Every New Year’s many of us think about a New Year’s Resolution. This year I am not doing that. It’s something that i think should just happen or I forget about it altogether.
This year is the year I start setting goals. Realizing I am going to think about it, but do something about it. Goals can’t be achieved by just hoping they will happen some day. It requires work on
I recently heard about a group that connected to a thing called “My One Thing.” Every week they would meet either on an internet platform or in person.
The first step before you can set goals for the future you have to reflect on your past and where you are right now.
It might help to grab a notebook and write down a few life categories.
- Relationships (friendships, romantic relationships, families)
- Health (physical and emotional )
- Career
- Finances
- Home/ environment
- Fun and leasure
- Personal Growth
These are a few areas that you can choose to make a goal. But it can by anything you choose. But being honest with yourself is key.
Your set goal can be something that can be done every week of every month. It doesn’t matter as long as you are working to reach that goal.
It can be as simple as de-junking an area in your house or memorizing your favorite scripture as a weekly goal. It’s important to set measurable goals. Something that can be looked at and see a remarkable improvement.
For example, if I chose the goal of memorizing a scripture from the Bible and I gave myself 7 days -one week to accomplish this goal. I can measure it by weather I have learned all of it, or just half.
If you set a goal and choose to accomplish it in 7-days and you’re unable to do it, don’t beat yourself up, you can choose to work harder to accomplish it or move on to another goal.
So many of us go through life and accomplish nothing but work and having a family then aw time passes we realize our lives could be so much more by setting a few attainable goals.
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