Yesterday was a strangely exhausting day. I started this post last night but found that I was too tired to finish it so here we are. The May Challenge was to share a goal with someone. I shared mine with my sister on my ride to work. The thing about goals is there is a right way and a wrong way to go about them. When goals are vague they are less likely to actually happen. You have to have a plan for a goal that you really want to achieve. Here is what I know about goals
- Goals are good. They help to focus energy and effort. We all want something and a goal keeps that desire alive.
- When setting a goal be very specific. Name the goal, say when you will work on it (like the time of day), and how you will work on it (real action).
- A goal needs a deadline. A little pressure to achieve something is not always a bad thing. Just keep it in perspective.
I realize thinking back that the goal I shared with my sister didn’t meet my own criteria. It’s way harder when. goal has to do with something I don’t really want to do but I need to. The goal would benefit me and my family, but I hate the idea of doing it. It only underscores the important role attitude plays when I have to do hard things. I’ll get there, eventually. If you are feeling this way about your weight loss – don’t beat yourself up. But also… do the work reflect on why there is a block.
Today’s challenge is to listen to a favorite song. I have many favorites but lately, I’m loving this one:
It speaks to longing and reflection, and a wish to go back in time to someplace special and intimate. I kind of think about life as walking a trail – where one foot steps forward as the other lingers in the past. I know this is true for me. I am who I was and also who I am becoming.
Getting to Goal 