Week 2 Knocking Out Goals
- Juliette Ries
- Sep 4, 2016
- 3 min read
Hello dear friend,
And welcome back. Did you participate in last week’s mission, to purge and let go of unnecessary things that are drowning you and keeping you from having a clutter free space, in turn a clutter free mind (or at least the beginning of one)?
I had to go through my phone’s gallery and move all of my pictures (3,000+) again to Dropbox so that I can order prints thru an app I use, and then to my USB memory card. I am not having them all printed, just the ones of my baby and some of the trips I’ve been on. In a way I would be ok if I lost all my pictures, which is still a possibility if I happen to lose my memory card, or it becomes damaged, but I would like for my children to have them to look back on and for me to look at when I am too old to travel anymore. I don’t really believe in holding onto the past because it doesn’t really exist anymore.
Anyways, for this week I thought I would help with explaining how to reach goals. I see this sort of thing all the time on Instagram where people write "goals" in response to a picture of someone who is physically fit, or has hair or style they want, but do they actually go out trying to make their 'goals' come true? Wouldn't they be happier if they did? We all make goals, but we all don’t reach them. So what’s the deal? Here are a few of my tips:
TIP 1
Don’t set the bar too high! Think baby steps (I can’t say that without thinking about that movie What About Bob? Haha). Set yourSELF up for success and earning a sense of accomplishment. Create a small attainable goal and write it down. Here’s where that handy dandy notepad/book comes in I talked about in my first blog.
TIP 2
Next, decide on a time frame. When would you like to accomplish this goal by? Goals are almost entirely useless unless you make it measurable.
TIP 3
Once you’ve created your goal and end point, decide on the steps you are going to take to make it happen.
Let me create an example for you:
Let’s pretend like my goal is to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from my meals. I would write that I want to eliminate HFCS from my meals by the last day of the month. Then I would jot down some ideas and ways that I could make that happen, such as: get rid of all processed foods with HFCS in my pantry and refrigerator. Avoid highly processed foods when eating out. Read food labels when grocery shopping, etc.
This 3 step strategy can be used for setting goals that involve fitness, food, family, and more, basically anything.
Make sure you write it down though or you will forget and won’t put daily effort into making it reality. I like to sometimes write them on my bathroom mirror. Seeing it repeatedly is a great reminder. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t at first succeed. Just re-strategize what failed and what you can do differently. Never give up. Why would you want to do that?
Life begins outside your comfort zone! Creating goals not only gives us a sense of accomplishment but navigates us through our journey to better health and happiness. Best of luck, and if you need guidance I would be glad to assist you. Just send me a message, email, or comment on this blog and I will be happy to help.
Love and Peace
Juliette Ries