{"id":102475,"date":"2025-01-06T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=102475"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:35:18","slug":"new-years-resolutions-guide-for-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/new-years-resolutions-guide-for-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Why set New Year’s resolutions (plus top tips for musicians)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Setting goals can be helpful for focus, but it can also put pressure on you. Here’s some advice on navigating New Year’s resolutions in a way that serves you as an aritst.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The start of a new year is the perfect time to reflect on your career and think about the things you’d like to achieve moving forward. But, it’s easy to set unrealistic New Year’s resolutions that lead to stress and too much pressure, which can be counterproductive in the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide features practical advice that should help you to set considered resolutions that will propel your music career forward without things getting unmanageable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why bother with New Year’s resolutions?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New Year’s resolutions – they’re not for everyone<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of people believe that setting resolutions at the start of the year only sets you up for failure, leading to frustration, regret, and downheartedness twelve months later. Some people prefer to set “intentions” rather than resolutions, meaning you don’t necessarily fail or miss a target. How you view New Year’s resolutions is a personal choice, and certainly not prescriptive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, goal-setting is a useful practice for thinking through what things you’d like to achieve and how you might go about doing that. For independent musicians seeking to grow their career, this practice can be very helpful for creating a sense of direction and knowing where to prioritise your energy. Resolutions also create a sense of accountability – you can share your plans with others if this helps you stay on track even more. Setting goals and resolutions also encourages personal and professional growth, which is what New Year’s resolutions are all about, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tips for setting achievable New Year’s resolutions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s tempting to get excited and set a bunch of goals that might see you reinvent yourself and become some over-idealised imaginary figure. This, if you needed telling, is a bad idea. It won’t be long before you feel overwhelmed, disappointed, leading you to give up completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s crucial to be strategic when setting goals so you can actually stick to them. Here are some tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make your goals SMART<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Used regularly in business and marketing, SMART<\/a> goals allow you to set realistically achievable goals with trackable progress. SMART stands for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n