Setting Our Boundaries and Goals for 2019

What are your goals for the coming year?

Have you thought about what you'd like to change or accomplish in 2019?  More than a New Years resolution, thinking in a more concrete way about how you'd like to plan your year.
Year's seem to go by faster as we get older don't they? We often arrive in December wondering where the time has gone and lamenting that we don't have a sense of accomplishment.
An important aspect of creating change that matters to you is establishing healthy boundaries.  For some people this is a new endeavor, however it's never to late to begin.
The table below gives a good illustration of healthy boundaries vs. unhealthy boundaries.  Many of my clients feel a little unsure of their own identity when they first come to see me, this is not at all unusual.  We forget that we can draw upon our own experience and values to create  our sense of self, and that we are all a work in progress.  Nobody is set in stone, none of us are the same as we were 10 years ago and we will be different again in 10 years time.
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Our Goals can extend beyond 2019, we can for example set 1 year, 5 year and 10 year goals then for each category decide what weekly and monthly actions we will take to move ourselves towards achieving those goals.
Whether you'd like to change a habit, save more,  travel more, laugh more  - whatever it may be, it pays to create a plan.

• What do you want more of in life? 
• What would you like to phase out?
• Would you like to be fitter?  What is your daily plan and how will you measure your increase in fitness?
• Do you need to save more money?  What is your  budget? have you worked out your expenses vs income?  Go through your expenses for the last quarter and work out where you can make savings.  (often the daily takeaway coffees, bought lunches, or dreaded cigarettes are what's getting in the way of a more substantial nest egg by the end of the year)
• Would you like to eat more healthily and perhaps lose weight?  What does your new shopping list look like?  Have you factored time for weekly food prep to cut down on having to use your willpower up making multiple decisions during the week?  Have you thought about healthy options when eating out and making new and better choices from more familiar menus.
• Would you like to be less anxious?  Are you taking active steps to help your brain reset to a lower anxiety level? are you exercising, practicing mindfulness, challenging your unhelpful thoughts?
• Would you like to be more confident?  What is your plan to silence your inner critic and be more compassionate towards yourself?

Everybody has there own path to follow and even the path to wellness is varied There is no one size fits all approach.  In the image above it advises not to skip breakfast , however for some people intermittent fasting is helping them achieve their goals.  Nutritious food, exercise and sufficient sleep are non-negotiables for all of us though in my opinion, with that in mind you do what wNutrition Matters in Weight Lossorks best for you.

One of my goals for 2019 is to learn an instrument either the guitar or piano.  I intend to begin around March as I have other goals to complete in the earlier months  Learning an instrument is good for the brain, as well as an enjoyable pursuit.

What do you think?

Hypnotherapy Melbourne at Hypfocus Therapies- call Georgina on 0435 923 817.
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