Making New Year's Goals

One thing I've learned about making New Year's resolutions is to focus on things that I actually have control over, and be more specific about them.

For example, I say,
"Write one journal article every 3 months"
instead of
"Publish a journal article" ⬅️ Publication is not up to you!

"Run a total of 600km, continue kickboxing once a week, and eat two servings of fruits and vegetables everyday"
instead of
"Lose weight" ⬅️ How?

"Join two Palanca categories"
instead of
"Win the Palanca" ⬅️ Again, not up to you.

I'm on my third year of doing my resolutions this way, and I find myself being more focused throughout the year, more accountable, and less frustrated when I don't complete some of them.

(Oh, I also refer to them as goals instead of resolutions!)

Happy New Year, everyone!