10 Tips to Achieve More in 2022 Plus My Goals for 2022

For most people, many goals were not achieved in the last 2 years.

Life changed so much, we had to adapt, right when some of us thought things were improving, lockdowns happened again etc.

It’s ok if all you did the last 2 years was survive!

We haven’t all had to create super successful businesses, side hustles, get fit or whatever.

This rollercoaster went longer than expected and took its toll.

That said, we are hoping you’re interested in joining me to kick butt in 2022.

We started on our 2022 goals because we don’t like waiting for Jan 1st.

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1. Review Your Previous Year

Did you set goals last year? How did they go? What were you successful at, what did you enjoy, what do you need to work on?

If you didn’t achieve certain things, why didn’t you achieve them?

Go over each goal and work out what happened to prevent you from achieving them or if you did achieve them, what contributed to the success.

How can you apply that to future goals?

Life happens, goals change and some things we set out to do are unrealistic.

Be honest with yourself so you can set and achieve goals next time.

2. Decide What You Truly Want

Often, people set goals based on what their friends are doing or what they feel they should do.

But what do you truly want?

What sort of lifestyle do you want to have, what sort of person do you want to be, how do you want your day to look?

Take some time to write down your perfect day.

Everything from your home and how you wake up to what you eat, activities you do, how you feel, all of it.

How can you achieve that?

3. Be Realistic

When setting goals, be realistic.

You want to push yourself but at the same time, we can’t all achieve everything and there are some limits.

Work out what you want and what steps are achievable to make that happen.

Allow enough time, ensure you have the resources then get to it.

4. Write Them Down

Without writing them down, you won’t remember them or focus on them.

Goals are just wishes unless you write them down with a proper plan of action.

Many find the SMART method helpful: Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic TimeBound.

5. Break Them Into 1% Steps

The books Atomic Habits and The Compound Effect both go into detail about breaking your goals into small steps.

Also, the impact of 1% over time. Making a small change every day is more achievable, you can stick to it and increase it easier than trying to do a huge overhaul.

Take weight loss for example. Most people decide they want to lose 20kg so they sign up to the gym and start a diet.

They plan to go 1 to 2 hours a day, every day and only eat clean or plant-based or keto or do intermittent fasting or whatever diet they feel will be best.

Going from eating junk all the time to no junk and not exercising to doing 1 to 2 hours a day is not advisable nor is it sustainable long term.

The same for finances. Start by saving 1% if 10% is daunting. Then the following month, push it to 2% and so on. Before you know it, you’ll be saving 10% and it won’t feel as if you made huge sacrifices to get there.

You don’t have to achieve everything within the year! It’s ok to go slower, build it and do it sustainably so it is a lifestyle change you can maintain.

6. Have Accountability

Being accountable to someone or something helps you keep focus.

Some people do it with a person in their lives, others join a group in person or online.

Join Facebook groups relevant to your goals or create your own.

Go to meet-ups in your area or if a goal can connect to a class, then enrol so you are accountable to the teacher.

Work out how you want to remain accountable then add it to your life.

Being accountable will make it much easier to stick to it when you don’t feel like it.

7. Take Action

Now you have your plan, take action. Commit to doing what you need to do every day.

Create routines that add your new goals to your current habits to make it easier.

Add things that keep you motivated and remove things that do not help.

For example, do not have snacks in the house and you won’t be tempted to snack. Or replace it with healthy snacks.

Delete social media on your phone and you won’t scroll. Replace it with something you want such as an app to help you learn a language or read a book.

8. Be Woo Woo

While all the practical steps are crucial, being a bit ‘woo woo’ has helps many people.

The Law of Attraction, vision boards and similar.

A full motivation wall which includes my vision board, calendar, quotes and anything else I feel will help.

Meditation and visualisation are two habits Olympians and others who achieve amazing things do as well.

Some books on this:

Chill And Prosper and Lucky Bitch. Denise Duffield Thomas is an Aussie and it is so good to hear her.

We Should All Be Millionaires isn’t so much woo woo but it sure lit a fire for us and is a must-read.

9. Change Your Social Media

For starters, we should all spend less time on social media but we keep spending more.

Yet, it is all curated, mostly fake as we have seen time and time again plus can have a negative impact on our mental and physical health.

Since most are using it, here are some tips to make it help instead of hinder.

Get rid of anything that bums you out, including friends.

On Facebook, you can unfollow them so still be ‘friends’ but they won’t show up in your feed.

Follow accounts that inspire, uplift and relate to your goals or the life you want.

Do not follow ‘fitspo’ accounts if trying to lose weight. Most of them are not at all inspirational.

Put time limits or blocks on it. You can delete the apps from your phone to make them less accessible.

Use blockers on your laptop when working and find something else to do instead of scrolling.

10. Create the Ideal Environment

To help with motivation and success, create the ideal environment.

If you want to do yoga, set it up. Either book in a class or have a dedicated space in your home for it.

Have a specific saving goal? Set up a direct debit on payday or discuss with payroll to have your pay split.

Tempted by junk food? Don’t keep it in the house.

Sick of wasting $20 a week with other mums having coffee and cake at a cafe?

Suggest going to a walk around a specific area or going to a park or other free activities instead.

Look at your environment. Everything from your home to your phone to your activities.

Work out what changes you need to make so everything is working to give you the life you want.

What are your goals for 2022 and how will you achieve them?

Resources:

Books: Atomic Habits and The Compound Effect. Unleash Your Inner Money Babe. Chill And Prosper and Lucky Bitch. We Should All Be Millionaires Plus 52 books I read in 2021
Apps: Conqueror Challenge (medals for health challenges/goals)
Other: Website Aspiring Millionaire

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