3 Achievable Goals: 2024 Vision Board.
When setting goals it’s important to be honest with yourself. Think about your current life to find times and areas in your life that you can add in these new actions and activities. Some of your goals might include removing some old habits out of your current life which, in turn, will open up some space for new healthier habits and hobbies. It is important when starting a new year to start SMALL. 95% of new years resolutions fail by the end of January. A way to save yourself from falling into this statistic is to keep your short term goals small and let the momentum of achieving the small goals carry you into the bigger ones.
Add 1 New Workout Activity Into Your Week: This is a huge one. Remember this does not have to be going to a gym or class. This is just any form of physical activity that you aren’t already doing. If you currently have 0 workouts a week just aim for 1, if you workout 3 days a week right now, use this as a fun way to try out something new that you wouldn’t normally try. SMALL actions done CONSISTENTLY delivers BIG changes. Try a quick 20 minute home workout on Youtube. Maybe your routine already includes weight lifting, this could be an opportunity to try a fun dance class or a box fit class. We all have busy lives and if you’re running short on time, just adding in a 20 minute walk with a friend of while listening to a book can spark great change.
Alcohol: It’s the thing many of us don’t want to acknowledge but we all know the harsh truth about alcohol. It’s ideal to cut out alcohol completely but if it’s a part of your life you can see huge benefits from adjusting how much you’re consuming. Try limiting alcohol to 1 day a week or less. Think about if you have 2 drinks a night after work, thats 10 drinks a week not including the weekend. If you know you’re wanting a drink at dinner that night try adding your new workout activity earlier in that day. If you get a workout in that day, you will be burning extra calories, but you will also be using that time in a healthy way. If you go to a workout class at 9 am, you have to commute to and from the class not including the time you’re spending in the class. That “healthy time” in itself will consume part of your day you might normally be consuming alcohol. If alcohol isn’t a huge part of your life maybe try “Dry January” and see how you feel when stacking that with the first goal on this list.
Get a Sleep Routine: This is something that sounds so simple to some and impossible to others. Seep is one of the most important aspects of health. Creating a regular sleep routine helps you maintain a healthy weight, get sick less often, and reduces stress and anxiety. Aside from the health benefits, having a regular sleep schedule helps your organize and plan your daily life. If you know you’re going to be asleep at 10:00 pm and will wake up at 6:00 am, you then can look at the hours you already know you will be at your job or doing your daily tasks and know where you can fit in your new fitness goals. Having some sort of organization will make your life less cluttered and let life “slow down” some.
These are our top 3 goals we thinks everyone can add to their health and fitness vision board for 2024. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when thinking about these big changes we are going to make this year, but remember we are in this for actual lifestyle change. We strive for sustainable lifestyle habits, we have plenty of time for adjustments. You have 365 entire days in 2024, you don’t have to win the battle in 2 weeks. Stay focused and strive to be just a little better each day. You’ll be shocked in 6 months when you look back and see all of those changes adding up.