The New-Year resolution burnout...

Christmas is over, we are well into 2012 and if you are anything like me, the vision of how this year will be 'amazing and stress free' is appearing slightly blurry!
 Sound familiar? Its not surprising that we enter the New Year - every year for that matter, full of good intentions, who would deny wanting to make their career, body and love life better?! 
 Now nearing to February, the good intentions seem to have fizzled, and the lack of enthusiasm just feels like too much effort. "I know I should get off my arse but this episode of "Gossip Girl" is just too good, I'll do an extra jog tomorrow" of course tomorrow never comes!! 
 Im not quite sure where the term "New Years resolution" came from, but we all know when it starts and when it ends! 
Personally I dont make resolutions for the year ahead. Being a bit of a perfectionist I found when I made these momentous decisions to change things for my future, they didnt always go the way I had planned. And very often than not they didnt happen at all. Id feel like I had failed at wanting to achieve things that were too far fetched, that I ended up wishing I hadn't made the resolution in the first place. In a way I was putting a pressure on myself that may not have been as achievable as I first thought it to be. Barely half way through the year Id look back and think " I felt like this last year, it was meant to be better by now?" . Having forgotten and not even recognised any achievements be it big or small along the way.


 It seems that we all have a ambition to better ourselves and our lives, no matter how content or happy we are. As human's its natural to feel something extra may bring a greater sense of happiness or worth. But maybe we place such a great emphasis on the end result rather than the steps along the way?


 If I decide there is a goal Id like to achieve, I break it down. I find it alot more rewarding when I accomplish a task ahead of me that will eventually give me my long term result. For example, if your goal is to get that job you have aspired to and in the ultimate location, ask yourself what are the manageable steps I need to take to get there? First you may need to have the necessary qualifications, maybe you haven't had the experience, so a voluntary job could help in that environment, maybe you have some confidence issues to work on? whatever is is that may strengthen your chances of your end result, try and section it for things you can accomplish on your way there. 


After all there are very few people who get what they want handed to them on a silver platter! Aiming for what you want and the best in life is an amazing ambition! The ultimate mecca is more than achievable for anyone, but if you jump head first in the deep end you may just sink. Start out in the shallow end gaining the strength and agility whilst swimming to the deep will help you make these great strides. You'll begin to recognise your own strengths and weaknesses on the way, seeing the improvements with each metre goal you take.Keeping your ambitions and esteem moving in this way may just land you the gold medal of life that you desire!!