New Year’s is becoming one of my favorite holidays, and not for the reasons you are prolly thinking of. Im not one to really enjoy the bars, clubs or crowded places. New Year’s parties are fun, but it’s not what I look forward to with this holiday. 

What I look forward to is setting new goals for myself for the following year. Being the dreamer that I am, I love to look into the future and imagine what that could look like for me. The new year is a chance to create a new life, start out on a new foot and try to be a better person than I was the previous year. 

One aspect that comes with these new goals is the determination to conquer some bad habits and traits about myself that I have wanted to change for awhile now. My partner and I frequently discuss how we have struggled with the same things since we were in high school. I hate that year after year I am aware of my shortcomings but still repeat them every day, week, month and year. 

I was thinking about a situation in the car the other day and haven’t been able to shake the conversation with myself since. I recently started turning the outside light on at my house and leaving it overnight. Since doing this, I have trained myself to turn it off as soon as I come downstairs the next morning. 

I was thinking to myself that it’s crazy that I can create a routine for a light switch, but when it comes to important things, like my consistency with writing this blog, I always give up early, barely try or simply don’t try at all. This tells me that I am clearly capable of setting new routines and habits within a month, so why am I struggling so much changing a habit that I am aware of and want to change!? Imagine how drastically my life would change if I were to change some of my habits that have been plaguing my life for years. 

What are some ways you motivate yourself towards your goals? 

Do you have bad habits you have been trying to change for awhile? If so, what’s keeping you from conquering them?