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How are those resolutions coming along?

10 January 2011

It’s funny how the turn of the calendar page to a new year makes people want to change their ways and resolve to behave differently. It’s certainly true of me. While I haven’t set any resolutions, per se, I do set goals and I do try to create new habits.

So far, I’ve been very successful in putting away my clothes properly at night and at scooping the yard, which I wrote about just this past Friday. (Still going strong…today is Day 10.)

I’m a little shakier on one other resolution, to exercise daily. I missed a day on Thursday, when I felt a little under the weather. I had said to my husband, “I don’t feel like exercising today.” His response, “Then don’t” was all I needed to slack off. But I did jump back on the horse (or in this case, the Wii Fit Balance Board) on Friday. With this daily exercise goal, I’m trying to start small and tell myself that any exercise counts toward my goal. It doesn’t have to be a full 30 minutes; 15 (or even 5) is better than nothing. The idea is to engrain the habit. (Toward that end, I’ve purchased the Just Dance 2 Wii game, which is loads of fun and gets my heart pounding.)

This is a technique we discuss in the Why Resolutions Don’t Work—And How to Get What You Want Anyway teleclass recording + workbook that life coach Shannon Wilkinson and I created last year and updated this year. It goes over several reasons that resolutions tend to fail and offers solutions for overcoming each of those challenges.

It’s January 10, not too late to start a resolution (it’s never too late, of course) and also a little too early to give up any new ones. I’m going to persevere with the exercise goal. If you have a resolution that’s not working out so well, don’t give up. Hop right back on the horse. Our resolutions class might give you just the support you need.

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