It’s a New Year, time for new resolution to make and follow. People do make resolutions but face difficulty in following it.

Well here is the guide that will help you how to keep your New Year's Resolution successfully......?

Here is wishing you all the success!!

Step 1: Set a Goal 

1. Make One Resolution: With one goal or issue in mind, you have a higher opportunity to succeed.  Choose one that you really wish to reach in the coming year and chalk out a concrete plan to achieve it.
2. Be realistic: Make an Attainable Goal:  To ensure that you achieve your goal, make it realistic and attainable. So a good idea would be to decide your limits and make achievable goals. Don't expect to scale Mount Everest by May if you haven't been off the couch in a decade. 
3. Choose a Goal That's Important to You: Choose a goal that you truly want for yourself not one dictated by family, friends or society
4. Be Specific: Being specific about your goals is, in part, tied to being realistic. Break down a larger goal like "losing weight" into manageable, specific baby steps. Losing 1kg a week until you reach a goal weight set by a doctor is a healthier and more achievable goal than committing to losing 20 kgs without any kind of plan in place.
5. Avoid Previous Resolutions: If you want to fall back on an old resolution, try from a different angle. If you resolved and failed to "lose 20kgs," this time instead commit to starting a regular fitness regimen or eating more healthfully.
6. Plan Ahead:  When you make a resolution, have a concrete plan mapped out.  Plan ahead and back your resolution with a strategic plan.

Step 2: Make a Plan
Now that you've got your shiny, New Year's resolution all picked out, it's time to make a plan. Having a detailed road map is the key to making a resolution stick past February.

1. Set Short-Term Goals: You didn't think your one, big resolution was it, did you? You've got to break down your larger goal into smaller, achievable goals with measurable results. This is the best way to keep yourself motivated and on target. Give yourself check-in dates on the calendar, and reward yourself when you reach your sub-goals.
2. Plan for the Obstacles: What might cause you to veer from your plan? Work-related stress? Family tensions? When something does happen, be ready for it. Think about what's most likely to trip your plan up. Try to avoid those situations or brainstorm healthy ways to cope with them.
3. Make a "pro" and "con" list:  It may help to see a list of items on paper to keep your motivation strong. Develop this list over time, and ask others to contribute to it. Keep your list with you and refer to it when you need help keeping your resolve.

Step 3: Write It Down
Writing down your resolution and plan of attack is a powerful motivator. The act of writing prevents you from leaving your resolution too vague and forces you to commit to your resolution by externalizing it. You're essentially creating a contract with yourself. Here's what that contract should include:

1. Long-Term Goal and Short-Term Goals: Write down your resolution and the manageable chunks you've broken it into. Use action verbs.
2. Measurable Outcomes and Completion Dates: Assign a date to your sub-goals.
3. List of Obstacles: Write down which obstacles you might encounter and how you plan on avoiding or dealing with them.
4. Benefits of Achieving Your Goal: Know exactly what you will gain from achieving each goal.
5. Write Yourself a Letter; Another approach to both ritualizing your New Year's promises and enlisting the help of others is by creating a New Year's letter. Write a letter to the "future you" of one year from now. Visualize yourself as having successfully achieved your goals. Exchange your letter with a friend or loved one, who also creates a letter. When next New Year's Eve rolls around, you can read your letters together.

Step 4: Enlist Support
Increase your chance for success by enlisting the help of others. Creating change in your life is much easier when you've got back-up.

1. Tell Everyone: Letting people know about the changes you're making in your life means that you've got a whole team checking in on your progress and cheering you all the way.
2. Get a Buddy: Find a friend or family member with a goal similar to your own. Keep yourself motivated by quitting smoking, going to the gym or taking meals together.
3. Look for a Role Model: Find a role model who has achieved the goals you're trying to reach. Look to that person for inspiration and advice.
4. Put Money on the Line: Some people like a more practical motivator. Write a sizable check to a friend or family member that can be cashed if you don't meet your goals

Step 5: Take Action
Action precedes motivation, not the other way around.
Do not wait until you are motivated to start doing something good for yourself, but it doesn't work that way.  Don’t wait for inspiration, do it NOW. It doesn't need to be big, but you need to start. Inspiration will follow.

1. Do Something: Once you initiate an action -- the smallest of actions -- you pick up momentum. It's easier to stick with something once you realize that it's not so hard.
2. Visualize: Visualize yourself achieving your goal. Better yet, make that visualization as real as possible.  Cut pictures out of magazines that represent your goal and hanging them where you can see them everyday.
3. Act the Part: If you're training for a marathon but don't think of yourself as a marathoner, start. Invest in a good pair of shoes. Talk about your training. In essence, fake it until you make it.
4. Track Your Progress: Much like writing your goals down, tracking your progress is a powerful motivator. Monitor what you do and feedback you get,  this can motivate you to stay with your resolution and achieve results.
5. Reward Yourself: Celebrate your little successes along the way. Your rewards don't need to be extravagant, and they certainly shouldn't interfere with your goals. Rewarding yourself is an important part of keeping yourself motivated.
6. Be Flexible: Perfectionism won't help you achieve your goals. Think of setbacks as opportunities for growth. After all, nobody goes straight from point A to point B. They set a course, take periodic readings and make adjustments along the way. Stay positive, and you'll be well on your way to making a resolution that lasts all year round
7. Motivate Yourself:  It is extremely important to motivate yourself to succeed in your resolution. Evaluate the price of keeping your resolution in terms of sacrifice, time, efforts, money, and perseverance - be ready to pay it. Keep your willpower strong by constantly reminding yourself the benefits of succeeding in your resolution.
8. Take up New Passions:  A good way to give up a bad habit is to develop a new hobby or passion. This helps to keep your mind off especially during the initial days when the temptation to resume the bad habit is strong.

Step 6: Do not give up

1. Don't beat yourself up:  Obsessing over the occasional slip won't help you achieve your goal. Do the best you can each day, and take each day one at a time.
2. Avoid Triggers:  Initially, it would be extremely difficult to stick to your plan for change. There will be several temptations to give up. Plan ahead what you would do in such as situation. Keep your willpower strong.
3. Stick to it:  It takes about 21 days for a new activity, such as exercising, to become a habit, and 6 months for it to become part of your personality. Your new healthful habits will become second-nature in no time.
4. Give Yourself Time:  Understand that it takes time to change habits and lifestyles. Don't expect an instant success. If you fail, try again. Keep the spirits up.
5. Keep trying:  If your resolution has totally run out of steam by mid-February, don't despair. Start over again! There's no reason you can't make a "New Year's resolution" any time of year.
6. Place Reminders:  To keep reminding yourself about your resolution, put reminders and alerts at several places.