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Goals don’t have to be bummers. Goals often feel like they need to be difficult and activities we would prefer not to do. Objectives like exercise more, eat better, clean out the garage can feel like chores. If your goal list feels like a bunch of chores, consider infusing it with some joy.
Sometimes setting ourselves up for success with our goals means changing some of our outcome goals to process goals.
Once you’ve established your goals, what is your process for keeping your eyes on them? How do you make sure you don’t set and forget them?
Many of us see goals as things we need to add to our lives – more exercise, more reading, more learning, more hobbies, more travel, more, more, more. However, sometimes the most needed goals are goals of subtraction.
Readers of this blog may have noticed that I reference the Before Breakfast podcast with Laura Vanderkam quite often. Laura Vanderkam is a successful author, speaker, and podcaster who looks at time logs for successful professionals and analyzes how people actually spend their time. In a recent episode of her podcast, Laura said that, generally speaking, performing a habit three times a week is a habit in her opinion.
Do you ever set goals that seem too big to start? If so, you may need to Swiss cheese the goal.
On a recent episode of the Before Breakfast podcast, Laura Vanderkam was giving some tips on how to actually make your goals happen. Her first tip was to figure out if your goal is something you actually want to do.
Do you have any of the following New Year’s resolutions?
Be more productive.
Get my to-do list in order.
Feel like I am controlling my email instead of it controlling me.
Finding time to live my best life.