5 Reasons you might not be achieving those new years goals
Have you ever set yourself a goal for the new year?
Have you always achieved what you had set out to do?
If not, why not?
Here are 5 reasons why you might not be achieving you new years goals
1. Going it alone: When January comes, and you’re ready to get started on your new years goals, but that first visit to the gym or that first run can always be a tough one. Especially if you are doing it on your own. It’s easy to tell yourself you won’t bother today and just stay at home. But imagine if you had to tell someone else that and they won’t let that happen?? You are more likely to stay motivated if you have a training partner. Training with someone will keep you and your partner on track when motivation dips. When training alone, it is all too easy to skip the gym or not go for that run you were going to go for. But having a training partner will give you that extra push as they also have a goal to achieve and you won’t want to let them down.
2. Extremely high resolutions: By setting yourself unrealistic targets, you will set yourself up for the fall straight away. Of course, you can set ay goal you want, but you have to make sure that it’s realistic for you to achieve them. For example, wanting to do the London marathon having never trained a day in your life and you have only 4 weeks to make sure you do it in under 2 hours. That’s obviously just a very extremeexample but hopefully it makes sense. By setting small, realistic targets, you will maintain your motivation and achieve your goal. Setting yourself a goal that you want to achieve by the end of the year, you may feel you won’t achieve it because it’s 12 months away. From personal experience, I have found that setting a goal for every 3 months, you will be more driven. You can absolutely set yourself a goal for the end of next year, but set smaller goals along the way that are relative to the main target and that will help along your way. This way you will always see the end result insight.
3. Giving up too early: Ever start the new year saying: This is it, I’m going to get fit! Going to start the new year as I mean to go on? And then February comes around and the buzz has left you? Most people who set new year goals, will have stopped doing anything about it after 4-6 weeks and start slipping back into the old habits and before you know it, you are back in the same old routine and not achieved anything. This is where setting a target to achieve within the first 3 months of the year will really help to keep you on track and set you up for success. You can set a goal for the end of each month or until the end of March, either way, it will all help you to keep you on track to complete your long term goal.
4. Financial Burden: Let’s face it, January is a tough time when it comes to getting back into training. Not just because of motivation but because of finances. After Christmas, we are all trying to save a little bit to recover from the spending that comes with the festive period. A good way to save money is to give up alcohol and sweets for January. I always give myself until March off but then again I’m not much of a drinker these days. But the money you will save will help go towards investing in yourself and your fitness goals. Alcohol and sweets are going to take you further away from your goal at the end of the day, let’s be honest. Joining a gym these days isn’t too expensive either. The way the fitness industry is moving and the way gyms operates, you can relate it to the supermarkets squaring off against one another. It’s very easy to find a gym that you can join for no more than £15 a month, so having the money to be able to afford a gym membership can be overcome with ease. At the end of the day, the best way to invest your money, is on yourself.
5. Not Believing in yourself: This is a big one. Many people just don’t believe they can achieve what they are thinking about doing. When I was in hospital after my surgery, I too thought ‘there’s no way I’m going to be able to achieve what I wanted too next year now’. But I am now writing this letter, 1 year on, having completed everything I had planned on my list, and it feels amazing. You can do anything you set your mind too. Don’t be afraid to set a goal because it might take a few months, the time will pass anyway regardless. Have the confidence to throw yourself into it and the main thing to remember is to do it for yourself. Don’t set a goal to impress anybody, prove someone else wrong or to try and be better than someone. Set a goal that you would be proud of yourself for, set a goal to prove yourself right and be a better you. When you work hard at something, the greater you will feel when you have achieved it and to say you did it for yourself is the most fulfilling buzz you can get.
If you need that extra push in the new year, apply for one of my free transformation sessions to find out how I can help you achieve your targets.