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New Years Resolutions Suck
Here’s how to actually crush your goals in 2020.
For the vast majority of my life, I’ve been one of those people who set some pretty lofty New Years resolutions every single year.
And unsurprisingly, without fail, like many of you, by Feburary or March I stopped doing the things that I was supposed to be doing in order to keep those resolutions on track. By the time summer hits, they’re usually completely out the window.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with setting big goals, in fact I’m a big believer in the fact that if your dreams don’t seem a little crazy they aren’t big enough.
The problem with New Years resolutions is that people very rarely break them down into the daily habits that really end up getting you to that final level.
Maybe you set a goal to lose weight this year. You know you should be more active in some vague sense, so you buy a gym membership and go a couple times a week. You get the salad when your heart says get the curly fries. And eventually you miss a gym session because you end up stuck at the office. You opt for a few delicious sugar filled alcoholic beverages one night with friends, and next thing you know you’re inhaling every appetizer on the menu.