{"id":1756,"date":"2023-01-22T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T12:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2023-02-08T03:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:34:00","slug":"new-years-goal-traps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/el\/new-years-goal-traps\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s goal traps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/New-Years-goal-traps-mycitycoach.com-natalie_lifecoach.jpg\" alt=\"New Year's goal traps mycitycoach.com natalie_lifecoach\" width=\"1200\" height=\"773\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Year, new goals. How exciting! Big or small, many or a few, each goal is there waiting for you to accomplish it. You go and start something new with great enthusiasm, but soon after you\u2026 give up?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, this happens to all of us from time to time. And it\u2019s not simply about <a href=\"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/el\/why-i-dont-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">procrastination<\/a>. Let\u2019s have a look at a few goal traps that don\u2019t let us succeed.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>I want it all. I want it now.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>You want to start many new activities at the same time. At some point you get overwhelmed and simply give up.<br \/>\n<strong>Solution:<\/strong> choose one (1) activity, make a plan and work on it.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>No visible progress (slow progress)<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>You start an activity but if you see no results fast, then you get bored and lose interest.<br \/>\n<strong>Solution:<\/strong> before starting a new activity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>analyze how much time you need to see the first results;<\/li>\n<li>how will you be motivating yourself until you see the first results;<\/li>\n<li>what equipment do you need for this activity and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>I\u2019ll do it \u201cat some point\u201d<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Your goal is not time framed. You plan to do it<em> \u201cat some point\u201d<\/em> during the year.<br \/>\n<strong>Solution:<\/strong> Use an agenda and make a specific time-framed plan: how much time do you need to achieve your goal, when will you start &amp; finish and what will you be doing each day.<\/p>\n<p>And now you have a clear picture of the factors that may be stopping you from pursuing your new goals. What do you think about it? Would you adjust your list of goals for the New Year in view of this?<\/p>\n<p>Check out more articles about goal setting in my <a href=\"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/el\/category\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> and find out how to <a href=\"https:\/\/mycitycoach.com\/el\/stick-to-your-goals-easily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>stick to your goals easily<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Year, new goals. How exciting! Big or small, many or a few, each goal is there waiting for you to accomplish it. You go and start something new with great enthusiasm, but soon after you\u2026 give up? The truth is, this happens to all of us from time to time. And it\u2019s not simply&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>(English) Goal traps - New Year&#039;s goal traps - My City Coach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(English) New Year, new goals. You begin a new activity, but soon after you... give up? 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