Resolve to NOT choose New Year’s Resolution that are unattainable this year. In 2010, there are many types of New Year's Resolutions that I have heard of or read about. People have resolved to lose weight, cut down on their spending, eat healthier, reach out to friends more and for some people, getting a new job is more important than anything. These are the resolutions that are recycled every year by so many. For the latter, if you are not satisfied at your job, then “feeling” that this is something you need to resolve this year is a plausible start. However, "feelings" alone should not guide your decisions when making New Year’s resolutions. There are actions that you need to take in order to make your New Year’s Resolutions more attainable and sustainable. Try using an environmental scan to assess your situation first. The environmental scan should be both internal and external. Internal environmental scans should be areas that are controllable by you. External environmental scans are not controllable by you.
For example, an external environment scan may show that the economic situation is bad, many companies are laying off their workers, having hiring freezes, and cutting costs. Also there may not be many job postings for the jobs that you are interested in applying for. But, if you do an internal environmental scan, you can assess how job ready you really are. What are you limitations? What are areas that you have perfected? For example, is your resume up to date? What about your interviewing skills? Do you need to prep with friends or get professional help with it? Do you have an interview suit? What about critical job skills, that certification, or advanced degree that you were thinking about attaining? Getting these things in order is very helpful when trying to find a new job.
A couple of weeks ago, I met up with some friends to have wine, chat and reminisce about 2009. We talked about our New Year’s Resolutions and our hopes for the next decade. We decided to meet at the end of each month to drink wine and to “celebrate” any accomplishments that we make towards these resolutions. Later, I pondered what I had decided to work on for 2010. On a broad sense, my “feeling” is to develop a more holistic/wellness approach focusing on my physical, emotional and spiritual well being. I thought about what my internal and external environmental scans were teaching me. Eventually I decided to take the steps necessary to attain this goal. I broke my broad New Year’s Resolutions into bite size pieces. I decided on an action plan and will move forward from there. Doing this I felt was more realistic for me in order to get to my New Year’s Resolution.
So, for everyone that has decided that in 2010 they are going to lose weight, cut down on their spending, eat healthier, reach out to friends more and get a new job, first focus on how attainable these resolutions are. And if they are too broad to be attainable, try to break them down into bite size pieces so you can have many “celebrations” throughout the year.
Happy New Year
As always, prioritize, set boundaries and live!!!
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