The Obligatory New Years Resolution

byJukkah

2K followers

4 years ago

It's that time of the year again my friends.

I've never been a fan of New Years resolutions. I believe in setting goals and sticking to them any time of the year.

But this year feels special. It's the beginning of a new decade. The 2020s! (Can't believe were so far in the future already...)

I have a special feeling about the coming year. I have huge things planned for the future, which is not typical for me.

That's why I want to share my New Years Resolution with you guys!

I think it's very important to know the "Why" before the "How" so I've done a lot of thinking and self reflection to know why I want these things and if I truly want to achieve them. And I do!

Actually all of them have been brewing at the back of my head for a long time already but it's time to make the goals real by sharing them publicly!

So I'm going to share with you my goals in different areas of life and my Why's and How's as well.

Since we are at WA I thought I'd start with my goals for Wealthy Affiliate.

I've been a part of this community for about 1 year and 8 months as of writing this.

It's been quite a ride. I've learned a ton of stuff, created my first income producing website and met a lot of interesting people and stories. Thank you all for that!

I was very active here in the beginning but then focused more on my business. I became more active again just during the past month or so.

My rank has been going up (or down, it goes smaller?) fast lately, so I decided I'm going to go all in the next year.

So that's my first goal:

I'm going to become an Ambassador, even for a day.

Why? I have received so much help and support and met so many interesting people here that I want to give my contribution back to the community.

How? I will be active here if not every, at least most of the days for the coming year. I will do my best to answer questions, create training and help in any way possible. So if you are new here, don't hesitate to contact me. I will promise to do my best to help you.

I'm going to become a Super Affiliate and hit Vegas

Why? Because I want to meet the people who I've been following for almost two years of my life. And of course purely selfish reasons, who doesn't like free Vegas trips?

How? By focusing on Affiliate Bootcamp and WA affiliate program for the whole year. More about that in my next resolution.

For my business I have a single goal. But it's a big one.

I will grow my online business to full time income.

To me this means over 3000 euros / month consistently.

Why? My main motivator for getting started with online business was/is achieving financial freedom. This means I will have to make enough income to support my lifestyle and/or adjust my expenses.

Financial freedom will allow me to choose where and if I work, it will also free up time for educating and improving myself.

How? I'm going to focus on my affiliate marketing/online business/SEO site for the whole year. I've done a ton of keyword research and reverse engineering. I have all the information and skills I need to create a full time income out of my business. All it takes is putting in the work.

This is going to be the hard part. I'm still working full time, so it's going to be an arduous task. But I'm up for it! I did it with my other site this year.

I also aim to grow my YouTube channel and social media presence as well but these are currently secondary. That's why I'm not putting any definite goals down.

Now this is not something that's probably very interesting to most of you but since I got going, I'll share my health resolutions as well :D.

I'm going to lose a bit of weight (BMI <25).

Why? Because I'm slightly overweight. I want to improve my odds of living a long healthy life. The science is pretty clear that any extra weight you carry around will likely shorten your lifespan.

How? Well I'm going to use this secret state-of-the-art method called diet and exercise.

Fortunately, I don't have that much to lose and I've been at it for several months already.

I will prioritize sleep

Why? Because lack of sleep will make everything harder and take a toll on your health.

I have a very bad habit of taking hours off sleeping when I'm busy. Unfortunately this will only lead to lower productivity on the long run.

How? This year I'm going to keep a strict limit for going to bed. This means I will have to learn how to work more efficiently because I only have a limited amount of time each day.

I usually write late into night, I have to manage this earlier in the evening. I procrastinate a lot so this is where I need to take my time from.

I will typically sleep in on weekends and stay up late. This wreaks havoc on my sleep cycles so I will do my best to stick to my schedule on weekends as well.

I Will Travel the World.

Why? Traveling is more eye-opening than any other activity I know. It allows you to understand the world better, sympathize with foreign people and to broaden your horizons. I also love experiencing new environments.

How? I have everything setup so that I can take 4 months out of work at the end of 2020. We will travel around Europe by car because we are taking our dog with us.

I would love to go farther away but it's more important to have the whole family with you on a long trip like this. After all, there are plenty of places to see in Europe.

I Will Achieve a Bodyweight Power Snatch

This one's a bit different. The people who know what a power snatch is will understand, others probably won't so feel free to skip this one :D.

Why? I love improving my athletic performance and exercise skills. But I'm getting older. This means it's time to focus more on maintaining strength levels instead of constant progress. Health needs to come first.

But skill based exercises like the snatch can be improved by honing the skill. I have the strength, I just lack the skill. Power snatch because it's sligthly easier on your knees.

How? By perfroming the exercise over and over and over and over and over again. And then once more over again. Slowly and incrementally increasing weight.

Taking action and consistency is the key. Sound familiar to something we do here? ;)

Like you can see, I have a lot of goals, but I actually think I can realistically achieve every single on of them if I work hard.

This makes me super excited for the coming year! In fact I don't think I've never been as excited about the future!

So how about you? What are your New Year's Resolutions (if you have any) and what do you think of mine?