12/31/2025
Making a New Year’s resolution? Be S.M.A.R.T. about it!
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SMART goals are
🔍 Specific
📐 Measurable
📈 Attainable
🎯 Relevant
⏰ Time-Bound
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Start off by pinpointing the changes you envision for yourself. Ask yourself if you’re ready for this change, or if there are things you need to do before you’ll be ready.
Making change is not a quick process and often requires multiple smaller goals in order to attain and sustain progress. Identify and list those smaller goals.
Focusing on just the first goal for now…
> Make it a SMART goal
and
> Depending on the goal, consider the possibility that 2-3 objectives are needed to achieve that goal (for example: having a goal to eat breakfast 5 days/week by February 15th could require [1] exploring foods you enjoy, [2] waking up at an earlier time, and [3] slowing down your morning routine)
Keep your list of goals and determine the above details each time you progress to the next one.
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Let’s break down ✨SMART✨ goals
SPECIFIC: Define exactly what the goal is
MEASURABLE: Put a number or amount to whatever you want to achieve; this helps to know when you’ve succeeded because the number or amount is being met, or alternatively, if the number should be reduced until the timing is better
ATTAINABLE: To make meaningful progress, make the goal challenging or different from what you’re already doing, while also being reasonable about what’s possible at this point in the process
RELEVANT: Make sure the goal is pertinent and sincere to minimize feeling reluctant when things get tough
TIME-BOUND: Put an amount of time or a date by which you hope to achieve the goal; this helps you know if you should reassess the goal if you were unable to achieve it by that point in time, or if you succeeded and it’s time to move onto the next goal!
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Don’t forget that you are human and making sustainable change takes time & patience. In the end, you being here is what matters most and change will come when the time is right.
If you have mental health goals you want to achieve, but don’t know where to start, or could use extra support when change is hard, our Peers at The Nest are happy to assist! They are people with lived experience with mental illness and have succeeded in reaching their own mental health goals. Most people pay nothing to use these services.
To get started, send us a message or email us at
📩 director@lansingnest.org
We also have a free weekly virtual Peer Support group. Link in the comments with more information!
Cheers,
The Nest
