Its that time again; time for the traditional “New Year resolutions” we all love to hate. We look at every piece of our lives we want to change and make a resolution to change it. We then bust our rumps to make sure we’re making those changes… for all of about two weeks. One by one we start missing our goals, and within a month or two we’ve blown every one of them. We forget about even making those resolutions after another month or two. Around the beginning of November we start thinking of changes we want to make, but we can’t start until 1/1. The cycle starts all over again. I’m going to do it a little differently this year.
Rather than setting 10 goals that have all year to complete, I’m going to set some short-term goals and revisit them on a regular basis. This should help keep me motivated and prevent me from abandoning them. With a regular review I’ll be better able to track progress, as well as adjust the goal if it proves to be unrealistic.
To start with, I’m going to set the following goals, all to be reviewed in one week. After the goals have been “proven” I’ll adjust the review frequency.
Depending on how those initial goals work out, I may replace some with similar goals, or I may add additional goals as time goes on. The important part is to make sure I am realistic with the goals and that I don’t bite off more than I can chew and wind up forgetting about the whole thing.