How are those New Year's Resolutions going?

It’s finally the last Friday in January (if you are anything like me, it now feels like January has been about 100 days long). I thought I’d take the opportunity to check in to see how everyone is doing with their goals or new year’s resolutions. 

I discovered this week that the second Friday in January is typically known as ‘Quitter’s Day’ when you are most likely to throw in your goals or resolutions for the year. If you are still going, well done, congratulate yourself. But if you haven't quite achieved what you set out to, then maybe you need to revisit to those goals to see if you made it achievable for yourself? Here’s a few things to consider:

• It takes a while to get back into a routine after Christmas, have you been kind to yourself?
• If you were trying to eat more healthily or exercise every day on top of that - take time to consider whether that was realistic or not. Do you need to take smaller steps?
• How can you break the problem down?
• Where did you start from?
• What's worked before?
• Check your motivation level. If it's not 9 or 10, what can you do to make it a 9 or a 10? If now just isn't the right time, that's ok, park it and try again later.

This year I have thought about my goals in a different way – making them sustainable and taking small steps. We live in a society where we want and expect things to happen right away. The result is that we set our goals too high and when we can’t reach them, we give up and brand ourselves hopeless or lacking motivation, or we tell ourselves we’ll try again next year. But life is happening now, so why wait for another year to pass? You are worth more than that, right?

If your goal or resolution was really important and urgent, then you might consider working with a coach.

Coaches can: 

• Provide a non-judgemental space
• Help you identify blind spots and different options
• Provide fresh perspectives and help you challenge limiting beliefs
• Celebrate your achievements with you

To help you get started, I am offering a limited number of FREE, first coaching sessions for February/March. Get in touch to book a spot today* hello@hyggeassociates.co.uk

*Please note these sessions are only available only Thursday evenings or Friday daytime. Spaces are limited to 5 individuals on a first come, first serve basis. FREE session applies to the first coaching session only, which will be offered online. If you wish to continue with coaching we can discuss pricing with you during that session.