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According to the time management firm Franklin Covey, one third of resolutioners don\u2019t make it past the end of January.\u00a0 A lot of these resolutions fail because they\u2019re not the right resolutions. And a resolution may be wrong for one of three main reasons:<\/p>\n

1) It\u2019s a resolution created based on what someone else (or society) is telling you to change.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s too vague.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 You don\u2019t have a realistic plan for achieving your resolution.<\/p>\n

Your goals should be smart \u2014 and S M A R T.<\/strong><\/p>\n

S<\/strong>pecific. Your resolution should be absolutely clear.<\/p>\n

M<\/strong>easurable.\u00a0 Logging progress into a journal or making notes on your phone or in an app designed to help you track behaviors can reinforce the progress, no matter what your resolution may be.<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>chievable. This doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t have big stretch goals. But trying to take too big a step too fast can leave you frustrated, or affect other areas of your life to the point that your resolution takes over your life \u2014 and both you and your friends and family flail.<\/p>\n

R<\/strong>elevant. Is this a goal that really matters to you, and are you making it for the right reasons?<\/p>\n

T<\/strong>ime-bound. Like \u201cachievable,\u201d the timeline toward reaching your goal should be realistic, too. That means giving yourself enough time to do it with lots of smaller intermediate goals set up along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the time management firm Franklin Covey, one third of resolutioners don\u2019t make it past the end of January.\u00a0 A lot of these resolutions fail because they\u2019re not the right resolutions. And a resolution may be wrong for one of three main reasons: 1) It\u2019s a resolution created based on what someone else (or society) is telling you to change. 2)\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s too vague. 3)\u00a0\u00a0 You don\u2019t have a realistic plan for achieving your resolution. Your goals should be…<\/p>\n

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