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How to Keep New Year's Resolutions – Try Starting Now

Have you started making your New Year’s resolutions?

Equally important is figuring out what will motivate you to keep the resolutions, points out Connie Love, a certified life coach. And remember, she reminds her clients, that it’s all right to start keeping resolutions now instead of waiting until Jan. 1. 

Here are some of Love’s suggestions:

  1. Break goals into small parts.
  2. Make it as easy as possible to succeed. If your goal is to exercise more, lay out the appropriate clothes before you go to bed. If you want to go on a diet, plan menus and shop appropriately.
  3. Remember that success breeds success. When you achieve small steps, you have more occasions to celebrate.
  4. Reward small steps. Just be sure that your “reward” is not undermining your efforts. Don’t celebrate losing 5 pounds, for example, by going out to dinner. Buy yourself a new pair of slacks instead.
  5. Recognize that there may be setbacks. Consider what might cause a setback and how you are going to get back on track if one occurs.
  6. Realize that we all can lose motivation from time to time. Create a support system or network to help you achieve your goals. Your support group can be a formal organization such as Weight Watchers, an exercise buddy, or just someone to remind you why you are going for the goal. That person can be a professional such as a life coach or a friend whom you trust to keep you honest.

If you follow these tips, Love said, you have a much better chance of being among the 8 percent of Americans, as estimated by Opinion Corporation of Princeton, N.J., who actually keep their New Year’s resolutions.

Connie Love, a certified life coach in Sun Valley, can be reached at (208) 720-2216 or connie@lifecoachconnielove.com. Additional information is available at www.lifecoachconnielove.com.

Jo Murray is a public relations consultant to life coach Connie Love.

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