Happy New Year’s Resolution!
It’s that New Year’s Resolution time of year. You can find articles (article 1 & article 2) everywhere that list the top New Year’s Resolutions. Just look at social media or news apps. It’s on the minds of many of us these days. Do you know what you will resolve to change in your life this year? Are you even going to make a New Year’s resolution? More than half of N.Y. resolutions fail. (According to the time management firm Franklin Covey, one-third of those that make resolutions don’t make it past the end of January.) But this doesn’t have to be you!
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
I’m not sure I have a good resolution this year. I’m still working on it LOL!
I do agree that having someone who will be checking in to see if you are following through is helpful. Better yet, having a partner who is trying to do the same thing at the same time, right?
Happy New Year!
Yes, having a partner with the same goals will make it easier for both people. Then all the pressure isn’t on us alone.
I make short term goals (quarterly) with monthly benchmarks to hit (hopefully). I find that making an annual resolution is too much of a reach for me.
I like what you said about making the resolution concrete and very importantly that it’s ok to restart if you fail at first.
Making quarterly goals is an excellent idea. A year can be a very long, stressful goal for many people and monthly benchmarks will keep that motivation going as you check them off. Great job!
I love your tips for picking a suitable resolution. A more specific and realistic goal is super important. I’m going to share this with my Facebook group.
Thank you! Sometimes a big long term resolution can be simply too overwhelming and smaller, achievable goals keep us motivated and we end up achieving the big things this way.
Making improvements to my business and personal life is an ongoing process for me. In the latter part of 2022, I’ve found myself very close to where I want to be, so for now I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and keeping an eye open for anything that’s not working well.
That has got to be a great place to be in. Sometimes the best resolution is like you said – keep doing what’s working!
I don’t make resolutions. I do set goals, but I know myself well enough that I really only do what I want to do, and a lot of the kinds of business growth options I could go after just don’t appeal to me. If there’s something I want and can achieve it, I usually just stride forward and get it; if I don’t really want it, I make excuses. However, what I most need in my life is often an attitude adjustment, a way of changing how I think or feel about something, and so I’m focusing on *habits* (particularly, as James Clear would say, atomic habits) that will support that attitude adjustment.
Solid tips for finding the right resolution for your needs!
Sounds like you’ve got a great plan for the new year. Perspective is just as important, if not more sometimes, than specific goals. I hope all goes well with your atomic habits in 2023!