Bhg
  • Shop
  • News
  • Food
  • DIY
  • Garden
  • Travel
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Property
  • Health
  • TV
  • Podcasts
Bhg
  • Shop
  • News
  • Food
  • DIY
  • Garden
  • Travel
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Property
  • Health
  • TV
  • Podcasts
Subscribe
YOU’LL NEED A WEDGE TO HANG THAT DOOR
Watch 6:32

YOU’LL NEED A WEDGE TO HANG THAT DOOR

{headline}

{headline}

Our best ever cocktail and mocktail recipes

Our best ever cocktail and mocktail recipes

Ring in the New Year with a cocktail party to remember

Ring in the New Year with a cocktail party to remember

How to get rid of rats in your garden without poison or traps

How to get rid of rats in your garden without poison or traps

5 easy tricks to teach your dog

5 easy tricks to teach your dog

{headline}

{headline}

10 of Victoria's best camping spots

10 of Victoria's best camping spots

15 of the best small breeds of dogs

15 of the best small breeds of dogs

6 hacks to make your white shoes look new again

6 hacks to make your white shoes look new again

{headline}

{headline}

The top 100 baby names in Australia in 2020

The top 100 baby names in Australia in 2020

5 legal ways to reduce your capital gains tax on investment property

5 legal ways to reduce your capital gains tax on investment property

These are the 6 best substitutes for vegetable oil

These are the 6 best substitutes for vegetable oil

Colours that go with blue: Complementary colours for blue

Colours that go with blue: Complementary colours for blue

How to decorate with purple

How to decorate with purple

 This mum’s money saving hack has gone viral and will save you thousands a year

This mum’s money saving hack has gone viral and will save you thousands a year

 Cadbury Neapolitan chocolate blocks exist and here’s where to find it

Cadbury Neapolitan chocolate blocks exist and here’s where to find it

  1. Home
  2. Better Life

How to stay motivated to achieve your New Year’s resolution

Keep it going past January 1. - by Laura Barry
  • 07 Dec 2018
How to stay motivated to achieve your New Year’s resolution

Making New year’s resolutions isn’t a bad thing to do. In fact, using the first of January to start fresh and focus on achieving your personal goals is a great way to start the year on a positive note. However, rather than setting realistic goals and targets, many of us fall victim to the vague ‘lose weight’ or too lofty ‘write a book’ resolutions that seem impossible to keep.

The key to making New Year’s resolution you can keep and achieve is to set realistic goals that can be completed in a series of steps, so you can consistently tick off milestones throughout the year.

However, new research by Finder.com has found that Australians are a little sick of playing it safe with their New Year’s resolutions.  One in three Aussies plan to take more risks in 2019, with 6.6 million people planning to do everything from skydiving to starting a business in the New Year. The data collected suggests that 12 per cent of Australians are pledging to get a tattoo in 2019, while nine per cent have their sights set on starting a business and seven per cent plan on quitting their job. Skydiving, snow sports and getting a piercing were also ranked as the top 10 New Year’s resolutions.

“It seems Aussies are sick of playing it safe and want to embrace risk in the new year,” says Bessie Hassan, Insurance Expert at finder.com.au.

Five ways to stay motivated and achieve your goals.

1. Make a weekly to-do list

Rather than making a list of all the huge goals you wish to achieve and things you want to change, instead make a weekly list of smaller tasks you can complete that will go towards achieving your larger goal.

writing a to do list
Getty

2. Detox

And we don’t mean dieting. Cleanse your social media feeds of people or accounts that make you feel like you can’t achieve your goals, or no longer inspire you. Rethink your hobbies, extracurricular commitments and other community groups you might be involved with and decide if these all feed into your ultimate goals. If there are people in your life that aren’t supportive supportive or impact your life in a positive way, then it may be time to rethink that, too.

woman using computer and phone
Getting

3. Prioritise your morning me time

This one is a hard task for those of us who are more ‘night owl’ than ‘early riser’, but getting up an hour earlier in the morning could be the key to fitting in time for that gym session, write another chapter, drink a luxuriously long coffee or time for meditation. Whatever your routine needs, fit it into an extra hour in the morning.

woman holding tea cup
Getty

4. Put it in a place of prominence

Write down your goals, to-do lists, ideas and anything that inspired you and pin it up in a prominent place. Keep what you’re aiming for at the forefront of your mind, and remind yourself that everything you’re doing will be worth it in the end.

post it note on mirror
Getty

5. Re-evaluate, adjust and move forward

One of the biggest problems with keeping a New Year’s resolution is that at some point in the New Year you realise it isn’t working for you and abandon it. But it’s okay if you discover this new goal isn’t working for you. Re-evaluate the goal, adapt it to fit your new criteria, and move on.

chalk drawing of plan B with computer and phone
Hetty

You might also like:

This is the date most people give up on their New Year's resolution

How to make New Year's resolutions and stick to them

Five ways to simplify your life

Laura Barry
Laura Barry
Laura Barry is a writer, bookworm and interior design enthusiast with a love for reporting on all things homes, travel and lifestyle. When not tapping away at her keyboard, Laura can be found making endless cups of tea or perusing the shelves of Sydney’s many bookstores.

Get your mag delivered!-Save 29% off the cover price!

Subscribe for $4.95 per issue

Subscribe Now
Get your mag delivered!

Get your mag delivered!-Save 29% off the cover price!

Subscribe for $4.95 per issue

Subscribe Now
Get your mag delivered!

Recommended to you

YOU’LL NEED A WEDGE TO HANG THAT DOOR
Watch 6:32

YOU’LL NEED A WEDGE TO HANG THAT DOOR

{headline}

{headline}

Our best ever cocktail and mocktail recipes

Our best ever cocktail and mocktail recipes

Ring in the New Year with a cocktail party to remember

Ring in the New Year with a cocktail party to remember

How to get rid of rats in your garden without poison or traps

How to get rid of rats in your garden without poison or traps

5 easy tricks to teach your dog

5 easy tricks to teach your dog

{headline}

{headline}

10 of Victoria's best camping spots

10 of Victoria's best camping spots

15 of the best small breeds of dogs

15 of the best small breeds of dogs

6 hacks to make your white shoes look new again

6 hacks to make your white shoes look new again

{headline}

{headline}

The top 100 baby names in Australia in 2020

The top 100 baby names in Australia in 2020

5 legal ways to reduce your capital gains tax on investment property

5 legal ways to reduce your capital gains tax on investment property

These are the 6 best substitutes for vegetable oil

These are the 6 best substitutes for vegetable oil

Colours that go with blue: Complementary colours for blue

Colours that go with blue: Complementary colours for blue

How to decorate with purple

How to decorate with purple

 This mum’s money saving hack has gone viral and will save you thousands a year

This mum’s money saving hack has gone viral and will save you thousands a year

 Cadbury Neapolitan chocolate blocks exist and here’s where to find it

Cadbury Neapolitan chocolate blocks exist and here’s where to find it

Bhg
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Bhg Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Brands

  • All Recipes
  • BHG Shop
  • Girlfriend
  • Home Beautiful
  • New Idea
  • New Idea Food
  • Practical Parenting

Our Network

  • marie claire
  • Instyle
  • Beauty Crew
  • Who
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • That’s Life
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7Plus
  • Airtasker
  • 7NEWS
  • SocietyOne
  • Health Engine
  • Starts at 60
© 2021 Are Media PTY LTD
Get more from Better Homes and Gardens

Magazine Subscription Offer

Get your mag delivered!-Save 29% off the cover price!

Shop This Offer
Get your mag delivered!