welcome to 2023 the beginning of the new year is such an exciting time it's like a fresh page and
a brand new journal or new car smell it just carries so much promise and the opportunity to
shed whatever happened last year and just start again with a nice long Runway to work with so
you may be feeling really excited like I am about this annual opportunity to hit the reset button
and start the new year in an empowered way but at the same time you might be feeling just a little
overwhelmed with all of those possibilities and you might be looking for a little guidance
on exactly how to decide to approach the new year to make the most of it so if that is you then you
are in the right place because in this video I'm going to be walking you through a simple
five-step process for how to reset your life in the new year and plan for your best year ever
and I want you to stay the whole way through for all five steps because the fifth step is the one
that is never talked about in this kind of content but it's absolutely essential and in fact I think
it's the make or break now if you have watched me here on YouTube before then welcome back but if
you are new to my channel then welcome I'm Kim Foster and I'm an MD turned coach and on this
channel I talk about wellness and business and designing a beautiful life for yourself so if
those things resonate with you then I am glad that you found me here alright so without further Ado
let's get started with our five-step process for resetting your life in the new year now with these
five steps I would love for you to get out your journal and work through them in that way that
is what I love to do but it doesn't have to be a journal of course it could be a Google doc on your
computer or really any other method that works for you just whatever you need to get you into that
space of introspection and planning now the first step is to reflect on last year now when you do
this you want to be careful about unstructured reflection that can lead you down a path of
regret I want you to take stock of your year in a meaningful way to really highlight the things
that you learned and to look at the ways that you grew as a person and to look at the good and the
bad but in a constructive way so I want you to ask yourself what worked for you in the previous year
what was the success what went really well last year that you need to do more of what kinds of
opportunities do you want to continue to say yes to and also what didn't work what got in
your way and what lessons did you learn so based on those experiences make some notes of what you
need to do less of this year what's a distraction that you need to avoid and what do you need to
say no to this year I know we all tend to make to-do lists but as part of this process I want
to invite you to make a stop doing list based on your experiences from last year ask yourself
what are you no longer available to do in the year ahead now from there let's move on to step two
which is creating your big picture vision for 2023 so in your journal or wherever you're using I want
you to make some notes on how you want to feel this year what do you want to achieve what are
the most important things that you want to make happen in your life now we're not getting down
into that nitty-gritty level just yet this is more big picture thinking personally I find it really
helpful to imagine myself at this time exactly a year from now so what do I want to be celebrating
how do I want to feel what do I want to be able to look back on the year prior and feel amazing
that it achieved that I achieved it or that it happened in that way now some other tools that
you can use for this step could be a vision board either like a physical vision board or something
online like Pinterest for example and this is also a great moment to choose use a word of the year
or Some people prefer to choose a mantra of the year if this is your overall Vision this is how
you want the year to feel and to look and what you want to experience and achieve in Big Brush
Strokes so once you've got a Clear Vision of what you want the year to look and feel like it's time
to set some very specific goals and intentions to help you get there and that is step three
so my first warning here is don't overestimate what you can accomplish in a year if you try to
jam your list of goals way too full of too many things and you're going to get overwhelmed and
just might not achieve any of them instead I want you to choose your five top goals for the year so
start by doing just a brain download set a timer for 10 minutes and just brain dump every single
goal that you would like to accomplish that will lead you closer to your big picture vision for
the year then review the list and group like with like and what are your Contender goals and which
ones are really actually similar and which goals are actually an action step to help you reach a
goal for example a goal of walking 10 000 steps a day is actually an action step that will help you
to achieve a bigger goal of weight loss or more energy or improved blood pressure or whatever your
particular goal is so once you've got your brain dump all completed then it's time for what I like
to call the goals edit so prune your big list of goals to just five and make them as specific as
you can for each goal that you are considering I want you to think about why this goal is important
and what will achieving this goal actually do for your life and also think about what Will
help you make this goal happen so write this all down this is really important who will you have
to become and what support will you need and what else could help who else could help you with this
is there certain training that you will need to achieve this goal and what habits do you need
to adopt or upgrade in order to achieve this goal okay so once you've got your set of five key goals
for the year it's time to make an actual game plan so step four is to create your plan for the
year and this is where we do get down to the nitty gritty now that you know what you want to achieve
let's make a plan so that it actually happens now the nature of your exact game plan it's going to
be individual here some people might choose to map out the whole entire year month by month
or quarter by quarter and others may go with a different format for their game plan I personally
recommend working on your plan in 90 day increments because let's face it things can change
so I create kind of like a looser game plan for the whole year but I really focus in on the first
90 days of the year in a lot more detail and then I make a point of revisiting the game plan every
90 days just to recalibrate and refocus so when you do it like this you're not going to get so
far off track with your goals and your intentions for the year which can definitely happen when you
only look at this stuff just once a year so when making your game plan you want to decide which
projects you're going to focus on each month or each 90 days it's important here to limit what you
are going to focus on it's never a good idea to have a ton of projects on the go at any given time
because of course that just leads to overwhelm and really not working on anything at all so
when making your plan use a tool that works for you this could be an online calendar or paper or
whatever works I personally work out most of the big picture things in my journal but then I map
out all my projects inside the project management system that I use which is called Asana but you
can use whichever tool you prefer of course it just needs to be something that will help you
to keep track of your project and chunk them down into bite-sized pieces which is super important
okay so this brings to the final step which is step five and it is this harnessing the power
of your mindset to actually make it all happen because this is really what makes the difference
between whether you follow through on all of your intentions or whether you don't you can have the
most thoughtful and empowering set of goals and most beautiful detailed game plan in the world but
if there's something about your mindset that is going to block you from actually seeing it through
it's not going to happen so let's talk about this in a bit more detail because this will
be your most powerful step for one thing this is the time to anticipate potential obstacles and to
plan for them so you're asking yourself things like what might stop you from achieving what
you want and what limiting beliefs do you have that might hold you back so this could be any
number of things maybe a specific fear or imposter syndrome or concerns about judgment or something
else you know along those lines I want you to really identify and investigate any potentially
self-sabotaging thoughts or beliefs for example let's say you have a goal that has to do with
getting more active this year and you know one of the ways that you were going to work on this was
to join a really great Yoga Studio in your town but if you have a story that all the people who
go to that yoga studio are already fit and live and flexible and you aren't all that flexible yet
deep down perhaps you're going to feel like you don't belong which means that you're not going
to show up now you could just force yourself to go and grit your teeth and try to make yourself
do it but honestly how long will you be able to sustain that a much more effective strategy is
to actually first of all identify your specific limiting belief whatever it is and then work on
changing that limiting belief change that story and replace it with something way more empowering
something like all the fit people at this studio got this way because they showed up and that is
the journey that I'm on right now here's another example let's say that you want to stop eating so
much takeout but you have an ingrained story about yourself that you are not a very good cook then
you're just going to carry on living according to that limiting belief instead replacing that
story with something much more empowering like I'm smart and resourceful and I can learn how to
cook a few simple healthy meals or even simply I'm not a very good cook yet those things will be way
more effective at getting you where you want to go now there is a lot more involved in changing your
limiting beliefs and I think that that is going to be the subject of a future video but for now
the really important thing here is to uncover all of those limiting beliefs and those mindset blogs
that are going to get in the way of you taking action on your goals and your intentions because
the truth is we all have these beliefs operating under the surface and that's whether we're aware
of them or not and when we are not aware of them they just continue to influence our daily actions
and decisions unconsciously in our own minds they sound like Stone Cold Fact in your mind it can
sound like a voice that says you're a quitter you are probably going to give up after a week
or you've tried this before and it didn't work what makes you think that this time is going to
be different these thoughts are not the truth but until you identify them and really examine them
you will think that they are the truth and you will never be able to make any true changes until
you do identify the stories that are shaping your self-image and your identity and influencing your
decisions it's crucial to tune into your mindset and uncover the unconscious stories that you are
telling yourself about your health your daily habits your self-worth your lifestyle all of those
things because like I say this is your operating system and it is controlling your behavior whether
you know it or not okay that brings us to the end of my five-step process so let's just recap those
steps first is reflect on last year two is create your big picture vision for the year then set
specific goals and intentions and remember don't choose too many goals for a given year then put
together your annual success game plan ideally working in 90 day blocks and finally step five
is to actually make it all happen by examining your mindset and identify the limiting beliefs
and self-sabotaging stories that will stop you from taking action and make you real change now
if you enjoyed this let me know in the comments below does it help to have these five steps laid
out in this way I would also love to know your thoughts on step number five in particular what
is one limiting belief that you've identified in yourself that you are going to eliminate
this year let me know in the comments below this video I would love to hear about it okay that's
a wrap for this video have a wonderful day and I will talk to you again very soon foreign [Music]