{"id":3505,"date":"2018-12-31T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cathybiase.com\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2018-12-31T23:58:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T04:58:49","slug":"its-2019-lets-make-your-goals-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathybiase.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/31\/its-2019-lets-make-your-goals-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s 2019! Let&#8217;s Make Your Goals a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones health and happiness in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of a new year seems like a great opportunity for a fresh start right? It\u2019s 2019. Feet on ground. Face forward. Let\u2019s make ME a better ME. I love it! This is the perfect mindset for change so let\u2019s look at ways to help you to achieve your goals.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news first.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get it out of the way!\u00a0 According to the time management firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.com\/\">FranklinCovey<\/a>,\u00a0one third of resolutions don\u2019t make it past the end of January. This is a significant number of fails.<\/p>\n<p>But this won&#8217;t be us because we are going to tilt the odds in our favour and plant ourselves firmly within that 2\/3&#8217;s group by adhering to a few simple strategies to transform our goals in to realities!<\/p>\n<p>Here we go.<\/p>\n<p>First off&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Make sure that you really want to do this!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathybiase.com\/?attachment_id=3508\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3508\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3508 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cathybiase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/thinker-28741_640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start here. Make sure that you really want to achieve the resolution that you have made. Do you really want to switch to dandelion coffee or is it just the trendy thing to do?<\/p>\n<p>If you are not fully invested in your resolution, it\u2019s just not going to happen.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Make sure that the goals you set are realistic<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathybiase.com\/?attachment_id=3510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3510\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3510 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cathybiase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/success-413093_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously. Don\u2019t aim for a marathon if you don\u2019t own running shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Start small and build on your successes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Write it down<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A study done by Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California, found that those who wrote down their goals achieved significantly higher rates of success than those who did not. In fact her findings were that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathybiase.com\/?attachment_id=3511\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3511 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cathybiase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hand-1515895_640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Make a plan<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Create key action steps that will keep you on your path to achieving your goals. For instance, if your New Year\u2019s resolution is to meal plan for your weekly dinners, 3 actionable steps could look like this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pick simple, tasty recipes on Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Shop for your weekly ingredients Sunday<\/li>\n<li>Wash and prep your veggies when you get home from shopping<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can achieve anything if you truly want to and are prepared to put in the work.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got this!!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">References:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.dominican.edu\/academics\/ahss\/undergraduate-programs\/psych\/faculty\/fulltime\/gailmatthews\/researchsummary2.pdf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones health and happiness in 2019. The beginning of a new year seems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cathybiase.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/31\/its-2019-lets-make-your-goals-a-reality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s 2019! Let&#8217;s Make Your Goals a Reality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"It's 2019! 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