Goals and Motivations

Setting goals is a good and natural booster for your motivation. Knowing that there is a greater outcome at the end of everything you have worked for makes it easier for one to get things done. With the new year comes new adventures, new surprises, and of course new goals. Many people find it pointless to set new year's resolutions but if you actually try and challenge yourself, you would be surprised at how much you can accomplish in three hundred and sixty five days. 

When people want to get things done, they usually sit around and wait for someone else to do the work for them. Welcome to America. This is a sad but very true statement. Americans get lazier and lazier every year, and more people refuse to set new year's resolutions for themselves. Why is that? Why do people not believe in themselves to get things done in the up coming year? Many Americans are becoming unmotivated and lazy because they get everything handed to them in life and don't feel the need to work for it. I'm not saying this is the case for everyone who lives in America, but a good portion of US citizens just don't care anymore. 

The first week or so in January is always very exciting because you have no idea what the new year will bring. Many people forgive and forget what happened last year and want to start off with a clean slate. With a clean slate comes new goals. If you are willing to put forth the effort, setting goals is a great way to become more successful in life. You get much more done when you're motivated to get things done or make a change in your life. That's what new year's resolutions are for. To make a change in your life that'll make this coming year better than the last. Don't aim too high with these goals, meaning don't make up a goal that you know ahead of time won't work out. Setting high goals isn't always a bad thing however. If you set the bar for yourself too low, you might be missing out on unlocking your true potential. Challenge yourself but don't set yourself up for failure. If you need a little boost or motivation to start a new year's resolution, here are some helpful quotes said by some of the most power and successful people in history. 

A very popular new year's resolution is to lose weight. This is probably one of the most hardest things to accomplish. You can never truly achieve your goal because if you stop exercising or if you stop eating healthy, you'll go right back to where you started. However this is not a pointless goal if you set a limit for yourself. Set a goal to meet a certain weight by a certain time. This is very similar to pacing yourself throughout the year to make sure you're on track to meeting your goal. 

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