Prioritize your mental health in the new year so you can reach your goals
The festive season is over and many people have entered the new year feeling positive and encouraged about the possibilities that 2023 brings.
While load loss and other economic concerns are on the rise due to annoying power cuts of four to eight hours, and sometimes longer, South Africans remain resilient and determined to win the year.
As the fiscal year ended in 2022, most people spoke about their mental health and the journey they took to understand their mental struggles, traumas, depression, anxieties, and other mental concepts that have hit them emotionally and mentally with every turn it brought. last year. .
Starting the new year with a little more understanding of your mental well-being, including self-care and self-love to curb burnout, 2023 looks much softer on the mind as people plan and discuss life strategies. , wins, goals and losses that come with each year.
Although we know the imbalances our country is facing and how some events affect everyone mentally, this year we must look at how we are building tools that support and help everyone from a mental health perspective.
One of the most important things we need to do as the year progresses is to keep working to impact mental health challenges in schools, businesses, and everyday life. People are not machines, so they process life as it happens to them. And how they respond and react reflects where they are in their mental state, which includes feelings about shedding burdens, inequities, or finances.
Studies show that as people enter the new year they are optimistic and have many goals and habits that they want to start but fail as the year progresses. Why is this, you may ask? It is due to many factors that have a lot to do with mental aptitude, clarity of mind, comprehension processes towards goal building, willpower, and subconscious coding stemming from childhood, our environments, and social exposure. , to name just a few.
What we need to unpack this year is that the mind is a major asset in building any success; we need to make sure we identify and prioritize mental health plans to keep up with this year’s goals.
If you’re a leader, you need to make sure you’re doing enough to help people understand their own mental health and how understanding it can affect the choices and decisions they make for long-term success in their lives and work.
In essence, in 2023, your mental health and well-being in different areas of your life are the drivers of success and how you can get to where you need to be. To do well, you need to initiate support from coaches, psychologists, or counselors who remind you to stay in touch with your goals and help you let go of any pain or trauma that is limiting you from reaching them.
I wish you a beautiful journey in the new year!
Love and light.
Your mental wellness coach
Sithembiso Mkhwanazi Pride
@CoachingMissP on all social platforms
