Not Sticking to Your New Year's Resolutions?
The first question to ask is:
What made you feel this was something you ought to do?
Follow up questions:
Is this something you genuinely want, or something you think a better version of you should want?
When you think about this goal, what feeling comes up first?
If nobody judged you for dropping it, would you still want it?
Which of your values does the goal connect to?
What would achieving this goal give you that really matters?
What are the negative consequences of not achieving the goal?
What helped you achieve a goal in the past? How motivated were you to do it?
Struggling to answer the questions? Then put simply:
On a scale of one to 10 how important is achieving this goal to you?
(If your answer is 6 or below, then what is keeping this from being a higher priority for you?)
Want to discuss it further?
Design your leverage.
Write down:
One clear consequence you accept if you do not take the action.
One clear reward you will give yourself if you take it.