By now you may have realized that I’m in love with lists. Not only are they extremely helpful in seeing everything in a concise, well-laid out manner, but it feels oh-so-satisfying to cross something off on my to-do list. Along those same lines, I’m a huge goals person.
My college job was working for a mortgage company, and while I didn’t learn a whole lot about mortgages, my boss was extremely goal oriented and a great leader. He was the first person that really introduced to me the power of writing my goals down, and then subsequently seeing them come to life. Funny, that one of the first goals I actually wrote down was leaving that job. Anyway, since then I’ve always written my goals down and nine times out of ten, they’ve come to fruition – no matter how big or small. I usually do the big set of goals at the start of the year, in lieu of traditional resolutions. But, I do try to set a smaller set of goals every week. Creating a smaller goal list is essential in checking the bigger items off. After all, there are very few things you can do overnight; it usually takes a lot of practice and determination.
The biggest trick of goal setting is not to overwhelm yourself. Start small, or maybe only focus on one for each “category of life.” For example, don’t make it a goal to “get out of debt” and simultaneously “start saving for a down payment.” Focus on the get out of debt part first (or whichever you prefer). This way you have a solid focus and clear objective.
Goals can be anything from: “I don’t want to get overly stressed this week,” to “I’m finally going to finish my screenplay.” My goal last week was to write a blog entry every week, and low and behold I did it! And, don’t worry that’s one of my goals this week, too. Here are some of my other goals:
-Keep the house clean (I did a major spring cleaning yesterday, and I’d like my counters to be clutter free for at least a week)
-Write a chapter of my novel
-Workout at least 3 times this week
-Make sure my dog is getting the proper exercise he needs (walks at least twice a day)
-Do not spend more than $60 on groceries, essentials, etc this week
-Do not spend more than 1 hour a day on wedding related items (lately my afternoons have been spent up browsing wedding blogs… oops!)
-Eat healthy, but it’s okay to allow 1 cheat day (there is pizza and cookies in my house right now, after all!)
And that’s it! What are some of your goals this week?
*workout at least 3 times this week (as well)
ReplyDelete*stick to homemade meals
*limit coffee to one cup a day
*wash my face before I go to bed at night (my mom gave me shit about this when i was a kid, and I still have trouble with it)
*Take 15 minutes everynight to pick up around the house, so I don't spend two hours on sunday doing it all at once.
those are great goals! Maybe we can workout together on thurs so we cross that one off both our lists :)
ReplyDelete* work out 3 times a week (I need to loose the added weight as well)
ReplyDelete* stop eating out more than once a week. I am sure that has added to the additional weight :(
* try to do at least one drawing a night before bed. Either digitally or in my sketchbook.
* attempt a new healthy cooking recipe and expand my cooking skills.
awesome! I will try and post healthy recipes on here every tuesday to help with the cooking skills goal. Also be sure to check out allrecipes.com, they offer a TON of healthy cooking recipes that are easy as well!
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