{"id":18841,"date":"2017-01-04T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=18841"},"modified":"2017-01-04T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T23:46:08","slug":"new-year-just-new-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/new-year-just-new-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, Same Me… Just New Goals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year, New Me? Not even.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the wake of the New Year, people everywhere are making resolutions and goals to smash over the next 12 months. A New Year represents a clean slate. A new beginning to make changes and focus on self-improvement. Unfortunately, as the year goes on and life happens, resolutions begin to take a back burner. I, myself, have fallen short and missed the mark on plenty of resolutions. Goal-setting is a very imperative part of success and I\u2019ve learned that in order to truly accomplish things, you have to stick to a system that holds you accountable and truly works for you.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of some tools that really helped me accomplish my 2016 goals (and I have already started using\u00a0them for this New Year)!<\/p>\n

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  1. Vision Board<\/strong> \u2013 Creating a vision board allows you to physically craft your \u201cvision\u201d for the New Year. Using images and other creative elements, I am able to foster my creativity and spend time really developing what I want my goals to look like. Having a visual representation of my goals also serves as reminder of what I am working towards. When I look up and see my vision board on my bedroom wall, I can\u2019t help but focus on what truly matters to me.<\/li>\n
  2. Susannah Conway\u2019s \u201cUnravel Your Year\u201d Workbook<\/strong> \u2013 Get your copy here<\/a>. Find a quiet spot. Reflect. Write. Goal Set. Watch your goals manifest. I\u2019m telling you, it helps!<\/li>\n
  3. Get a planner<\/strong> – I used to be a person who thought having a planner was unnecessary; however, I\u2019ve found that writing down tasks and dates has truly been helpful.<\/li>\n
  4. Schedule Personal Check Ins<\/strong> \u2013 Don\u2019t let too much time\u00a0pass\u00a0without revisiting your goals or checking in with yourself. Be sure to periodically check in with yourself and review your progress. You may be surprised how far you\u2019ve gotten. If you find that you haven’t been as successful as you would have liked, it\u2019s also a\u00a0way to hold yourself accountable!<\/li>\n
  5. Forgive Yourself<\/strong> \u2013 If you find that you haven\u2019t made much progress on your self-improvement, it\u2019s okay.\u00a0Personally, in the past\u00a0I spent a lot of time beating myself about missing the mark on my resolutions but it usually didn’t help and was quite counterproductive. Instead, I learned to use that time to reevaluate and refocus. Forgive yourself and move forward with a renewed mindset. Change takes time and that’s okay!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope that my tools are helpful! This time of the year is always full of excitement and fun as we prepare for what the year has in store. Let’s make 2017 the year of show & prove!<\/p>\n

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    New Year, New Me? Not even. In the wake of the New Year, people everywhere are making resolutions and goals to smash over the next 12 months. A New Year represents a clean slate. A new beginning to make changes and focus on self-improvement. Unfortunately, as the year goes on and life happens, resolutions begin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":18844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}