5 New Year Affirmations to Make 2024 the Best One Yet

The new year can beckon change and transformation. These 5 New Year affirmations can help adjust your mental attitude, boost inner peace, and get you ready to accomplish everything you set your mind to.

Affirmations can be used to change self-talk, rewire the mind, and prime yourself to look on the bright side. Thinking more positively can help you act and react more positively. Try these out and check out the bonus tips at the end to make any affirmation work for you!

5 New Year Affirmations to Make 2024 Amazing

May 2024 be one of the best yet. Here are 5 affirmations perfect for your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.

1. I can do anything I set my mind to.

Believing in your own abilities starts from within. Self-talk refers to the form in which you speak to yourself. By improving self-talk, especially with I can do this affirmations, you will be more prepared to take on any challenge. You have to learn to be your biggest fan, your number one supporter, and you’ll start accomplishing more with each positive thought. 

Thinking you can do something and trusting in yourself will help you act and feel more motivated in your day-to-day life. Make sure that in every challenging situation, you remember this affirmation and know that you can do it. For example, this mentality comes in handy with weightlifting. The mind gives up before the body does, so make sure you get that extra repetition in with the heavyweights.

2. Whatever I can dream, I can achieve. 

Along the same vein, this affirmation can help you focus on what you want in life. If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Everything that exists today was once a thought. No matter how big your dreams are, you can do it. 

Bigger dreams may feel out of reach at times. That’s ok! Make the process easier by breaking up your goals into smaller, easier tasks. When you accomplish a smaller task, make sure you celebrate. Little victories deserve recognition as well!

3. Accomplishing my goals comes easily and quickly to me.

The new year is a good time to reevaluate the past and work towards new goals. This affirmation can help you realign with the goals that matter to you and will get you on the fast track to seeing them come to fruition. 

While it may take work, the effort is worth it in the end. This affirmation helps your mind concentrate on your goals and places them within reach. Nothing is impossible with the right actions!

4. I am able to learn from past mistakes and make changes.

The past is something that cannot be changed. It has happened and while some of our anxiety can come from thinking about mistakes and regretting, it is more beneficial to accept and learn from it. Mistakes can be a lesson learned, an ability gained, or experience. 

People who do not try do not fail but they do not succeed. The fact that there was a failure means that there was an effort, an attempt, which is something to celebrate! Take into account the experience gained, and the knowledge found, and rejoice in the chance to grow and learn.

5. I can let go of what no longer serves me.

This affirmation focuses on letting go of things that no longer serve you. In other words, leave behind emotions, reactions, and feelings that are not benefiting your life. Easier said than done, I know. Letting go is an important aspect of life though, and a way to work through and overcome damaging emotions.

You can try a good technique in CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to help you through this process. Allow a thought to come. Pause, allow yourself to feel it out, then ask yourself, is this thought helpful? If it is, continue to think about it. If the thought is unhelpful, let it go. Allow it to flow from your mind. A good visual can be imagining that the thought is flowing down a river’s current away from you.

Quick Tips to Make Affirmations Work for You

Here are some simple tips that can help you get the most out of your daily affirmations! Try them out for a boost in benefits.

• Write them down – write down your affirmations every day. Use them as journal prompts, write them out 10 times in the morning, etc. Get these thoughts down on paper.
• Place them around your home – write them on Post-it notes and put them all around your home. Make sure they are in places you will see them, like on the mirror, on the coffee maker, etc.
• Say them out loud – say them out loud whenever you write them or see them around your house.
• Feel it out – take time to feel the emotions associated with your affirmations. What does the sentiment feel like?
• Mornings and nights – do these techniques in the morning when you first wake up and at night before you go to bed. That way, you are starting your day right and ending it on a good note.
• Repetition – the number one way to make a habit is to do it over and over again. Repeat your affirmations out loud, write them down multiple times, and think about them multiple times throughout the day. 
• Pick 1 or 2 – concentrate on one or two affirmations when starting so as to not overwhelm. 

The Takeaway

These 5 new year affirmations can help you get on the right track. They can be written, said out loud, thought of, etc. As long as you use them daily, you should start forming them daily.

Remember, as always, health comes from within. Eat well, move your body daily, and care for your mental health. Daily habits become the building blocks for emotional, mental, and physical health. Try to take care of your gut health too! Learn everything you need to know about gut microbiota today for free here.