My dear followers and readers, welcome back again to my new article. I hope everyone of you is doing well and have already started to prepare for the New Year 2025 Resolution Ideas. I remember this year at the beginning , maybe on Jan 4, 2023, I was sitting on the floor in my room with some scattered papers with all my plans which I did at the ending of December 2022. Those planners consisted of New Year Resolution Ideas which would make my new year one of the most transformative year possible. By holding those planners and written notes in my hand, I understood it’s going to fail again this year. 

I think, after reading those now you are thinking you are in the same situation or you were feeling the same at some point of your life. Exactly! you are not alone my dears. Many of us usually got trapped in this kind of situation. On the eve of the year we plan to make the next year to be our most transformative year, and then by the end of January of the next year our enthusiasm and all of the  planning results in a failure. 

So what to do now? Let me tell you – it’s all about changing the mindset and seeing things from another point of view. The reason for failure is we expect to change and upgrade everything in our life to make the year the best year for us. However, it is certainly not like this, new year resolutions should increase understanding about yourself, make a connection with yourself on a deeper level. And then all other aspects fall into place from time to time. By understanding those key things, my new year resolution became a successful execution after that.

But don’t worry, sit tight and take a cup of tea or coffee and go through the end of this article, because I will guide you with as a responsible individual who loves all of you my readers to fix this issue and set you to be successful for making a change, realistically from the beginning of January 2025. 

Why do our New Year Resolutions Fail? ( I’ll also provide you the solution of it)

I will address basically 3 things here that are responsible for this failure

1. Tendency for perfectionism: I wanna say this louder- Perfectionism tendency is the most negative thing amongst the whole world. I  myself was a victim of my own perfectionist tendencies, my life would be destined to fail if i did not solve this  tendency. One of my friends helped me to get out of this by making me understand that perfectionism is not bringing anything good, instead of its the pathway to absolute failure.   

Don’t set an impossible goal for yourself alright my lovely followers? Cuz you are demotivating yourself by doing so. Don’t try to make your goal set up write like this – “ I wanna lose 30 pounds in 1 month” or “ I am going to participate in a marathon” without even proper training. Look, these goals are not practical and achievable, these are recipes for disaster – ya that’s how I call them.

You will achieve your goals with realistic, compassionate and slow and steady type steps, do you understand now? This is why we all used to be a failure to lose weight and so on. 

2. Waiting for motivation or moment of being motivated: My sweethearts, come on!! Motivation is nothing but self discipline! Motivational words, videos or something like that will give you a short term dopamine burst and then when those feelings are gone from your brain ( yes we feel through the brain lol ) then you just crash down into procrastination and an upset mood. Sounds familiar right?
   
   Listen, wherever you start a new journey or routine or something like this or anything- I give you my personal secret, take a deep breath and count from 1 – 5 , and immediately start doing this without even thinking about anything. Not worrying about – if it doesn’t get perfect then what, what if i fail, what if this and that … No , dont. Keep on doing it for a certain time it then stop. Then repeat this process every single day until you meet your desired result. Then you will feel continuous motivation. Motivation comes after work, not before. ( Please remember that, thank me later <3 )
   
3. Your Journey is Unique: Everyone of us is unique and our journey and paths are also different. Instead of pursuing something that does not go with your life won’t bring you success. Your new year resolution should be based on your footprints, desires, aspirations and your love. I’m trying to simplify everything for you and reduce the burden of over-expectation which you guys do on yourself.  

Good news is, you are going to start the next year with not only setting goals here but also I shall lay the foundation of a blueprint for your personal development in such a way that it touches all the aspects of your life. 

The Natural Approach to New Year Resolution

So far you have all understood. I guess that we are not setting up some checklist goals, rather that Im developing a blueprint for interpersonal development and introspection which will touch all the aspects of our day to day lives. 

And if you follow and focus on the following points which I discussed below, You shall hopefully achieve your new year resolution success and will be able to make next year as one of the most transformative year of your life. 

1. Personal Growth

Personal goal means personal growth, many of us assume that personal growth means we have to destroy our own self and become something new. No, this idea does not go with personal growth. It’s not about changing yourself, but it’s about being your authentic self and finding your true self. Then after finding your authentic self, make a good celebration. 

It’s like a fortification to yourself by adding a few essential things to your personality. 

For instance, Building emotional intelligence for yourself, Building mental resilience, Learning skills which makes you excited about and at the same time essential for your CV.  At the same time you do not necessarily need to pursue new things always, rather fortify your existing skills and knowledge by nourishing them. Read books, improve your presentation skill, improve your Art skills (if you already have it). Improve your existing health, improve your diet and sleep routine. 

My personal suggestion will be to focus on your existing skills and personal self first then pursue new skills and dreams. 

2. Physical Health & Wellbeing

Physical health is another important factor for self improvement. Physical wellbeing takes a huge portion of our new year resolution planning. In the planning stage we write something like this “ I want to lose my weight (this amount) or (that amount) of lbs “. However this is not the right way. Because it will be felt like a burden and at the same time you will be in a procrastination state as a result of this burden feeling. 

You have to deal with this situation or approach this plan step by step. Likewise, ask yourself first, how are you today? How do you feel at the moment? How is your mental health doing at present? And so on. If the answer comes yes, then you know you can move forward by continuing doing what you are doing for your health. But if the answer comes no or other, then you have to dig down a little bit to find the proper reason for your bad health. All I am trying to say is , instead of chasing something impossible, deal with what is in your reach, the things that are near to you. At the same time, not impossible to achieve. 

Stay positive, Enjoy and Celebrate your wellbeing, build some mental fortitude or resilience, give some sight into your nutrition, keep balanced food in your diet, add nutrition that nourishes your health. Define success on your own terms, not based on what others expect from you or not by comparing yourself to someone else. You are a winner, remember this. 

3. Development of your Professional Life

Your professional development starts with understanding your own personal self. You might start this understanding process with a skill audit to yourself. What i mean is that , identify the skills and chores that you are good at, and things or tasks makes you happy and energetic first. 

Then identify which skills you don’t have to land on your dream job or achieve your next promotion. 

Now you have a full picture of your own personal self. Then the next step is to go to some skill building course. You can join any online platform or any other institutions where you can learn those skills physically.

Another important topic I want to address in this professional development is – setting up boundaries. It is a very important aspect for maining career success as well as mental and physical well being. For instance learning how to say “NO”, negotiate for the workload of yours etc. Protecting your emotional and mental peace is not a sign of weakness, perhaps it is a form of self respect. 

This small step by step forward moving approach to the problems will eventually result in a good career progression in 2025. 

4. Interpersonal relationships and connections:

Nurturing and developing interpersonal relationships is one of the core foundations of personal growth or development. This is an integral part that should be included in our new year resolution. True human connection forms when you are truly connected with yourself, you accept yourself for who you are, without the need of outside validation. Understand that a personal relationship is not about perfection, it consists of flaws, honest interaction and so on. You need to have the ability to communicate with compassion and with mental clarity.  Whether it’s personal, or professional connection- good connection inspires us, challenges us and excites us to go beyond our comfort boundaries and support your personal growth. 

Let go of the toxic moments or the people who bring only toxicity to your life, surround yourself with the people who bring the best out of you. Remember you are the one who you surround yourself with. The new year is about building and nurturing the true authentic positive relationship building moments not the toxic cycle to continue. So that you can grow, bloom into your authentic and positive version of yourself. 

5. Bring practicality in your GOAL setting:

Next step is to bring a practical goal setting routine rather than expecting huge from yourself and setting up vague or unachievable goals. Plan/write your goals with specific, simple organized and achievable tasks. Set up your mind into a clear intention for this and that i wanna accomplish, track your progress and keep those things into your goals which brings real value to you. And finally set a time frame for those goals. Because without a time target you won’t feel self motivation or inner push to execute them. 

6. Working with Your Mindset

Yes, mindset! This is the place from where your failure and winning chances start to take shape. How you have developed your mindset in the past years has defined whether you saw your challenges as obstacles or opportunities for growth and happiness. This 2025 you are going to set your mind in such a way that you will see all of the upcoming life challenges as opportunities. 

When I say set up your mind, id does not mean “ think positive” only, I mean it’s about you understanding how our thoughts shape our reality. Purification of thoughts is necessary in this case. For instance, replace negative thoughts and echoes into compassion and empowering thoughts. Focusing on the road ahead rather than the noise surrounding. Doubts and confusion or fear might come, let them come, don’t be afraid. But be decisive about those phenomena that will let you take charge or you take their charge and control them rather they control you. 

Do you know the story of bison? Bisons are the big animal found in the north, but when big storm comes in their way from forward, they don’t get backwards or flee from their migration journey, they push through the storm willingly with enthusiasm and passion, because thy know the easiest way to get to the safe and comfortable place – is the other side of the storm. And they reach that side by going forward through the storm. Be like a bison in 2025. It’s all about mindset and understanding, Which is why I brought this example in this article.  

7. Mental Health

Consequently, after the bison exam and mindset tips, mental health comes with it. If your mental health is not in good state, how can you set up your mindset? No way if a sick person can run a marathon ! So, mental health is not a luxury item, it is as important as physical wellbeing (which I explained in the beginning of the article). 

Prioritise your mental health by taking a good amount of sleep ( at least 7-9 hours a day), by having regular exercise, and going to nature. And my personal advice, walk in the grass barefoot. Yes Im a pharmacist, and I have read many health journals which show its efficacy of recharging our mental energy level and reducing blood clotting. After walking in grass for 10-15 minutes, our body and blood cells get in a relaxed state. 

Give good attention to your nutrition and again my personal advice – give attention to your vitamin B intake. Eat Vitamin B rich foods a minimum standard for everyday. Also be attentive to take macronutrients and minerals intake to your body in the next year. 

Final Thoughts

Every year many of us fail to achieve their desired goal for new year’s resolution (even after having some great ideas). However, this year you are going to break this setback. 

By avoiding setting up impossible and unrealistic expectations and goals, and focusing on the essentials and easy and achievable tasks, focusing on ourself is the secret key for achieving success in the new year resolution plannings. I hope you will be benefitted by this article and if you do, I wish you shall come back to my blog again and find more necessary and helpful articles in my blog. 

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Thank you for reading with patience all along, thank you for being with me. And I wish you success and happiness in the next year 2025.