Healthy New Year | Cottage Grove Sentinel | January 25, 2017 - 7
HEALTHY NEW YEAR | STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Achieve Your Resolution
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ew Year’s
resolutions are
easy to make but
can be challenging
to achieve. The trick
is to not make a
resolution that is
overly challenging
but one that is
within your grasp.
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Resolutions can range from
behavior changes to new
goals depending on your life-
style and goals. Perhaps you
want to spend this New Year
becoming healthy or you have
made a goal to reach the next
level in your career. Either
way, there are tips you can
use to be certain that your
goal is achieved.
PLAN YOUR RESOLUTION
A resolution should not be
made in the spur of the
moment as the holiday
approaches. Take a few
months leading up to the
New Year to create a resolu-
tion and a plan how you will
achieve it.
While you should sprinkle
in different goals for yourself
throughout the year, only
choose one resolution each
year. This should be your
main focus. Be sure to choose
one that is extremely import-
ant to you and one you can
put the majority of your
efforts into achieving.
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MOVING FORWARD
Define sub-goals that will
eventually guide you in com-
pleting your main resolution.
These sub-goals should be
limited by certain dates
throughout the year.
Set small rewards for your-
self as these sub-goals are
achieved. These will be used to
regain motivation and also
show that progress is being
made.
Keep a journal for different
milestones you achieve during
your journey. These notes also
can be used as helpful remind-
ers if you feel that you are slip-
ping away from your goal.
is not permanent and is no
reason to give up.
Find family members or
DON’T GET DISCOURAGED
It’s important to remember friends who also are commit-
ting to a resolution and use
that you are human. You will
each other as a support sys-
likely stray from your New
Year’s resolution from time to tem. Kind words can be great
motivation to stay on the right
time. The important thing to
remember is that any setback path.