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After nearly three weeks of the beginning of the current year, the flame of enthusiasm that had been ignited days before the end of last year has been extinguished. The list of decisions that some people wrote hours before midnight still carries the smell of ink, with none of them being implemented. This may be the reason. Losing passion or feeling useless, or completing the stages of laziness that began years ago and have not yet ended.
If you are one of those who have not started implementing any of the New Year’s resolutions, then you should know that the crisis is never in setting goals, but the real crisis lies in setting a serious plan to achieve them.
New year and new life
Through a group for those interested in health and weight loss on the social networking site Facebook, Nada Hisham shared her experience in losing excess weight, which she started from the first day in 2023, to reach the desired result at the beginning of 2024, where she succeeded in losing 40 kilograms within a year, and is still continuing. To achieve the body of her dreams.
Arafa Mahmoud (30 years old) told Al Jazeera Net: “On my wish list a year ago, I made an item to return to reading on a regular basis after a long break due to work tasks and reliance on social networking sites to obtain knowledge,” and “despite the lack of time sometimes, I committed to… “For a year, we can achieve this goal, even if it is just half an hour a day.”
He continued, “There are other goals that I could not accomplish, but perhaps for reasons that were beyond my control, and I felt that returning to reading was the goal that I should not escape from. Indeed, I succeeded in finishing more than 20 books during the year, which is a good rate for me.”
Change starts from within
In an article written by Carlos Ferrer, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Economic Psychology, on the Psychology Today website, he pointed out that new years’ resolutions must be accompanied by an actual plan, otherwise they will not go beyond the paper they are written on. It is not only about achieving goals, but you must Also, you should start saying “no” to any of the things that are frustrating, or that increase your burden, so that you are not able to implement your new decisions. The problem lies only in your own behavior towards yourself.
Ferrer sets out a set of steps that may contribute to developing a successful plan for effective decisions:
- Do not write down the resolutions individually, but rather put next to them the motivating factors that support you psychologically every time you relapse and fail to achieve your goals.
- Do not expect to succeed in dozens of changes that you wish to make. Rather, you should focus on a specific behavior that you wish to change, or a new habit that you would like to follow, and when you stop the bad behavior, put next to it the behavior that you would like to follow, and the procedures required to support those steps.
Slogan of the year
In her book, “Change the Habit,” author Meg Selig pointed out that there are other ways, far from traditional resolutions, that can make people happier in their new year. Setting a title for the year was the first warning sign of a possible change in your life. Let the slogan be “Year “Explore, grow, or connect.”
The warning signal that a person gives to the public may give him constant inspiration that reminds him of the enthusiasm to go out every time he sees that word.
Do not put in front of you every time what you should do. It is possible to only put in front of you what you should not do, and then you will automatically accomplish what you really want.
Instead of making one resolution for the year, you can start a series of resolutions for each month; “This month I will take care of my house, next month I will pay my late obligations, and the next month I will join the gym.” The advantage of this thinking is that it keeps the person away from worrying about achievement, but rather feels successful in achieving some goals, according to Selig.
There are still more opportunities
Get small pleasures. “Decisions don’t have to be dry, difficult, and stressful,” says Selig. “Why don’t we make comfortable decisions, like taking a nap every day, or going to the movies once a month, or having a regular nail and hair care session? It definitely gives you a lot of energy to do the most difficult things.”
If you cannot start changing with the new year, you have more opportunities. Do not worry about timing, but create your own timing, such as your birthday, after Ramadan, or perhaps after the holidays.
Will we succeed in change if we make all these plans?
Basma Alwan, a life coach, explains the concept of the success that is expected after making all those plans and making decisions to start a new year with a different spirit. She says, “The matter does not depend only on the decision, but on the idea of freeing oneself from restrictions, even if they are bad habits, and making simple positive changes.” “In the short term, it will provide a successful strategy in the long term.”
Alwan adds to Al Jazeera Net that the progress we make in our lives is the result of continuous attempts at change. No one advances while remaining constant in everything from birth to death, and any change that afflicts a person is the result of a decision to move and not be stable. The stability of life means its death, and the death of the person, so Linking change to new years is a link that does not apply to everyone. A new beginning comes at any time and then a person finds his true motivation to make the breakthrough he wants for his life.
