how to make 2025 your MOST successful year yet (tips to *actually* achieve your goals & glow up)

2025 is your year to reset refocus and reinvent yourself this is going to be the year that you achieve all of your goals and become the best version of yourself coming from someone that would always create goals for myself every January 1st then by the time February would roll around all of those goals would be out the window well fast forward a few years later my vision board has become my reality and you know why it's because I changed my mindset to create a clear plan with small disciplined actions that ended up creating the biggest

results and I promise you if I can do it you can do it too it does not take an insanely gifted talented person I certainly am not you just need the willingness to try well in this video I'm going to share all of my secrets and tips on how I achieved all of my goals and teach you how to make 2025 your most successful year yet if you're new here welcome my name is Lena I have a self-help series here on my channel where we discuss all things becoming your best self so if you're not

subscribed already what are you doing okay what are you doing go subscribe right now so first things first own your fresh start this is going to be the year you crush all of your goals build disciplined habits and step into the best version of you I want you to comment down below claim if you claim this for yourself this year first things first we have to start with your mindset 2025 is a huge opportunity for you 2025 is your blank slate forget all of your past mistakes your missed opportunities your setbacks your failures of 2024

this is your chance to rewrite your story and be whoever you want to be and a fresh start isn't about becoming like a completely different person it's about becoming a better version of yourself every day so this year okay listen to me we are going to be locked in in all of our goals so whatever happened in 2024 you had goals but forgot them you weren't consistent in the gym you got the worst grades ever in school it was your worst year financially you were struggling socially none of it matters none of that energy is

going to be carried into this new year so literally I want you to meditate on that even if you have some self-doubt lingering inside just claim it claim it in the comments comment down below meditate it in your head Journal write about it solidify it whatever you got to do inherently understand that this is going to be your year let me tell you something self-belief is so powerful trust me when I say I used to struggle with the most self-doubt back when I first started my YouTube channel and I was getting like three views on

my videos from my own burner account and my mom's account which I forced her to create to watch my videos I still remember the day I hit 60 subscribers and instead of being like Oh I only have 60 subscribers I decided that day to change my mindset to celebrate every single achievement even though 60 subscribers okay because there was a time I was at two subscribers self-belief believing it writing it down saying it in my head that is what got me from 60 subscribers to now almost a million subscribers I your proof that self-belief is

going to be your key to success this 2025 turn your past to lessons so I want you to look back on your year 2024 and not dwell on the past but to learn from it so before you even begin to start writing hundreds and hundreds of goals down for 2025 you first need to reflect on your past so by reflecting on your past you are going to turn those past experiences into lessons for 2025 so I want you to grab your Journal pull out your notes app on your phone write it down below in the

comments anything that you can use to keep tabs and keep your memory on it I'm telling you writing things down is so much more powerful than just saying it out loud or just letting it float in your head do you know how many thoughts we have in one day which by the way if you never journaled or you don't know how to don't worry I got you this is my own guided Journal I specifically made it as easy for you to stick to every single day this is the beautiful day-by-day Journal it literally gives you

step by step what you need to write to hold yourself accountable so there's daily Wellness check-ins place to write your goals your affirmations and the free write space where you could write the prompts I'm about to share with you and the one thing I didn't love about guided journals is that they never give you free right space so you could write whatever you want don't worry your girl got you I made sure to include a free right space so you could write down whatever you want which this journal is perfect for today because I'm about

to give you guys Journal prompts to write on your own but yeah I'm telling you this is the best journal for 20125 and I'm not just saying that because it's my own journal journaling is the best investment into yourself I'm telling you you will see your own progress firsthand so I'm going to have these babies Linked In My description for you guys I want you to answer these two prompts in your Journal whether it's mine or you have your own what moments made you proud in 2024 what habits held you back in 2024 and if

you're someone that's like I had a horrible 2024 I'm not proud of anything I did no okay get that negative energy get it out of here so fun fact 2024 was arguably my worst year of my life the real ones already know the story but I was going through so many health issues and my mental health was just horrible I was experiencing all these crazy symptoms like my hair falling out acne blew up all over my face it was cystic acne so it hurt so much I had extreme fatigue so no matter how much sleep

I would get I would wake up exhausted every day I had constant painful bloating it would look like I was literally pregnant and then I was diagnosed with PCOS so I had to go on this whole healing journey I went on a really strict diet made a lot of different Lifestyle Changes saw some improvement but then I had to take antibiotics for an eye infection I had and then shortly after that I had rashes all over my body it would literally keep me up at night because I was so itchy everywhere and so yeah basically

I was dealing with all these health issues for almost the entire year of 2024 but thank God I've been recently seeing so much improvement the last month yeah anyway I'm someone that's very healthc conscious like I'm so crazy about my health I work out five times a week I eat very healthy I work really hard to be healthy and so feeling like my own body was giving up on me and just I had no control over my body's Health it just took a huge toll on me and because of my skin and the other symptoms

I barely left my apartment like I was in my antisocial era I was inconsistent on YouTube because I hated filming my skin and seeing the mean comments about my skin and I just had a lot of dark days in 2024 mentally physically I was bed rotting a whole lot Doom scrolling just feeling bad for myself so there's a reason why I'm sharing all this it's because I could go into the perspective into 2025 and be like 2024 sucked it was my worst year I'm not proud of myself I took a lot of losses but no

I'm going in with the perspective I am still so so proud of myself I'm nearly at a million subscribers on YouTube which if you're not subscribed already what are you doing go subscribe right now road to 1 million we're literally almost there maybe by the time you're watching watching this I already hit it but yeah considering all my health issues I experienced I still did the best that I could and the growth on YouTube shows that I started doing other workouts like Pilates I got stronger in the gym saw a lot of results I created

my very own self-development community of a bunch of like-minded girlies which we are currently at over 37,000 members so I helped 37,000 plus people find a community to help love and support them on their Wellness Journey we used to be ranked in number 292 when I first created it and in just 3 months we are ranked number three I learned how to cook and actually be good at it there was a time I literally couldn't even cook an egg I got through my health problems I was vulnerable I cried about it on YouTube even I

helped other people experiencing acne PCOS to feel less alone so yeah even though I had a quote unquote bad year I still technically had a great year so I want you to really take the time to think and think deep about all the moments that you are proud of and pat yourself on the back for it and we all also have habits that we are not the most proud of that we know are not the best for us for example going through all that I wanted to just Escape all my emotions so I would just

constantly Doom scroll on my phone all the time I would compare myself my life my skin to everyone else who looked so much happier than me you know I had not a lot of great habits I would skip my workouts based on how I felt that day which most of the time I didn't feel great so yeah I would say that I did not have a lot of great habits and I want to make sure I do not take that into 2025 build habits not just goals so there's a saying that goals are the destination

but habits are your vehicle and that is so true okay as we are all writing down our 2025 goal list I want you to write your goals down but also Al make sure that you write a habit with it that you are going to stick to underneath it cuz let me be real with you there's no point in writing down thousands of goals if you have absolutely no game plan to actually execute it so if you can't write a goal down with a habit underneath I want you to knock her off the list so for

example if you want to save $10,000 The Habit you write underneath it is to have a spending tracker and track your spending weekly if you want to be healthier The Habit will be to move your body daily and I honestly recommend writing 5 to 10 goals Max I'm just someone I need that maximum or else I will write hundreds of goals down and probably end up giving up on all of them so yeah I recommend having some structure and allow yourself to only focus on 5 to 10 so that you really nail those down and

once you do it's up to you you can add on more along the way and I feel like that's just way more sustainable design your vision board for 2025 okay so this is the fun part ask yourself who do you want to be when 2025 ends what does your life look like and I want you to visualize it in detail your accomplishments your habits what your apartment is going to look like if you want to be a content creator what camera you're going to get like every minute detail even how you feel and this isn't

about like daydreaming okay this is actually going to be your blueprint and I'm telling you when you can actually see it all clearly your dreams your goals you will start building to make it happen the clearer your vision is the more focused you will be on your actions and there's just something so powerful about not just knowing what your goal is but seeing what it will look like in real life and I personally love doing my vision boards online so that way I can set it as my phone wallpaper my laptop screen saver and just

pull it up whenever I want and if you're anything like me and you're a super visual person maybe you also struggle to keep your life kind of organized organized or you're forgetful about projects homework appointments I want to put you guys on to my favorite app it's called Exiles if you don't know about it already it is like the ultimate personal productivity app it makes staying on top of things so much easier and I love that xiles allows you to do everything from weekly planning notes setting goals and even creating a vision board and I'm

telling you it's like the perfect place to create your 2025 goals and your vision board because it is so customizable and I'm such a visual person and the drag and drop features helps make organizing such a breeze and you can really customize it to your own style which I love I'm someone if it looks boring I am not looking at it so adding my own flavor and touch has been honestly like so fun and I've actually found that it's easier to use than notion if you're familiar with notion you could create a to-do list for

yourself or really map out your 2025 vision board but in a very organized way I love that it just makes things look so aesthetically pleasing if it's your goal to be more organized this year with weekly planning notes setting your 2025 goals or New Year's resolutions I highly highly recommend you download xiles and you can actually download xiles today with the link in my description and experience the perfect blend of organization and creative freedom for yourself the secret to success is to be intentional so the difference between just surviving in life and thriving is truly

intentionality stop letting life just happen to you really ask yourself what do I want in 2025 every goal and action you choose to do this year should align with your deeper purpose so I want you to look on your 2025 goal list and your vision board and reflect on whether each goal each visual truly has purpose and intention so a big thing for me that I realized is before what I was creating my New Year's resolutions and my vision board I would always put things on there that honestly didn't really have a lot of intention

behind it if I was being honest with myself I didn't really feel that strongly about it I just wrote it or added it on my vision board because other people were doing it so I really had to ask myself what is my deeper purpose in life which is really deep I know but hear me out what gives me purpose is inspiring other people to strive to be their best selves every day so every goal that I wrote down from my 2025 goal list the intention behind that is to be the best version of me and

to help Inspire others my journal business the day-by-day journal is me to help people to be on their own self-development journey and I just firmly believe that when your goals and your dreams have intentionality behind it that it does good for yourself and for others it will inevitably come true so try to be really intentional with your time and your goals and make sure that every goal aligns with you and that greater purpose break free from your comfort zone so your comfort zone it feels good okay it's comfortable it's cozy it's safe but let me

tell you nothing ever grows from staying in there so that growth that you want to see in 2025 all the goals that you want to achieve your dream life your dream yourself all of that lies behind your fear of trying something new so whether it's starting that side hustle joining a new community putting yourself out there saying yes to an opportunity that scares you growth will only happen when you lean into that discomfort and you are just so much more capable than you think so I want you to ask yourself what are some ways I

Can Break Free of my comfort zone so I'm going to be so honest starting my journal business was actually a huge break from my comfort zone because number one your girl has never started a business before so I had no idea what I was doing number two I was so scared of like fail and you guys not liking the journal but you know I took the leap I went into the unknown and I figured out how to create the perfect Journal I literally just immersed myself I designed it all myself it literally took a full

year of me designing this to perfect it and it was all worth it cuz so many of you have told me that you loved my journal and there's over 100 five star reviews and it just truly has become a huge passion project of mine another example is when I first started my fitness journey it was a huge break from my comfort zone because I had such bad gym anxiety I didn't know how to work out at all every time I would walk into the gym it felt like everybody staring at me and judging me and

making fun of me because I had no idea what I was doing and I broke out of my comfort zone by showing up anyway learning how to work out now I am very confident in the gym and I've seen amazing results another example is going to influencer events I still don't go to a lot of them don't get me wrong but at first I wouldn't go to them at all because I felt like such a fraud I felt really insecure being there because I still really struggle with imposter syndrome and I just feel really out

of place when I go to those type of events but through pushing myself and going to those events anyway I met so many great people amazing people that I'm still friends with to this day and all that stemmed from me pushing myself going to those events and striking conversations up with random people and I'm telling you the day you realize that the only way to grow is to push yourself out of your comfort zone you will literally see your life transform before your eyes follow the 1% rule let me tell you something change does not

need to be huge to be meaningful that's why I always say to follow the 1% rule so this means if you strive to improve yourself just 1% every single day by the end of the year you'll be so much better and stronger than when you first started and that is truly the power of compounding effort it's not about trying to do everything all at once and be perfect it's about doing the Small Things consistently and it's really easy to look on your 2025 goal list and be super overwhelmed like how the heck am I going

to get all this done so that's why I really say to just focus on that 1% so for example if you usually skip your workouts when you don't really feel like going to the gym but that day you decided even though I feel like crap I'm going to go anyway and show up for myself that is that 1% Improvement if you decided to skip hanging out with your friends late at night because you know you have an early morning tomorrow that is that 1% Improvement so when you go day byday just focus on that 1%

of effort I'm telling you the whole year will pass and you will see so much growth think big start small so this really leads me to my point that you want to dream big but start small so truly think about the life that you want this 2025 so those big dreams that you have require small actionable steps you want to write a book start by writing 10 minutes a day you want to run a marathon this year begin with one M every week big results stem from those small starts so just focus on what you

can do today and I promise you those big wins will follow energy is everything let me tell you energy is the fuel for your goals so you want to prioritize that and that includes sleep okay sleep is not a luxury it is a necessity so make sure you get your 7 to8 hours of sleep moving your body is not just about Fitness it's about staying energized and being clear-minded and this also means protect your energy by saying no to the things that you know will drain you and saying yes to things that fill your own

cup so we as humans we make so many decisions throughout our day we are constantly giving our energy to the people that we interact with every event we go to Every meeting we're in every class we go to you really have to think of your energy as limited because it really is and you cannot expect to have the energy to pour into yourself if you're constantly giving and giving and giving to everything and everyone so be intentional with your time and your energy fuel it with self-care days and this means also don't be afraid to

say no to people that want to hang out with you 2025 is all about execution and you can only execute if you have the energy to your mindset is your superpower I'm sure you've already heard this but your thoughts shape your reality if you truly believe you're stuck in life you will stay stuck if you believe that you're a failure you will remain a failure but if you believe you are capable of changing I'm telling you doors will start opening so really shift your mindset from I have to do this to I get to do

this I get to go to the gym and move my body I get to go to class and learn something new I get to eat food that nourishes my health life is all about perspective and you truly need to have the perspective that life is working for you not against you every challenge is an opportunity in Disguise every failure is a lesson rejection is only redirection and when you start to actually believe this like in your core you will see your life transform this new year and by the way if you want to surround yourself

with like-minded people that are on the same Journey as you this 2025 I highly highly recommend that you join my online community it is filled with a bunch of girlies that are on their self-development Journey just like you and I love all the people in there we're all just there uplifting each other motiving each other hyping each other up and the day byday Club is at over 37,000 members now crazy crazy in just a few months like it is literally crazy and having a supportive Community is just going to help you stay accountable this year

they're going to help you stay consistent and motivated because I know when I first started my self-development journey I was completely alone I didn't have friends at the time so it was honestly that much harder trying to stay consistent so that's why I created this free online community for you guys because I want you to stay on that journey and not feel alone so yeah those of you who want 2025 to be your year feel free to join the community and have a bunch of girlies on that same path with you I'm going to have

my community Linked In My description so go join ASAP to find success on your own terms this is so important guys stop letting Society define success for you stop letting social media define success for you stop letting that girl in your class that seems to have the perfect life the perfect Rich family perfect grades a bunch of friends things handed to her boys liking her don't let her define success for you don't let that random influencer that you see on social media that you think has to the perfect life and the perfect body don't let

her define success for you you know it's not about having the perfect high-paying job and the biggest house or the fanciest life it's about what makes you feel fulfilled and proud maybe it's deep relationships the freedom to travel mastering a skill that you've always loved it's so important to define success on your own terms and this is something I really had to learn 2024 because girl when I was going through it I would compare myself to other people every single day girls with clear skin like why do I have to deal with acne there's girls

that have perfectly clear skin other girls on social media who had way more followers and likes than me girls that are getting dream Partnerships with dream brands that I've always wanted to work with I had to really remind myself and and sit myself down and humble myself and be like girl your life now is Success on your terms listen I came from being a broke college student barely affording my rent every month living in a room with no windows to living in my dream place with my dream career an amazing partner amazing family and I'm

telling you if you go based on other people's view of success and not your own you will never be happy because you will always be chasing the next thing and the next thing and the next thing and I hate to admit it okay I'm being vulnerable here it is so easy for me to go on social media and see another Super successful ful influencer who is going on these super cool brand trips and wearing designer bags and having millions and millions of followers like and I look at her and I'm like wow she is so

successful you know she is successful and that is amazing for her but I had to ask myself what is my own definition of success coming from my own experiences and I personally come from a family of immigrants okay my parents immigrated here from Korea with no papers no money my dad was a taxi driver my mom worked at a nail salon I had zero money to my name when I was going into college I was on a half scholarship but I also had to take that thousands of dollars of loans out to pay for the

rest so my definition of success is being able to financially support myself and my family and guess what I did that I was able to pay off my student loans in full by myself I don't need to have all the designer bags or drive a fancy car cuz honestly I don't care about those things and coming from where I come from YouTube and this life that I have the financial stability that is the biggest success and I am so so grateful and thankful to be in this position and it is all truly thanks to you

guys and I do not go a day without giving thanks and just being grateful I genuinely have the most amazing supportive online community who loves me and supports me and I love you guys like that is priceless there was a time in college I would literally cry in my dorm on a Friday night because I had no friends to hang out with like I have online friends that I talk to every single day that is priceless that is success to me so ask yourself what does success truly look like for you focus on progress not

Perfection Perfection is a trap okay stop waiting for the right time the perfect opportunity to start instead focus on progress focus on those little wins and each day that you try that is Victory that is progress each day that you convince yourself that you are going to do it you're just waiting for the perfect timing I'm telling you you are only failing yourself and it's important to remember that progress is messy and it's imperfect do you know how many days I've skipped my workouts during my fitness journey and guess what here I am still 5

years later on my fitness journey do you want to know how many times I wanted to give up because I saw no growth in YouTube so many times okay there are going to be inevitable days on your journey this 2025 when you want to give up but you just have to keep on reminding yourself that every day you are making progress and you are doing the best you can and success does not happen in just a week celebrate your journey so you do not need to wait till the end of 2025 to celebrate your wins

every little step that you take deserves acknowledgement and celebration did you stick to a habit for a whole week celebrate did you hit a new Milestone growing your social media career celebrate showing gratitude for your own progress will keep you motivated and show you how far you've come I'm someone I love rewards okay I need to be incentivized to do things and it could be as little as since I did did this I'm going to treat myself with my favorite dessert tonight since I did this I'm going to have a self-care day it's so so

important to celebrate yourself and your wins because we are our own worst critic we are very good at telling ourselves what we fail to do what we're not good at what we need to do better but we are not really good at being our own cheerleader and that's genuinely what you need to be so don't be afraid to celebrate yourself and cheer yourself on reinvest in yourself all 2025 okay make yourself the priority invest in your own growth so this means learning a new skill taking time for self-care reading a book that ins ins Ires

you watching a video that inspires you I always say this but it's so true you are your own best investment self-care and doing things that you love feeding your snowledge that is always going to invest and multiply start now not later so I don't care what time of the year you are watching this video maybe it's the end of December maybe it's January 1st February March April whatever it does not matter start today whether it's writing down your goals or committing to a new habit or just deciding that 2025 is going to be your year

action will always beat Perfection every time theud you start the sooner you're going to see results so don't wait your future self is waiting for you to start and start now so yeah now that you have all the tools to make 2025 your best year yet I'm really really excited to share something special with you guys it's something very special that I have been working on for a very long time so many of you have been loving my Wellness journals and my online self-help Community for your own self-development journey and a lot of you have

actually been asking for a digital tool well I've listened and I've actually been creating an app and this little shout out is only for the real ones that want want exclusive behind the scenes content and like updates of me creating that app so yeah if you want to see that you can visit cove. Soo or the link in my description and you will get an inside look to that whole process and be one of the first to use it and see it all come to life I'm really really excited but yeah I really hope this

video helped and if you want 2025 to be your year comment down below so we can hype each other up I'll also have my community Linked In My description for you guys I love you guys so so much and I hope to catch you in my next video bye guys oh taking right to join [Music]