BBC Look North 4th Jan 2012 – What do you want to achieve this year?

Posted by Angela on January 7, 2012 in Angela In The Media, Angela Whitlock, Blog, Change

What do you want to achieve this year?

Earlier this week I was invited to appear on the BBC regional news programme Look North to talk about New Year’s Resolutions and how hard it can be to stick to them.

January is traditionally a month for plans and promises and my advice when I was being interviewed by presenters Christa Ackroyd and Harry Gration was to let go of old favourites and put some achievable goals in place instead. Over the years we have all built up things on our to do list that we’ve never done and probably never will so this year it’s time to have the self-awareness to acknowledge that fact and move forward.

According to the Daily Mail a recent study suggests around 95% of us will have made resolutions with the most popular involving travel, “getting out of a rut” and reading more.

However, before resolving to live better, think better or be healthier it’s important to give some thought to the outcome you are trying to achieve and make that your starting point.

When you have a clear objective and a plan in place you can start to take steps towards making sure 2012 is a year of real progress.