How to Hold Yourself Accountable With Your New Year Resolutions
Although New Year resolutions are not necessarily my thing, I know that a lot of people are fans of creating their resolutions. Most of the resolutions people make are fitness, personal development, or even professional goals. For most of us, actually holding ourselves accountable for our New Year resolutions can be difficult. Here is how you can solve that problem.
Write Them into existence
I know that so many of us have our entire lives on our phones or computers. While that is a great practice to have, I tend to be more traditional. When I do create a vision, ritual, goal, or resolution, I like to write them down. I find that I feel more connected to words I write. If you are a believer in how energy works with us, not against us, then you probably already do this!
I find this to be a great strategy for holding yourself accountable for your New Year resolutions. It is a common practice in manifestation as well as similar to journaling which is incredible for mental health and self-care. Make sure you write them down somewhere that you can review them often.
Find an Accountability Partner
Listen, sometimes it can be hard to actually make yourself follow through with things. If you have ever been involved in a fitness program, then you know that they always encourage an accountability partner. Do the exact same thing for your New Year resolutions!
Find a friend or family who also have resolutions that they are looking to follow through with. Share your resolutions with that person and create a text group or even a schedule each week to see how you are progressing towards your goal. Make sure you are reaching out to check on theirs as well.
Make Them Realistic
No joke, one year I told myself that I was going to master two different languages. Considering that I took four years of French and can barely get by, I now know that was not realistic for me. To be truly accountable for your New Year resolutions, they need to be things you can actually do.
I like to create goals/resolutions in groups based on a certain period of time. What can you accomplish in one month? six months? by the end of the year? Categorize these goals by what you can achieve in that amount of time. You are more likely to be able to focus on them knowing how long you have given yourself to complete them. I love to save mine in Notion!
Know They are NOt Set in Stone
I know we are talking about accountability here but sometimes things change! Honestly, how many of us expected 2020 to be how it was? If you get a few months or even weeks into your resolutions and it is not working out, change it! Unless your resolution is something health related, most of them can change. Don’t stress yourself out!
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How do you hold yourself accountable for New Years resolutions?

saTanja
I’ve never made new year’s resolutions but certainly, there’s always been some things I’ve been hoping for each year. Just finally creating something aways feels good and like little success for me whenever it happens.
LackaDaisy
ashleestuart
saTanjaI totally agree with you, I always feel best when I create things. It is something that I promise myself each year!
Candice Sandler
These are some great points Ashlee!
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ashleestuart
Candice SandlerThanks so much Candice!
Lisa Autumn
Realistic goals are so important x
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ashleestuart
Lisa AutumnDefinitely! That is the best way to avoid feeling unmotivated or overwhelmed!
Ashley
Love all of these ways to hold ourselves accountable, friend! I’m with you on the resolutions note. I used make myself create a list of ‘resolutions’ before the 1st of every year, but I found myself not really taking them seriously. Now, I just call them goals and break them down into the smallest mini-goals and I take the time to schedule them, so I make sure I’m making progress. It made a huge difference!
I think it’s great that you included if things don’t necessarily work out as planned, it’s okay to change it up. A lot of people give up right away when they hit a stumbling block, but pivoting is always an option. 🙂
Make Life Marvelous
ashleestuart
AshleyI honestly think that is the best way to go about making changes in your life. Having a goal tends to be more realistic for me personally!
Lovely
These are wonderful tips! I have a vision board where I write down my goals. Seeing it on a daily basis keeps me motivated.
xoxo
Lovely
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ashleestuart
LovelyI need to start a vision board, I am such a fan of the idea behind them!
chloe
Making sure you put a timeframe on your goals and make them as specific as possible is so important!
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ashleestuart
chloeDefinitely! That is always a great step for making goals!