Welcome to the All-Year Resolutions
Don't Overwhelm Yourself at the Beginning
-- By Joe Downie, Certified Physical Fitness Instructor
It’s the day after New Year's and your list of resolutions looks like a tall order, but you think this is the year you’re definitely going to follow through with them all. Now it’s the middle of January and half of them have been justified into oblivion. It starts with "I don’t really need to do that," for the first half, then it turns to "I just don’t have time," for the rest of the list. We have all gone through it.
Making changes is a process, one that requires consistency. For example, if you are planning a party, if you wait until the last minute and you have all these things to do at once: cook, clean, arrange, call, etc., you get overwhelmed. Many times, things get left off the list. When the party is over, you are left feeling drained and telling yourself you never want to do this again.
Instead, if you start out doing a couple things early on, slowly building up to the party, you gain momentum and are able to enjoy the process, making sure you have everything you want accomplished. When the party is over, you’re already thinking of reasons to have another party.
