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Jan
11

The Secret to Sticking With Your New Year’s Resolutions

in Life Coaching Articles

by Renee Wittrock

It’s the same old story: when the New Year rolls around, you are ready for change in your personal wealth plans and strategies or some other area but you have trouble with personal accountability– which lowers your success rate.

Or maybe you are trying to change the wrong part of your life?

When you resolve to change, how do you decide what part of your life to start with? Have you ever judged each area of your life to see where it really needs improvement?

If not, consider giving yourself a score in the following 7 categories:

(1 = needs the most change and 10= needs none)

  1. Mental Health – Are you open minded? Can you easily see new opportunities? Do you ask for help from a life coach?
  2. Physical Health – Are you getting plenty of exercise, sleep, and meditation time? Are you eating right and drinking enough water? Do you ask for help from a fitness trainer?
  3. Financial Health – Are you tithing? Are you debt-free or close? Do you make investments? Do you ask for help from a personal finance coach?
  4. Family Health – Are you putting your family first at all times? Are you spending quality face-to-face time? Do you ask for advice in this area?
  5. Social Health – How are your friendships? Are you giving back to your community or your church?
  6. Career Health – Do you look forward to going to work? Are you working in a career that resonates with your passions? Do you have a mentor that you actively go to for advice in this area?
  7. Spiritual Health – How’s your everyday relationship with your God? Do you feel satisfied with your prayer life? Do you help other people?

Now, here’s the secret:

After assessing your life this way, you see clearly which area needs the most work. It’s tempting to start making change immediately in that area, but, unless it is life threatening, I urge you to consider making adjustments first to improve an area that has a high score. This way you can gain quick results, which helps you to stick to your self-improvement plan.

Then go up the line until you have worked on the previous 6 areas and you get to the one that needs the most change. By then, you will have developed a system that works for you, which makes it easy to improve the area that needs the most change.

What other systems have you used to successfully make positive change in your life?

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