- Hi, everyone it's Justine,
in this video,
I will share with you my new year resolutions for 2022.
Cause I got them ready ;-)
that's the first thing.
Then I will show you
how to formulate your own resolutions
in a way so that you can really commit to them
and actually achieve them
because there is a method
behind good, effective goal setting.
And then third thing at the end of this video,
I will give you a goal-setting template,
which I designed for you,
which is a free goodie which you can download,
print out and fill out together with a nice cup of tea
in your free time.
Let's start with my five personal resolutions for 2022.
The first one is working with the coach,
why a coach?
Well I am self-employed
and I'm the brain of my business, me alone.
And I'm at a point in my journey
where I feel like I need some sparing.
I need to take some distance
and I need to get clear on what I want to achieve
while making my business more stable
and more sustainable long-term.
And a good way of doing that is to get coached
by a business coach.
A coach doesn't tell you what to do unfortunately,
but they help you navigate the season of your business
that you're in
by asking the right questions and keeping you accountable.
And this is exactly what I need.
Number two, I would like to learn
how to use Adobe Lightroom,
which is a computer program to edit and retouch photo,
every photographer, every graphic designer,
most creative people in general use but me.
Even though I've been making videos
and photos for several years,
I still don't really know how to properly use that program.
So I'm choosing to making learning that skill a priority.
It's going on top of my list for 2022
and I have planned to do this online
because it's more flexible
and I can make it work around my work schedule.
The next one, take one class in a design school in London
and I want that one to be a physical course
where I'm physically in London while doing it.
I try to do that every year.
Take one class that improves my professional skills
so something that is really design related.
I have my basic degree
but I can still go into embroidery,
go into experimental design,
into lounge wear, lingerie, bridal
they're like tons of further fields to explore.
So I have the soft goal
that I want to do one like this every year.
The next one is a sport related goal.
I like to have one in each category kind of.
I want to do a proper pull-up with a full range of motion
so from completely down to completely up
with the chin above the bar
with no aid.
This was a goal that I had in 2021.
If you remember my video from last year,
but due to the pandemic,
the training conditions in fitness studios in Germany
were not ideal.
And so I gave up on this
and instead I trained on a home bike at home.
So this objective is coming with me to 2022.
Resolution number five,
read 20 books by the end of the year.
20 Fiction and non fiction,
it will be in mixed to be determined,
but 20 feels very easy
it's less than two per month, very doable.
And that is great
this is exactly what you're looking for
When talking about goals, let me explain.
To make your goals more concrete, more achievable.
There is a method called the S.M.A.R.T method.
Each one of your goals must be specific, measurable,
achievable, reasonable, and time bound,
S.M.A.R.T.
For instance,
it's not specific to say I want to eat healthy.
How do you define healthy?
Is it less carbs?
Is it the number of meals per day?
Is this the size of the portions that you're going to eat?
Be more specific.
Another other example,
typical resolution of many people
I want to save more money.
How much is more?
Set a definite amount that you want to transfer
directly from your salary to your savings account
at the beginning of the month,
like this is a much more concrete thing.
Measurable,
do more sports.
What does that mean?
How will you know when you have actually achieved this goal?
You won't.
So what about, I want to go to the gym three times per week.
There's something where you can really check the box
after a training.
You can really measure if you've reached it or not.
Achievable,
typically if I say,
I want to reach a million subscribers on this channel
by date X,
this is not achievable
because it's not up to me to subscribe to my own channel.
It's up to you guys watching.
What I could control
would be how many videos I put out.
And the number of subscribers that I get is a consequence,
but not lever which I have in my hand.
Reasonable or realistic
if you say,
I want to lose 20 kilos by the end of January,
that's probably a little bit complicated.
Set goals in a way
that you think I can totally do it.
Like go to the gym once a week,
one hour a week can probably be found in my schedule okay?
That's a more achievable
because more realistic goal
and time bound basically means set a deadline.
And if you have a goal
for which you're going to need the entire year,
it's probably also smart
to set intermediary deadlines on the way
to make sure that you are kept on track
by your own goal setting.
You can take a screenshot of this page
if you want to refer to it later,
I find it personally quite useful
to see the examples for each letter.
Now if I take a look again at my own resolutions,
work with a coach is not specific enough.
I will add,
find a coach until the end of January,
define the pain points
that I want to work on by mid February,
define my business goals by the end of April,
have minimum four coaching sessions by the end of the year.
Suddenly my coaching goals
feel a lot more specific, measurable
like this is something I can work with
and I know where to start kind of.
Same thing with learn Adobe Lightroom.
What does that mean?
I'm not a professional photographer.
Do I need to know the program as well as they do?
It's not my job and it's also not my goal.
However, I can list some tasks
that I want to be able to perform in that program
and then check these task to measure my progress,
you get the idea.
Setting your goals with the help of this S.M.A.R.T method
makes sure that your goals will be more pragmatic,
more concrete and therefore more achievable.
And when you achieve them,
you'll also be aware that you've achieved them
and you can celebrate property.
Now your turn,
take a minute and write down one goal
that you have for 2022 in the comments below
this goal should be specific,
measurable, achievable, reasonable, and time-bound.
This you can get used to the exercise,
and we can give feedback to each other as well.
In the video description down below,
you will also find the link to my website
where you can directly download the goal setting template
that I prepared for you.
That's the goodie.
I really recommend that you print it out
and that you fill it out on paper
so that after that you can really pin it onto your fridge
or your door somewhere in sight
so that you don't forget about it.
You do not have to fill out all the categories
and all the boxes within one category,
however, if you think,
I really want to mental health goal
and I can't think of anything.
Then you can watch this video here
it's also linked right underneath the other link
in the video description.
In that video,
I present 83 ideas of new year resolutions
of all possible types
so you'll find inspiration in there as well.
There is one category which I do recommend for everyone,
and that is called learning/creating in the template.
I find it absolutely essential
to keep learning new things every year
and to make it a priority all my life.
One of my favorite places for classes is Skillshare.
It's an online learning community
with thousands of classes
on topics like entrepreneurship, marketing, photography,
crafts, music,
no matter which topic you want to learn about
there's probably a class about it on there.
For instance,
I bookmarked several beginner classes about Adobe Lightroom
because I want to start with the basics,
the difference with YouTube is that on Skillshare,
the videos are of higher quality.
You get the full transcriptions
in case you want to read along,
there are subtitles available in different languages
and there are no ads.
Instead of showing ads it works with a membership,
but I do have a link for you
with which you will get a free trial.
This includes unlimited access to all the courses,
and you'll also be able to try one of the new Life classes.
This free trial is for the first 1000 of my subscribers,
who click the link in the description.
If you want to learn a new skill in 2022,
that's a good opportunity.
And thank you to Skillshare for sponsoring this video.
Thumbs up if you enjoyed this video,
thank you very much for your support.
And there is one more thing that I need to tell you.
Maybe you've noticed,
we have reached 900,000 subscribers on this channel.
I want to thank everyone who has subscribed,
who will subscribe,
who's spreading the word about me
and recommending my videos to more people.
Because as one of you once put it,
if every viewer recommends me to one more person,
then we reached a million tomorrow
and 1 million is like this big milestone.
It feels completely crazy.
So again, thank you very much.
I will see you in the next one
and until then, happy to the 2022.
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