A Resolution Check-up

After the first thirty days of making your New Year's resolutions you may have discovered that you are already back to your old self-destructive habits. This is a good time to do a self-check and determine if you are still taking baby steps toward your goals.

Teresa Fassihi, PhD from Menniger Clinic has five steps to take toward being successful with your personal goals.

• Clarify your values.
• Set priorities.
• Set a challenging but achieveable goal.
• Develop an action plan and set a deadline - a goal without an action plan is only a wish.
• Build in small rewards to keep you motivated.

When individuals are not successful with their New Year's resolutions it is usually because they have unrealistic goals or goals that they are not committed to. Create a plan that is realistic to your lifestyle and break your goal into small steps so that you can be successful. You are in control of you. The choice is yours. Love yourself enough to make the needed changes in your life.

Take care,

Gina