• June 12, 2021

Achieving New Years Resolutions: The Pros and Cons of Goal Setting and Vision Boards

Do you have a vision board, a visual representation of your goals and dreams?

A vision board can be a collage of pictures and words arranged in a specific way, cut and pasted onto a board. Traditionally, a vision board is mounted on a wall in the office or in your home. You can also have an electronic version of a Vision Board, with images representing your goals and dreams, and assemble it by clicking and dragging or photoshopping these images onto a blank canvas and then printing to hard copy or converted to a screen. . to know.

This is the time of year when people re-evaluate their lives and decide on some New Years resolutions, but 95% of these resolutions are completely forgotten or broken on “Blue Monday”, the third Monday in January of every anus.

These resolutions are set with the intention that “things will get better” next year. Although writing a goal and waiting for it to come true is something that many people do, only between 3 and 10% of the population achieve their dreams.

While it’s a great start, goal achievement involves more than just writing down what you want and then waiting for it to come true. Life tends to get in the way, old habits return, and many people’s dreams remain pending until next year, when they establish the same resolution as last year. This is a sure way to never achieve your goal.

If you want to achieve the New Years Resolutions and Goals that you intend, creating a Vision Board, a visual representation of your dreams and goals, as well as writing them down and following the 5 steps to real success, will give you a sure way to achieve it. . your dreams and many reasons to celebrate this time next year.

Here are 5 easy steps to follow to achieve your dreams, create an action plan, and avoid the pain of disappointment.

1. Choose what goals you will fully commit to. Many people set the same goals year after year without actually reaching them. They say in a moment of inspiration: “I will quit smoking”, I will lose 10 pounds “, I will be more sociable”, “I will find a new job”, “I will go out with more and find my soulmate” I … (fill in the blank in White). For the most part, these good intentions find their way into the “too hard” basket and end up as regrets or forgotten dreams that sound like “well … someday, maybe someday, if only …”

When this happens year after year, it gives the subconscious mind a very powerful message that you really are not wanting the goal you are setting for yourself and worse, the subconscious is now programmed to know that the goal is not meant to be. achieved and it will.Put all kinds of blocks and resistance to success just to prove you’re right! The “status quo” will be maintained by the pattern you are used to.

2. Release the hurts, disappointments, resentments, anger, fears, and frustrations this year. To move on. Simply forgiving yourself and others for missed goals will give you a lot more energy to keep going. Having old regrets and resentments is like carrying heavy suitcases full of stones. Releasing them will give you new inspiration, ideas, and inner power.

3. Decide what goals you will disengage from or let go of. You know those goals that you set yourself, year after year, and you never reach them. It may be time to quit altogether. Clarity leads to power. When you clear the decks and realistically set some goals that you really want and are ready to work, you will be re-inspired and find renewed strength to achieve your dream. Goals that you abandon, you can always revisit later, if you still have a passion for achieving them.

4. Fill in, celebrate, and acknowledge all of this, past years and past success to add momentum to the new year and activate your self-confidence and courage. We don’t celebrate enough. Even small achievements deserve to be recognized, this tells the subconscious mind that it does achieve what it sets out to do and that it is ready for the next goal.

5. Create your new “plan” by writing down your goals and making a Vision Board, a powerful tool to gain absolute clarity on what you want and to guide you in creating a real action plan to achieve your dreams in 2011. When you know what you want, find all the images that represent what your life will be like when the goal is achieved. You Vision Board is a representation of the end result and shows your subconscious mind exactly what your new best reality will look like. Your vision board is your personal plan and your roadmap to success.

Enjoy your New Years resolutions this year, follow these 5 steps and watch what happens.

© 2010 Barbara Pellegrino

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