Flourish Health & Wellbeing eMagazine - Jan21 - Flipbook - Page 25
We’re sure you’re familiar with the
concept of New Year’s Resolutions
(NYRs). In fact, you’ve probably set
some in the past. For example, eat
less processed and takeaway food,
eat more wholefoods and homecooked meals, exercise at least 3-4
days per week. But, how many of
these goals did you actually follow
through with? And if not, why?
Well, as you know, abandoning old
habits and creating new, healthy
behaviours is challenging. Despite
‘knowing what to do’, you’re only
human, and once that burning
motivation runs out, what’s stopping
you from throwing in the towel when
the change process becomes too
hard or tiresome, or when ‘life gets in
the way’?
If you’ve been down this road before,
you may be missing one crucial
element for successful behaviour
change – ACCOUNTABILITY. Let us
teach you how you can stay
accountable to your NYRs (or any
goals for that matter), whatever they
may be!
Set yourself proper goals
(or SMART goals)
We’re sure you’ve heard of the
SMART goal strategy, but just in
case, it stands for Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Realistic,
Time-bound. Although it may sound
tedious, writing short and long-term
goals in this way will help you to
visualize your journey, commit to it,
and see it through. And in order to
stay accountable, it helps to be very
clear about the specific target you are
aiming for.
