Drop Those Resolutions and Instead Set Your 2019 Goals

No matter the year, almost every January 1 folks vow to take an action which they perceive to be aimed at "becoming better" or fixing something that they feel was a negative influence the year before. You heard it..."this year I am going to exercise more, this year I am going to eat more vegetables, this year I am going to...___________________ you fill in the blank. 
My problem with resolutions are they are almost always aimed to address things you feel sucked about your life the year before. Take for example focusing on your weight. You feel you are fat so your solution to the problem is to get a membership at the gym. Somehow you want to believe that having that membership is the magic solution for weight loss. We all know that as the the month goes on your commitment to trips to that gym dwindles and dwindles till you are paying for a membership that is never used after March.
Instead of making a resolution it is better for you to set goals. First consider how does your excess weight make you feel. Are you exhausted after walking up several flights of stairs? Do you constantly feel tired no matter how much sleep you get? By asking yourself questions you can now develop a plan and set some realistic goals for yourself that ultimately will not only help you lose weight but also help you feel better. Change based on how you look is so much different than putting the focus on how do you want to feel.  It will help you look at things from a different perspective. You can become complacent with how you look but we all desire to FEEL good.
So over the next week or so begin to take a look at your life overall...your health, your job/s, your relationships, your finances, your social interactions and set achievable goals which you can map out a realistic strategy which will serve as your pathway to change in those areas of your life you FEEL could use change. 
Be sure to to celebrate your small wins. They will give you a sense of accomplishment as well as be the motivation to keep going. The good thing about a goal is if you do not feel you are progressing, you can always go back to the drawing board and re-evaluate and re-structure your strategy.
Goals require commitment, planning, preparing, and taking REALISTIC action. No matter the hurdles that life throws at you...everything is possible when you believe.
Take time to share what you see as your hot goal for 2019 is...mine is to declutter. I must move from the 12 inch plate of my to do list and slim it down to an 8 inch one.