I Failed My New Year's Resolution
How to move on from failure?
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On New Year’s Eve of 2023, I decided on my New Year’s resolution for 2024. Only three months into the year, I failed. How can I move on?
Let me take you back in time: it’s New Year’s Eve, we’re celebrating, and I ask myself, how can I make 2024 as great as possible?
The Plan
I come up with a simple plan:
- Complete one challenge per day
- Each new month, I have to find a new challenge
The first two months were easy!
- January: 100 pushups/day
- February: 1 Medium post/day
But March has not been so simple… At the beginning of the month, I decided to create a data science portfolio. After the first few days, I failed.
Why?
I didn’t clearly define the challenge. January and February were a breeze since I defined it in simple terms: I have to complete one thing per day. But for March, the goal wasn’t specific enough. I would put off the work to work on other projects.
The most important lesson:
- Start with a goal in mind.
