If Christmas is in July, then August is New Year’s: Regaining Focus on your 2014 Goals

 

If Christmas is in July, then August is New Year’s: Regaining Focus on your 2014 Goals

By June, 50% of the population who set New Year’s Resolutions has already fell off the band wagon. Here we are approaching the middle of July. What the heck does that mean then? The Magic 8 ball says: “Outlook is not good” for those of us who set goals seven months ago.

I am here to tell you some good news though; there are still 5.5 months left in 2014. And, if Christmas is in July, then that means we can prep for New Years in August. So, this month, rethink about your 2014 goals. Design a plan for moving forward with your goals, and, within the next couple weeks, begin putting them back into action.

 

If your goal was to lose weight this year, start going to the gym this month, running outside, or eating healthier and not late at night.  Do you know how many pounds you can lose in almost six months? A lot. On the other hand, if you continue to give up that goal you initially set in January, do you know how many pounds you could gain in six months? Yikes!

If your goal was to push for that management position in your company, you still have almost six months to create an idea for a project that your company needs and begin to implement it. In six months you have the ability to really show management and leadership what you can do for your company.

The point is to not look back. Don’t look back at what you have not done, rather look at how much time you do still have left and how much is possible to complete in that amount of time. It is never too late to start something you began, especially if it was something you started only six months ago. Don’t let your mind trick you into thinking it is “too late” or that you can “reset your goals in January.”

Six months is a long time to steer yourself even more off track, or, on the other hand, really accomplish something in life.  Always look at what you do have and not at what you don’t have. You actually have a lot of time left this year to move yourself into success in many areas of your life.

 

This week’s challenge is to begin to refocus your New Year’s Resolutions and create a plan to begin implementing for New Year’s in August.