Why do we set goals and then forget about them?
Why do we want one thing one day and another the next day?
Is that a bad thing?
We mostly forget about our goals because we loose focus. Our mind is bombarded by so many things coming at us at breakneck speed everyday.
Such things include;
- Tasks to do
- Bills
- Meetings
- Emails
- Information overload
- Our goals take a backseat and become hazy.
And before you know it, 6 weeks have passed, you have not done anything towards your goals. ie. If say you wanted to make regular payments towards something and you forget to do it, or working out or eating well. In most cases our life becomes such a routine.
So it is a Monday, I will wake up, go to work, come back, sleep repeat. Work gets so busy that you don’t have time to come up for air. You spend time with people all weekend with no time for yourself. Does that sound familiar?
1. Look at your goals daily
Part of achieving your goals is looking at them/ thinking about them daily if not weekly. Give yourself time to daydream, visualize and marvel at what your life could be. Close your eyes and actually feel it! The more you do this, the more you wanna work for it.
2. Stay in course
We forget our goals because our mindset shifts.Think about how if a plane shifted its route by one degree during take off you would land in another destination. That’s you.Stick to your route and keep course correcting (if you have to) but have your eye on the destination.
How do we do that?
3. Put systems in place
By putting systems in place. Do not always count on your mind to remember everything. I am sorry it will not. Have calendars, reminders, to do lists, vision boards, deadlines. Have a system that sets those things up. Wake up intentionally and be proactive. Your mind is freshest in the morning. Feed it nice things. We all know that motivation is fleeting but a micro-change in what you consume every morning can really change your overall energy.
4. Own your morning
Try avoiding the timeline in the morning and try listening to podcasts, ted talks, reading or meditating. Game-changer!
These things look like they don’t work but have you tried them with an open mind? I got this from a podcast that you should type your major goals on a paper, laminate them and pin them somewhere you will see them daily. I did it and it is a pick me up on days that my purpose is hazy.
5. Get clear
Write down your WHY in that card too and look at it daily. Talk about clarity! I think CLARITY is the biggest and most free resource in life. you can grab it if you want but most people never have a chance to have it.
Ask yourself these hard hitting questions often.
★ How does the next six months look like?
★ What do I have to do today.
★ What is my WHY?
★ How do I get from where I am to where I wanna be?
★ What do I need to cut out?
★ What do I need to incorporate?
Clarity is about having laser sharp focus and belief in what you are doing.
★ Pour it all out.
★ Write it down.
★ What do you want, where are you?
★ Get the “noise” out of your head on paper/ on your comp!
Realize that sometimes to get clear you do not need more information/ motivation/ resources. You need to become resourceful. Resourcefulness is a mindset. Believing that you can start where you are with what you have. An attitude of resourcefulness inspires out-of-the-box thinking.
6. Write it down and take stock
Also try to do something at the end of the day. Whether it is scribbling quickly what happened during the day and what you want for the next day. Take care of your days and weeks take care of themselves, and months and before you know it you have had a great & intentional year.
7. Plan your week
Every Sunday evening take time to analyse the week and plan on the next week. I take an hour or 2 on Sunday to plan my content and review my goals. I am not always feeling like it but I am always glad I do it. The rewards are innumerable.
8. Own your agenda, time & life.
Also when you put your systems in place, do not forget to IMPLEMENT and take massive action.
9.Reverse engineer.
If you need to pay of an X amount of loan in 2 years, you need to be paying X/24 every month. Mentally prepare for that. Make it a non negotiable.
10. Get uncomfortable
Some of our goals also include drastic and an uncomfortable change ie. Moving to a smaller house to offset a payment/ save more but we are never ready to do it.
The fact that it is uncomfortable makes us not wanna do it. ie. Going to the gym/ taking a 30 min run/walk after work.
How to counter that, start small. Start by cutting a few costs, a small, new stream of income, waking up 30 mins earlier, start by home workouts etc..
Make small, incremental changes and the “mountain” becomes a bit smaller.
