Do you feel like you have fallen off track after the new year’s buzz? Here are 5 ways you can get back on track with your healthy habits!
Many people tend to fall off track with their goals after the new year buzz. And I know as Ramadan is ending soon, many of you may also have fallen off track with your healthy habits during this month. This could be going off track with your workouts, healthy eating, or just small healthy habits that were helping you towards your new year goals.
I have also fallen off track with some of my healthy habits during Ramadan and even before, such as planning my days the night before and filling in my daily gratitude journal. Falling off track is completely normal but having a few ways to help you get back on track is so important. I have fallen off track with many of my habits many times but these 5 tips have really helped me get back on track.
So I wanted to share with you all 5 ways to help you get back on track with working towards your goals or healthy habits which have helped me. I hope these tips help you and make a difference! Remember it is not motivation that will help you stay consistent, it is being self-disciplined that will keep you on track.
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5 Tips To Getting Back On Track
1. Revisit Your Goals
If you have not written out your goals then start there. Setting your goals will help you know where to start and know your purpose. Click HERE to see my blog on the best goal-setting strategy that has helped me meet many of my goals and can help you too!
If you have written your goals and have gone off track after the new year buzz or even just after going on vacation or during Ramadan – whatever it may be – then the first step to getting back on track is to revisit your goals. Revisit what you want to achieve, and find the purpose you had when you first wrote those goals. This way, the next few steps will be easier. Sometimes just reminding ourselves what our goal is can really give us that push to get back on track.
Also, check your progress to see how far you have come and the mistakes you have made to know how you can improve once you get back on track. Sometimes it could just be that the way you have set your goals is not right. Goal setting has to be specific. Check out my goal-setting strategy blog to help you with setting or improving your goals.
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2. Schedule Your Habits
Scheduling/time blocking has been a game-changer for me. Having good time management will make going back on track so much easier and manageable too! Use whatever tool you like to use, whether that is a digital calendar such as Google Calendar or a planner.
I am very traditional and like to use a paper planner rather than a digital one. I have always said that if it isn’t written down then it is not happening. But make sure you take each day and week as it comes. Don’t plan the whole month. Plan each week. Spending Sundays to plan out your week is the perfect day to do that. Click HERE for some Sunday reset routine ideas to help you have more productive days.
Planning out your days and time blocking will let you see what you need to be doing each day. Writing things down and scheduling them will ensure you get these things done. If you were to schedule an appointment you won’t just decide not to show up right? This is the same thing when getting back on track!
If you do not have a planner then you need to get one in order to get back on track. I have linked a few below that you can get to schedule your habits.
3. Start Small
Getting back on track can be tough especially if you have been slacking for a while. This is why it is so important to start small. What I mean by that is instead of doing all your healthy habits at once, start with 1 or 2 habits until you get used to them. Then slowly start to add other habits to your schedule.
Starting small will make it manageable to get back on track without feeling like it’s too much. This will make it less daunting and you are more likely to stay consistent and enjoy the process of getting back into your healthy habits.
4. Create A Routine
Creating a morning and night routine has helped me stay on track and get back on track when I have been slacking in some areas. This is because it will help you stay organised, give you the opportunity to plan your day, and allows time for self-care to recharge.
A good morning routine will help you have productive days ahead as it will give you a sense of accomplishment. A night routine will help you recharge and feel ready for the next day. I have two blog posts where I have shared a morning routine and a night routine that you can do to help you get back on track! Click HERE for the morning routine and click HERE for the night routine.
5. Read Personal Development Books
If you know me you would know that I love personal development books/podcasts and one in particular that I keep recommending in nearly all of my blog posts is Atomic Habits by James Clear. This is because it has changed my life. You can read any personal development book you feel will help you get back on track but one in particular that I can personally recommend is this book.
I won’t go into too much detail but this book helps you understand how to stick to habits. Creating habits and sticking to them can be very tough and this is why a lot of people tend to go off track. This book has helped me in so many ways to know exactly how to get back on track when I do fall off track. It has also helped me stick to my healthy habits that have completely changed my life.
If you do not own this book then you are missing out on information on how to create habits and stick to them. Do you want to change your life? Then get this book!
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