words that can motivate you every day when you look at it. You can also create three simple daily action plans to remind you of what to do to keep it up and work on it little by little every day.

If you decide to jog three times a week after work, put up a poster/little photo of a person jogging at your desk. Do action plans like "Leave office at 6.00pm", "Jogging at the park", Minimum 20 minutes for jogging." Action plans are the guidelines to ensure you achieve your resolutions every day.

4. Get Supportive Friends

Share your resolution wiith your close friends so that they don't just motivate you but also remind you when you stop monitoring your resolution. Many people won't commit to resolutions if they are not accountable to someone. Having a supportive friend or buddy will make a big difference in your transformation.

5. Reward Yourself

If you have successfully kept your resolution for three weeks or more, celebrate. Psychologist have found that 92% of the people were keeping their resolutions. However, after two weeks, 90% of them had quit monitoring them.

Therefore, if you are able to break through this myth and continue carry it out to the third week, you should reward yourself.

Set little goals and a short timeline and then exceed it. Once you achieve it, reward yourself with your favorite movie or food, as long as your little rewars do not clash with your resolution.Do not spoil your resolution if you give yourself too many rewards.

So KISS your resolutions. Keep It Simple and Straightforward.