How to stay committed to your goals
How to stay committed to your goals
Staying committed to your goals is especially relevant when you the end of the year comes around and we make some resolutions
1. Be Responsible for yourself
Staying responsible for themselves can be a significant issue for most people. You will go nowhere fast if you can’t discipline yourself and be responsible.
If you want to be committed to something you can’t make excuses. "I'm ready to do this yet". "I'm too busy this week". "It's too cold today" . "I will start next week". whatever the excuse you need to be honest with yourself. Excuses don't get the job done.
Being responsible for yourself involves more than just creating that mindset at the beginning and expecting it to carry you through. It requires discipline over the long term required to stay committed to your resolutions or goals
Self Discipline
While advances in technology are very helpful for daily living. Self-discipline is a trait that we see less and less of nowadays, with technology making everything more accessible. If you don’t feel like cooking dinner, someone will bring your favorite take away meal from a push of a button on your phone.If you don’t feel like doing something, you can get it done more easily just by paying someone else. Technology is making people lazy and life too easy. People tend to give up when they’re forced to deal with more stress than they’re used to.
If you’re lazy, your self-discipline goes down. If you practice self-discipline, you end up being less lazy. Self-discipline is a mindset and a skill, the more you practice it, the easier it will be and chances of you achieving your goals goes way up!.
You need to start somewhere. Simple.
Four steps to develop your self-discipline (and hopefully not giving up on your new year's resolution next year!)
Start small. Isolate the most important thing for you to do, then work outwards from there. You want to lose weight? To start, take the stairs instead of the elevator at work every day, or walk the last leg of your commute instead of driving or taking a taxi. Once that becomes habitual, start working on your nutrition for example less refined carbohydrates or sugar and so on
Trust yourself. Believe in yourself – both that you can do it and that you can trust yourself to do it – This will come naturally over time and you won’t be as likely to sit down on the couch instead of going for a walk. Starting small will help with this. As you begin to see more success, your confidence and trust in yourself will grow.
Be optimistic. – if you believe that you can’t or won’t meet your goals – your likelihood of doing so goes drastically down. What you believe and see is what you get. You should always do your best to believe in your goals, as well as others’. In addition to inspiring yourself, your optimism can help others achieve their goals, too!
Evaluate yourself. Take some time to reflect and journal on your most destructive habits, thoughts and attitudes, then work towards changing them. You may not realize how much you sabotage your own progress unconsciously through bad thoughts and habits.