Right then, what we need now is a little objective setting. There are ways and ways to approach the turn of new year, making battle plans to obtain the life we wish we lived. But really, the only way to obtain it is to do it.
The last few years, early in January me and some pals have helped each other set 'objectives' rather than 'resolutions'. Time to get your business lingo bingo cards out, I'm talking SMART objectives folks!
Making resolutions such as 'get slimmer and be more positive' is about a state of mind. You can't induce this anymore than you can induce growing a prize marrow just by thinking about it. These are not good goals to set, and you are likely to end up demoralised because you have not identified how you will get slimmer, or practically what will change to help you with that positive thinking.
Alternatively, setting objectives such as 'cycle to work twice a week, and practice 2 new healthy recipes a week because reducing the amount of crap I eat will have a positive effect on my mood' is about physical, tangible, achievable actions that will naturally lead you to realise those hopes you have to be slimmer and a nicer person to be around.
To obtain that life you want, you have to do it. Roll up those sleeves and get your work boots on!
What are your top three objectives for a good, practical working start to the year?
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For more on this, pick up the wonderful Jane Northcote's 'Making Change Happen' for practical and no nonsense advice on identifying, setting and realising objectives. Jane is a business consultant, and commissioned me to illustrate her book with drawings, exercises and question/answer space to make it highly interactive. It is targeted at business people, but I think the advice has a universal appeal. I—an artist—loved it!
{Today's Soundtrack: a blast from the past, The Verve - Lucky Man}
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