How to make the most of 2024

Hi networkers,

It’s barely 1 week into 2024 and people are already calling it a filler year.

But can you blame them? We’re not getting GTA 6 or the next Avatar movie until 2025!

Regardless, there’s still plenty to do this year. Like setting goals and actually sticking to them for personal growth.

And that’s what today’s article will be. Let’s talk about 3 methodologies that’s worked for me in developing lasting habits.

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🎙️ Building Good Habits

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Ah yes the age-old question, how do you build a habit?

Because if there’s anything more common than making New Year resolutions, it’s giving up the next month.

Take going to the gym for example. You make these fitness goals with the achievement in mind.

See that’s great and all, but have you asked yourself “Do I want to do what it takes to get there?”

Are you willing to wake up at X time for 3 days every week and put in 60 min of hard work and then eat X amount of calories and sleep for X hours and…

You get my point.

The #1 issue people make is they focus on the outcome and forget about the journey, myself included.

So last year, I learned 3 frameworks to develop habits I’ve kept to this day. Like going to the gym consistently, and writing articles every week.

💡 Framework #1: Habits aren’t goals

My first big realization was the nature of habits. They’re lifestyles, and as such, they don’t have end goals.

Treat goals as checkpoints to keep yourself accountable and nothing more.

💡 Framework #2: Make the habit easy and fun

It doesn’t matter what your resolution is. The only way you’ll stick to it is if it’s easy and you enjoy it.

Here’s an example, want to read 1 book a month?

💡 Framework #3: Identify your anti-goals

Anti-goals were something I came across on LinkedIn and profoundly agree with.

Sometimes, we can get TOO absorbed into our resolutions and end up sacrificing other areas of our lives.

For example, maybe your goal is to build a successful online store, but you become so focused on it that you lose sleep and eat less.

So when making your goals, also make a list of priorities that you would refuse to give up. This will help prevent burnout.

To summarize.

If you’ve been struggling with a resolution, try doing these 3 things and you should see an improvement!

This week’s tip is my all-time favorite quote. It’s from a short story and goes like the following:

A boy and a horse are walking through a forest when the boy notices how dense the trees and bushes are.

Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed about anything in life, I think back to this quote.

To me, it symbolizes the importance of being in the present, drowning out the noise, and taking things one step at a time.

For 2024, pick a resolution and achieve it by:

Until next time, take it one step at a time! 👟

-Michael Ly

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