Planning your new year goals Make 2021 your best year yet with some good planning. But don’t wait until New Year’s Eve to do your goals for next year. Our very own Gill Donnell explains why…
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lanning – you either love it or hate it, but as we approach another year, many of us are making plans for how 2021 is going to be so very different from this year. Given what has happened across the globe in 2020, I’m guessing more than ever before we’ll be wishing for better things! Of course, 31st December is a very typical time to set big goals, but I’m not actually a fan of decision making on or around New Year’s Eve. Here are some of my reasons why New Year’s Resolutions don’t make for good goals, and how to set achievable plans.
On NYE you’re much more likely to focus on resolutions relating to what’s on your mind at the time. (Giving up drinking and eating usually tops the list, although obviously not to the point of dehydration and starvation.) In reality, you’re more likely to be successful in goal setting by planning ahead.
Giving yourself decent planning time allows you to properly reflect on what you want to achieve in the coming weeks/months/year and not knee-jerk into what seemed a good idea at the time and probably requires loads of disposable income/free time/willpower to succeed.
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