{"id":308336,"date":"2022-01-02T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=308336"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:54:45","slug":"how-to-make-your-new-habits-stick-2-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ko\/journal\/how-to-make-your-new-habits-stick-2-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your New Habits Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever noticed that when you ask someone about their New Year\u2019s resolutions, you typically get one of two responses:<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m hoping to lose 12 pounds and stop procrastinating and call my mom more and spend more time reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can basically fill in the blanks with any sort of ambition towards self-improvement. Or they say something like:<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I don\u2019t make New Year\u2019s resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what makes a person more apt to want to create personal change and why do others so quickly shy away from it? Most often, those who fall in the latter group of ignoring the tradition of resolutions admit that sticking to resolutions is often too difficult, so they just don\u2019t bother. It\u2019s the whole gym-membership-in-January phenomenon. On the first of the month, every treadmill is taken, occupied by a blaze of colorful new workout gear, water bottles, and determination to get fit. Come February, it\u2019s a ghost town.<\/p>\n

Why can\u2019t we make these new habits<\/a> stick?<\/p>\n

For one thing, if you live anywhere where the weather gets cold, slogging off to Pilates through sleet and snow sounds a whole lot less appealing than a Maid<\/em>\u00a0Netflix binge. But more than weather-related discouragement, the truth is it can be pretty easy to write off change that seems daunting. Saying we\u2019re going to become someone different means we actually have to do something differently. And saying yes<\/em><\/a> to something new is often frightening because we have to face what\u2019s already failed and approach the possibility that we might fail all over again. Bottom line, new habits are hard to form without self-imposed discipline or the encouragement of others. And probably what we all really need is some of each.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” \u2013\u00a0Meister Eckhart<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m typically the type of person to set goals<\/a> for the year ahead. For me, it feels good to sit down and really think about what I want to happen. I enjoy thinking about how far I\u2019ve come and how far I still have to go. But just because I like to set goals doesn\u2019t mean I always meet them. I\u2019m an expert planner. I\u2019m only so-so at execution. Why? Here are some examples of my goals for 2022:<\/p>\n

The big:<\/strong><\/p>\n