Are you ready to achieve your goals this year? In this guide, you’ll discover 5 of the best ways to prepare for the new year. 🎊 From decluttering, taking time out to self reflect, to making a vision board and elevating your vibe + more!
It’s time to make your dreams come true!
this blog post will support you to break down your dreams into an aligned action plan and achievable goals.
The Best Ways to Prepare for the New Year: Achieve Your Goals in 2025
1. Declutter to prepare for the new year
What an ideal time to declutter and freshen up for the new year by doing a new year reset.
Let go of the old. Clean your home. Declutter your laptop, digital space and phone storage.
Simplify your life so that you can step into the new year with ease, clarity and flow.
Additionally, what habits and routines are no longer positively benefiting your goals?
This step to prepare for the new year is about decluttering and letting go of the old so that you can make positive changes and make space to step into the new in your life.
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2. Make some time for self-reflection
Before the year ends, carve out some time for self-reflection.
What do you want out of your life? What does living a more happy and fulfilling life your way each day?
If you could be living your dream life, what would it be like?
How can you go ALL IN this year?
Self-Reflection Journalling Prompts to Prepare for the New Year:
- What challenged me in 2024?
- What lessons did I learn?
- Look at the data and feedback of what happened in your life this year to analyse what needs to improve, what needs to change and what went well in all areas of your life.
- What am I most proud of?
- What am I grateful for that happened this year?
- What do I want to do differently next year? How do I want to live differently next year?
Celebrate your success and how far you’ve come. Acknowledge them and what you’ve achieved.
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3. Dream BIG! Commit to your vision for the new year
.Now it’s time to dream BIG. Allow yourself to dream BIGGER than you ever have before! Let go of the fears, choose courage and embrace positive transformation.
This step to prepare for the new year is about dreaming and setting your greatest vision for the new year.
Enjoy it!
Put on happy music, light a candle, pour yourself your favourite cup of coffee or matcha and prepare to create your dream life. You can start by writing down in your journal; What do you want to have, feel and experience in your reality this year? Keep it simple by focusing on what is radically meaningful to you.
What do you want to do? And, take action to make your dreams come true.
Decide. Don’t just wish, but truly decide and commit that this is what you’ll have, take action on and live in alignment with this year.
Trust yourself!
Part 2 for this strategy to prepare for the new year:
- Create your vision board to match what you want to experience, have, feel and become in your life this year
4. Set your focus points, goals and create an aligned action plan
Now that you are clear on what you want to have, feel and experience this year, it’s time to set your goals, define & choose what to focus on and map out an aligned action plan.
When I shifted to thinking and perspective more, “I’m in it for the long haul/ long term view .” this majorly helped me be succesful in the chasing of my dreams.
If you haven’t already, it’s a great idea to take some time out to design a long-term/ overall life vision so you have more clarity on where you’re headed in life. Write it in your journal or digitally if you’re more of a need to see it on the screen type of gal. This will support you in the following steps.
Defining and choosing your focus points
Journal Questions for defining and choosing what to focus on this year:
- Which priorities do you need to focus on this year that are in alignment with what you most want?
- What actions will get me to where I want to be?/ What do I need to do to get to where I want to be by the end of the year and that’s in alignment with my overall life vision?
When I was in a period of making big positive changes in my life, I needed this quote. I hope this quote supports you if you need to hear it too. Be present. 🙏🏼
Setting your goals
Set goals that are in alignment with your dream life for this year and beyond (your expansive, long-term vision.)
Additionally, make sure to set a time frame for your (specific) goals. Of course, there are some things that are out of your control when time is at play, however, for the goals that you can speed up the timing with, what is the calculated timeframe you can allow yourself to make your dream happen?
Specific life areas to set your goals to prepare for the new year:
- Emotional: How do you want to overall feel this year?
- Physical and Health
- Financial: Money, Savings and Investments
- Personal Relationships and Family
- Career & Business
- Growth, Study and Development
Creating your aligned action plan
Now that you have completed all the other steps before this one in my Best Ways to Prepare for the New Year Guide, create your aligned action plan that is in alignment with your dream life this year.
Write down all the aligned action steps you need to take to achieve your goals. Furthermore, make sure you create a plan that oversees your entire year. Additionally, break down your goals and aligned action plan into quarters (e.g. Jan-March, April- June and so on).
Journal Prompts to prepare for the new year:
What things need to change for you to be able to make your goals happen this year?
What changes are you prepared to make?
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5. Elevate your vibe to prepare for the new year
What a better way to new year reset than by elevating your vibe!
This step to prepare for the new year is about elevating your vibe, doing the things that make you feel like the best version of yourself and that make you feel abundant & beautiful!
How to elevate your vibe to prepare for the new year:
- Get beauty and self-care treatments done. Get your hair done, your nails, a facial and a massage. Visit a sauna/spa.
- Buy a new chapter/era wardrobe. Okay, so maybe you don’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe. Why not just buy a few new fashion pieces that suit your new vibe and that are in alignment with the woman you are becoming + that make you FEEL GOOD
- Start your workout routine now
- What version of you are you becoming this year? Choose your power words for the year that match this energy!
- Celebrate. Go to a party. Go on a holiday. Have fun. Feel joy. Laugh and spend quality time with your loved ones. Do what feels your beautiful cup up.
Prepare for the new year by making yourself feel like the best, fabulous, most expansive and wonderful version of YOUUUUU!
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I hope you have enjoyed read this blog post as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
From my heart to yours,
I hope that this year is TRULY
YOURS!
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Welcome! Lana is the founder of Living Her Way. She's passionate about all things Travel and Self-Empowerment. Lana's mission is to inspire you to live a more happy and fulfilling life your way each day.
