How To Set Realistic Goals For The New Year.

Hey friends, we are officially in the new year, and I know that a lot of people are setting goals that they want to achieve in 2025 and beyond. So, in today’s blog post, I am sharing steps and tips that you can use to help you set realistic goals. If you're interested in learning more, keep on reading.

What Do You Want To Accomplish?

The first step is to sit down by yourself and think about everything you want to accomplish within the year. This is a step that you don’t want to rush, and I suggest that you do this when you have quiet time to focus without distractions. Everything that you want to accomplish can be something big or something small the important thing is to let your imagination run freely.

2. Write Down Everything That You Want To Accomplish.

Write down everything that you want to accomplish that you did in the first step. I usually like to write the goals that I want to accomplish in my journal so that I know I won’t lose it and I can look at what I wrote down often. Again it is okay to let your imagination run wild and write down everything you want to achieve big or small.

3. Break Bigger Goals Down To Smaller Easy To Acheive Goals.

It is so important to break down your bigger goals into smaller easier to achieve goals. For example, if one of my bigger goals is to grow my blog traffic to 50,000 sessions so that I can meet the requirements to join Mediavine which is an ads agency for bigger bloggers then I can break this goal into a smaller goal. So my smaller goal could be to consistently put out one new blog post a week, because the main way to gain new readers to my blog I have to be putting out new blog posts. So make sure that you go through your list of bigger goals and break them into smaller goals that will eventually get you to your bigger goals.

4. Make Sure Your Goals Are Realistic.

Make sure you are making your goals as realistic as you can. For the example I used above, if my goal is to grow my blog to 50,000 sessions so that I can join Mediavine I can’t expect to reach that goal in a month if I am not already getting a lot of traffic as of now. So I can realistically give myself maybe two years to reach this bigger goal. The smaller goal that I broke this bigger goal down to is to consistently post a new blog post weekly which is something that I can achieve within the year. It is important to set realistic goals so that you don’t get disappointed when you don’t accomplish the bigger goals. You have to remember Rome wasn’t built in a day and it takes time to accomplish the bigger goals that are not likely to happen overnight.

5. Get Started Working On Your Goals.

Now it’s time to start working on your goals. You already have your realistic goals written down so now it’s time to start putting action behind accomplishing your goals. For example, if I want to consistently put out one new blog post out weekly then I need to make sure that I am planning out my blog topics for the month and then giving myself the time to actually get on my laptop and start writing my posts.

6. Holding Yourself Accountable.

When your working towards accomplishing your goals you need to hold yourself accountable along the way. You will not accomplish your goals if you are not putting in the work to acheive them. That is why it is important to be honest with yourself when your not putting in the work towards your goal. If you can have an accountability partner is even better that way you have so one else around to tell you when your not putting in the work.

7. Give Yourself Grace.

Although it is important to hold yourself accountable, sometimes life can get in the way, and there might be days or weeks when you can’t work on your goals. Remember to give yourself grace when you have those life situations where you can’t work towards your goals. Get through those moments and then start again. It is not the end of the world and it’s okay to start working towards your goals again.

8. Never Give Up.

Stay focused on your goals even when life gives you curve balls. Just remember why you want to accomplish something and keep going. If you don’t quit, you will eventually reach your goals. So keep going.

My Final Thoughts.

So, friends, I hope these tips help you set realistic goals. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to seeing you all in my next blog post.