Goals Are Tricky

Goals can be a tricky business. We have so many of them, but then life happens and goals fall to the wayside.

After reading about a million books (yes, I'm prone to exaggeration) on achievement and goal-setting, I've started this little daily habit.

Every morning - and I mean EVERY morning - while I'm enjoying my coffee, I write down my short-term goals. Currently April is the month I plan to reach these goals. I write them in the present tense, as though I had already achieved them.

Then every evening - and I mean EVERY evening - I go back and place a little check mark next to the goals that I feel I had taken at least one tiny step toward achieving. Even if it was only 10 minutes of writing, I place a check mark next to my goal of finishing my book by the end of April. (It's going to be a good one, too. All about my experiences as an animal foster. Told largely from the perspective of the animals. Because my animals talk to me.)

I started this process in December and it has made a huge difference in keeping me focused on my goals. Life still gets in the way sometimes, but much less often now.

Go ahead. Give it a try.

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