New year, new start
New year’s resolutions are all too easy to make – and break. We explain how you can achieve your goals in 2023, and enjoy the success you deserve
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Our expert
Alison Buttery is a certified mindset and confidence coach, a BHS APC senior coach and an experienced rider, who specialises in helping riders overcome their nerves. She’s also the Founder of The Everyday Equestrian.
Traditionally, 1 January represents a fresh start – an opportunity to readjust and create exciting new goals, and 2023 will be no different. You’ve probably set new resolutions every year, full of big plans and goals around getting fit, eating more healthily and riding more but how often do these actually happen?
New year is the perfect time to review, reflect and refine new goals and dreams. But it’s something we do every year to then only have our resolutions fall by the wayside. Perhaps we should change the way we consider these new ambitions and goals, so that we’re better able to make them happen? Here are my top tips for creating more meaningful and impactful new year’s resolutions.
Review your year
It’s difficult to make changes if you’re not sure of your starting point. To help with this, it’s worth spending some time looking back at the previous 12 months to identify your successes and ask yourself some questions...