January is National Get Organized Month. Whether it’s your home or your office, getting organized makes life simpler. Studies say it takes 18-21 days to make or break a habit. If you made New Year’s Resolutions and you are serious about keeping them, realize it will take you all of January to accomplish it. In fact 20 work days is an entire month!

How to Accomplish your Resolutions:

Quitting after a week or two, or even after a few days means you didn’t seriously consider your resolution and do not really want to keep it. Sometimes the reasons are:
it’s just too far away,
takes too much time, or
is too hard.

Here’s some ideas to help you achieve your resolutions.

1. Chunk it. If you break your resolution down into smaller chunks, it is easier to accomplish the smaller pieces. As you achieve each small piece, you feel more confidence to move forward to the next chunk and the larger goal/resolution seems more doable.

2. Reward yourself. Don’t just reward the big New Year’s Resolution, give yourself a small reward for each of the steps you take to move yourself forward to the big goal. Rewarding yourself at small steps will give you more energy to keep going.

3. Tell someone. Tell a friend or someone close to you who will help you achieve your goal by often asking how you are doing towards your Resolution. If you do not tell anyone, then it is easier to quit moving forward and you often “fail”. When someone asks you, you often feel guilty in having to say you didn’t move forward, so this accountability helps you push toward the goal.

Happy New Year!

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