{"id":4638,"date":"2020-12-13T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2020-12-13T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:29:16","slug":"setting-achievable-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"Setting Achievable New Year&#8217;s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the New Year coming quickly, people find themselves setting goals that are sometimes unachievable. People make New Year&#8217;s resolutions for a myriad of reasons, whether it be you want to take better care of your body or you want to clean more. The New Year feels like a time to make changes and is a fresh start to a new beginning. It isn\u2019t that you shouldn\u2019t write out your resolutions, but make sure to be realistic. It doesn\u2019t have to be huge, life-altering changes, it could be eating breakfast or getting more sun. It doesn\u2019t always have to be \u201cnew year, new me.\u201d So how can you set goals for yourself and follow through?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">When writing out your goals, be clear and concise on what you are looking to achieve.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Track the progress you make if it\u2019s something that can be defined<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Be patient and kind to yourself.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Don\u2019t get down if it takes you longer to achieve your goals. Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day and neither were you.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">It doesn\u2019t have to be all or nothing. Start small and if you make mistakes or go off course you can always make your way back, but if not, it isn\u2019t the end of the world.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tell your friends and family, so they can help hold you accountable<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Set smaller goals and build on them as you make progress<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Check-in with yourself often<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Celebrate little victories and allow yourself the time to be proud of your progress<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Believe in yourself. Sometimes the best thing you can do is believe that you can achieve what you set your mind to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">A lifetime provides you so many opportunities to be who you want. Start slow and provide yourself time to accomplish your desired outcome. Most importantly, have fun and be positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":4639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[530],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-life-culture","tag-new-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}