The New Month’s Resolution
Short Term Goals for Long Term Gains
Everyone starts the year off with good intentions and solid goals. The New Year’s Resolution has become a cultural foray that is widely accepted, and if you own a gym, highly anticipated.
But what about a New Month’s Resolution?
Is there any particular difference between January 1 and February 1? Or March 27? Or June 26?
The act of making goals and creating a plan is noble. The willingness to improve oneself is what makes us human. So why do we stop?
The challenges get too hard. The plan, too intense. The jump from here to there is just too far.
Maybe we are just bad at making goals. Maybe we don’t have the willpower we thought we did. Maybe we are just not as good as we think we are.
Or maybe we just set the timeline too long.
If your goal is to lose 20 pounds or run a marathon, that requires diligent effort throughout the entire year. But by week 2 if you’re exhausted, it’s difficult to push through the other 50 weeks.
A simple solution: keep the timeframe shorter. Plan 30 days at a time. Make a New Month’s Resolution.
What is the simplest step you could make this month to move towards your New Year’s Goal? How could you achieve a (small) vision of an improved you by the end of the month?
Write it down.
Stick it on the fridge.
Refer back to it every day.
A New Year’s Resolution is planning to fail. A New Month’s Resolution is a fighting chance.
