Hey peeps! I have been sitting on this title for 2 weeks trying to figure out what about goals I wanted to say. We have all heard the saying ‘dream big’ and I know for a fact that I am the type of person who does just that. I like to believe that if I am dreaming big then there is something there ready for my reach.
The thing is, how do we know if the dream is reachable? How do we put things into perspective? I mean I ask myself all the time is this dream really attainable?
I mean some people are telling me no.
This topic of goals is quite important to me. I have had many a conversation with people about goals. Some of my friends are really goal oriented and some say they like to live day to day and goals just stress them out. Because I am a goal oriented type of person I found it difficult to understand those who didn’t have goals. Yet, at times I think I was jealous, as they seemed to be so easy with life and trusting whatever happens happens. A very carefree attitude. While I on the other hand, like having some control over my destiny.
When Goals Are To Big
Ok that being said though, I recently have come across myself getting in my own way. I was procrastinating and loosing focus. My days at work seemed stressful even though it was not any different, and I was making excuses as to why I couldn’t say ‘NO’ to others in order to create time for myself to get things done. I also was expecting myself to have everything organized the way I had originally planned out.
I mean it all made sense when I was planning out my
work schedule,
house schedule,
blogging schedule,
dinner schedule and
financial schedule.
So why the heck then were things not going the way I planned? It was not a lot and not really demanding. So, why then could I not get the darned projects done? I was finding it difficult to focus during the times I had set aside and when it came time to work for an hour on my blog I found reasons not to move forward. I had planned a workout schedule and found that when I had time to workout I really wanted to be out in the yard or working on something else.
What I had to figure out was what was it that I was trying to achieve?
Where do I need to find balance?
What was it I was trying to avoid and why?
Goals are important. I think that in order to have some direction you need to have some idea of where you want to go.
Obstacles; one being the need to be self aware
I think I let my perfectionism get in the way when I make my goals big, but want them to all be achieved yesterday. That impatience sets me up for failure and I find myself looking for excuses instead of pushing forward. Being afraid of something new is not a bad thing, for me, it was I didn’t live up to what I said I was going to do and now I am embarrassed because I didn’t get there when I thought I would.
So again goals are important, but now I know that I need to calm the heck down. Have the day to day gratitude and be in the present moment. I need to keep my goals but handle the path differently.
Have the Big Goals, the Dreams,
Then break them into smaller goals,
and
Then break them down even further.
I knew I had to break down my goals further when I realized that I was feeling stress and that was coming out in my moods and sleep and health overall.
I want to enjoy the journey and still achieve the goals I set out to achieve. If I stress about not achieving them, then I won’t. I believe we manifest what we think.
Watch your thoughts. They become words. Watch your words. They become deeds. Watch your deeds. They become habits. Watch your habits. They become character. Character is everything.
well that’s it for now, I think I have decided to break my goals down even further. let me know in the comments below if you want to know what my goals are and how I break them down. Ill keep you posted on other social media as to how its going. In the meantime, stay real, stay positive, have courage, and be kind.
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