{"id":12728,"date":"2018-01-02T12:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=12728"},"modified":"2018-01-02T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T18:54:46","slug":"resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get a meaningful head start on your resolutions without magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like most people, you abandoned your 2017 New Year\u2019s resolutions in February or March. With 2018 just around the corner, you may be wondering if it\u2019s really worth setting goals for the new year. After all, you didn\u2019t do too well this year. What\u2019s the point? <\/p>\n<p>I believe that we need goals, personally and professionally. We fail, not because we aren\u2019t committed, but because we set lofty goals that aren\u2019t measurable and realistic. <\/p>\n<p>Get a head start on your New Year\u2019s resolutions by doing things differently this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong> 1. What is it that you really want to change? <\/strong><br \/>\nInstead of thinking about what you should do differently, what would make you happy? Resolutions that matter to you personally are more likely to be seen through. <\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Focus on three things:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is one thing you want to start doing?<\/li>\n<li>What one thing would you want to stop doing? <\/li>\n<li>What is it that you\u2019re doing that you want to continue doing? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Set goals that are SMART, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead of saying that you want to eat healthier, tell yourself that you are going to incorporate more color into your menu. <\/p>\n<p>How? By choosing one unfamiliar piece of produce each week and learning to cook with it. Or by selecting a salad when you go out for fast food. <\/p>\n<p>Think about small changes that you can make, instead of making broad, sweeping changes. <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to download productivity apps or buy a whole bunch of equipment to make lasting changes to your routine. But you do need to really think about your resolutions to have a good handle on what you really want to change. Go into 2018 with determination to be a better you. <\/p>\n<p>Carefully consider your goals to really identify what you want and how you can make lasting changes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(EDITORIAL) Most editorials about resolutions offer apps or tricks, but let&#8217;s take a more meaningful look at how to make this your year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337267,"featured_media":12729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[433,1234,1760],"class_list":["post-12728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","tag-productivity","tag-real-estate-news","tag-resolutions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/2018.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12732,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728\/revisions\/12732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}