The new year arrived. The parties are left behind. The future looks promising and uncertain at the same time. “Yes now. This is my year.” you tell yourself. If you’re like most people, it’s normal for these ideas to run through your mind. But it is also normal, that you have probably gained weight, that you have more debts, and that you are full of dreams and hopes that this year they will come true. The truth is that most New Year’s resolutions are not kept. For some unknown reason (well the truth is not unknown) many people fall by the wayside without achieving their goals. Why? Generally, we do not meet our goals because we do not choose them well from the beginning.
Interestingly, the energy and the desire to grow are present. Year-end nostalgia becomes motivation. Many people wonder, another year more… and how much have I grown? This question causes nostalgia even to the most advanced. Then it becomes resolutions, analysis, and changes. Finally, we decided, now yes! This is my year. I will stop smoking. I will go on a diet. I will start a business. I’ll find myself a girlfriend (or boyfriend, whatever the case may be). –Believe it, there are people who put this as a resolution. Before long, plans begin to fade, motivation fades, and we see our goals crumble little by little.

These are the 5 most promised resolutions:

1. Lose Weight / Get In Shape – perhaps due to the excesses of the Christmas season, the good taste of the aunt, or the elder friend, but this resolution is one of the most common. Typical mistake: not being specific. How much weight do you want to lose? What does it mean to be fit? Eat well? Do 2 hours of exercise 3 times a week? Don’t make drastic changes, start small. Gradual changes tend to last longer than drastic changes.
2. Reduce Debts – Maybe because of the excesses and looking good at the end of the year parties, this resolution is very common. Common mistake: we want to make big changes and we get frustrated when we don’t progress as we want. Sooner than we think we fall back into excesses. (Even more so that credit purchases feel less and that in general purchases make us feel better.) If you maintain the same pace and standard of living that got you into debt, it will be very difficult for you to meet your goal.
3. Making a Business – Interestingly, from poets, entrepreneurs, and crazy people… we all have a little. Owning our own business is a common dream (for those who already have it, the dream changes to owning a successful business). The issue here is equally simple, the factors that stop us are money, fear, not knowing how to manage it, not knowing how to start, our legal situation, etc. The reality is that all these factors are more than anything the lack of information. For this, there is no other, we have to invest a little time and money in preparing ourselves. As B. Franklin says, -invest money in your mind and your mind will fill your pockets with money.
4. Earn More Money – Who wouldn’t want to earn more money? Earning more money is not very difficult. In reality, you have to make concise and realistic goals, and do backward planning. I mean, if you want $24,000 more a year, then you know you need to make $2,000 a month, or $500 a week, or $71 a day. As you will see, $71 a day does not sound impossible, in fact it even seems easy.
5. Achieve Success – Not to shake this resolution is just a variant of the other resolutions. The problem is not in vain the same. Not being clear about what success is for you. If success for you is money, how much? If it is a car, which one? If it is happiness, how are you happy? If it is a business, how and when do you start?

3 steps to achieve more goals:

1. First, we’ll start with realistic goals. In a list write the 5 things you most want to accomplish this year. Keep it real. It is better to do little than to do nothing. Be specific. For example, write “lose 15 pounds” instead of just “lose weight” or “earn $100,000” instead of “earn more money.” That the goal is specific and not very open!
2. Second, make a list of your daily activities from Monday to Friday. From 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. What are you doing? For example, 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM, work. 4:00-5:00 PM, gym. 5:00-6:00 PM, I watch TV. So on for every day. Be realistic and do not write your wishes, but your reality. Write exactly what you do. (After all, this list is confidential, why lie to yourself?)
3. Third, write in front of your goals what you are doing now that will help you achieve them. Or, rather, are you doing something to achieve your goals? What are you doing today that harms and makes it difficult for you to achieve your goals? So, you have to make the changes now. From here, you know what to do. Good luck, and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t!

They say, “big disappointments happen when you have high expectations and they don’t come true. Don’t let this happen to you. It is better that you have small expectations but gradually towards a larger goal. If you do a small task every day, at the end of the year you will have done 365 tasks that add up to a big goal.