Goal setting… It seems to be the subject on everyone’s lips these days and for good reason. I’ve heard it said that a goal is a dream with a deadline! That for me is inspiring because often in life our dreams feel like just that – figments of our imagination that can never be achieved. The knowledge that a deadline can be put on dreams changes the game completely and inspires us to step up because the prospect of achieving our wildest aspirations actually becomes a reality. I myself am a huge fan of goal setting and the hard work which is required thereafter in order to move closer to making those dreams a reality.
So…goal setting – that’s easy right? Surely everyone knows what car they’d like to drive, the suburb in which they want to live, how much they want to earn etc. Wrong! This isn’t the case for everyone. Before we talk about the four step process to achieve your goals and how often they should be repeated before they become a habit, let’s talk about actually putting daydreams on paper in a structured and measurable manner or goal setting.
Most people would agree that it can be overwhelming to get all areas of your life in check. From financial to physical, emotional and spiritual…that’s a lot of goals to have to set – and it is often at this very first hurdle that most people fall and never get up. They give up on even putting anything on paper and committing it to their subconscious mind because the thought of ‘organizing’ their lives is just so daunting. This feeling is mostly caused by the fact that once you realize how out of order one aspect of your life is (which is not a bad thing because none of us are perfect) it tends to draw your attention to everything else and that suddenly becomes magnified a million times over! You suddenly become alarmingly aware of just how much you need to ‘fix’ in your life! Aaarrggghhh!
I have some good news… You suddenly becoming aware of all that needs rectifying in your life does not give more power to it. The reality is that the situation was probably in need of some attention before you even realised it. What does this mean…? Well most importantly it means refusing to be put off by the size of the ‘enormous’ task ahead of you. The most important thing is action! Start today and stick to whatever changes you deem necessary in one area of your life. Sure, everything else still needs sorting out but the reality is that some action today means you being better off tomorrow. And more likely than not, the buzz you get from improving one area of your life will spur you on to do more! It’s all about progression.
Benjamin Franklin once said “You may delay, but time will not”. What does this mean to you? Well, to me it means there’s no better time than right now to start moving closer to your dreams. No one knows how much time they have left and since it waits for no man, I believe in this very moment being the perfect moment to do all you’ve ever thought of doing. Yes, goal setting takes time and requires thought but if you don’t plan your life no one else will do it for you. Give yourself as long as you need to in order to become the person whom achieving your goals will make you. After all if you give up on yourself what do you spend the rest of your life doing? Building someone else’s dream? That alternative is not even worth considering in my opinion!
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