Setting Goals

Maybe you find that you never really accomplish the things that you plan to. It is important to make your goals challenging, but not too hard that you never succeed. Here are some tips for goal setting.

Bumps in the road do not mean failure. Mistakes and doing things wrong are part of learning. Building experience will make you a better person, and it will teach you things that will actually help you in life. It's ok to try a few times before you reach a goal. It's perfectly normal to make mistakes. Really there's something wrong if you can do everything on your first try. Remember to always keep trying and to learn from your mistakes.

Make your goals realistic and specific. Make your goal doable. Failing to reach a goal will only crush your dreams, make you feel worthless, and reduce your drive toward that goal. Don't set goals that you don't think you can accomplish. Also, try to break up something that will take a long time to do. Instead of saying, "I want to lose 40 pounds" you can say, "I want to lose 8 pounds a month". Also be more specific with your goals. Don't just make you goal helping the environment. Make an effort to recycle and carpool as much as possible in order to help the environment.

Keep reminding yourself of a goal. This may seem silly, but you really can train your brain to do something. By saying out loud and writing your goals you want to achieve, you will reinforce this. You are then sort of subcosciously motivating yourself. Every morning when I look
in the mirror I say what I've done well and what I need to change. Day by day I try to improve something. I'm not sure who say this, but it's a great quote. "Perfection can never be obtained, but reaching for it will only bring you closer."

Don't expect change immediately. Everything takes time to change. No matter what you are trying to improve in your life, whether it is waking up earlier to exercise or quitting cigarettes, you will need to give it a chance. Don't expect to see instant results. The bigger changes will usually need more time to get used to. Keep at what your trying and don't give up because usually where you want to be is just around the corner.

Do it for yourself, not someone else. I always hear people saying that you need to find "your passion" and get a job about it. This is very true. You need to find within yourself the drive to do something. You need the desire to do something, and don't let a friend, boss, or someone else try to tell you what to do (Of course I'm talking about when you're not on the job. When you are getting paid your boss can make you do anything). However, you should choose a job that you enjoy doing what your boss wants you to do because your motivating yourself is a lot stronger than someone else trying to push you.