How many New Year’s resolutions have you honestly kept over the years!? Most people create unrealistic, restrictive and depressing goals heading into the new year. They create resolutions to either punish themselves for enjoying the Christmas festivities or to “finally get their life in order”.

We promise to never eat snacks again, workout every day, drink three litres of water a day, go to bed at 9pm every night and never touch alcohol again. Only to quit a few days or weeks later. This makes us feel like a total failure and starts our year with disappointment in ourselves and feeling like we’ll never change!

Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work

The truth is… New Year’s resolutions basically never work! We are human, and we don’t like being restricted of the things we love and enjoy in life. When you tell yourself you can’t have something, it’s human nature to want that thing more.

Likewise, it’s common for people to give up on their goals entirely because they’ve had a slip up, instead of starting again the next day. They see their slip up as a failure and a sign to give up on their goals. Rather than realising that long-lasting change takes time and effort.

The key to success is small changes, consistently over time, and as cliché as it sounds, we only live once. We deserve to enjoy ourselves and have balance across all areas of our life!

There’s no fun in never fully living or indulging once in a while. The secret to a life of fulfillment is working on improving yourself a little each day, whilst learning to love where you currently are, and embracing the ups and downs of pursuing your goals!

This year why not do something refreshing and ditch the New Year’s resolutions!? Go into this new year with the focus of becoming the happiest and healthiest version of yourself possible! Practice more self-love, gratitude and pro-activeness with your goals. But take it a day at a time, and don’t punish yourself for those days when you need a little TLC and relaxation.

No one is perfect all the time, all we can do is try and be better than the day before and do our best with each day that comes, without the pressure of perfection. Some days the best we can do is make it through the day, and that’s OK!

How to Ditch Your New’s Resolutions to Change Your Life for Good

I have created daily Instagram challenges for this upcoming year, that will help you to become the happiest and most productive version of yourself, without the tasks being overwhelming or a chore!

Why not dedicate this year to you!? Do a little daily task that will improve your mood, mindset, health, gratitude, relationships, self-love, productiveness, or a combination of these areas of your life!?

My daily challenges aren’t so much challenging… they are tasks that you will enjoy doing and feel better for achieving! They are designed to uplift and motivate you to keep working on yourself and your goals a little each day. And before you know it you will feel a sense of accomplishment and a shift in your mindset and motivation!

Instead of giving up things this year, why not enhance and add to your happiness instead!?

“Instead of creating New Year’s resolutions that are restrictive and you’ll never stick to… why not dedicate this year solely to yourself? Focus on building your happiness, self-growth, self-love, confidence and creating the life you truly want to live!”– Cat Hunter

Summary

Follow my Instagram for my daily challenges, quotes, inspiration, affirmations, recipes, journal prompts and much more! Spend this year focusing on improving your life and reaching your full potential instead of holding yourself back and starting your year with a negative and restrictive mindset that will set you up for failure and disappointment going into 2024!

This is your year! Your life can transform in a matter of months! Just keep taking positive steps forward each day and you will get there, it is inevitable! So, stop punishing yourself and go into this year with self-love. Stop putting yourself down with pointless “new year, new you” goals that don’t reflect how you will live your life for days, weeks, months, or even years ahead from now!

Check out my posts 12 Steps to Become Who You’ve Always Wanted to Be and How to Unlock Your Potential and Live Your Dream Life to become proactive in your goals, instead of restricting yourself! You can finally live the life of your dreams this year!

“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions!”– Joey Adams

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