How to Make 2021 Different Than Previous Years
Do you want to leverage the motivational boost of the new year to enact a lasting behaviour change? Here are some fool-proof tips to help you achieve this new year. When setting goals, we may get overly confident believing that "future me would be okay doing something that current me is not okay with ." To bypass this, set no more than two to four "big" goals to start off. The more goals you have, the more your energy is likely to be diluted. Remember this fact about "trickle-down behaviour changes" - a habit change in one domain often results in downstream behaviour changes. For example, becoming consistent with eating healthy may result in increased motivation to exercise, even if exercising more was not one of your "big" goals. Forging discipline in school or work (for example, training yourself to be less susceptible to reaching for your phone when you should be working), may lead to greater discipline in waking up on time without hitting
