How to Practice Goal Setting For The Month Ahead
It’s almost a new year, if we’re lucky we’ll be back next year with the same thought, process, and hope. On some level most of us will be planning or considering what we’d like to see improve, where we’d like to make new accomplishments and what we are going to do about it all as far as helping the process. There’s no right or wrong way for planning goals that will be consistent for everyone but there are still a few tools that can help and will be worth trying for progress, stamina, and order.
In the paragraphs below, I’m going to share 3 tips that have made a big impact on how to organize your approach to goal setting, methods to build your stamina when your motivation decreases, and how to maintain an eye for incremental progress.
Get Your Overarching Goals First
The first tool that has made a big difference for me is to identify the overarching big umbrella goals first. These are usually goals that sound like “eat healthier”, “get more movement/ fitness”, or “take better care of myself”. Once you have your overarching goal, take a moment to think about why this goal is valuable to you. Why do you want to make more time for improvement in this area of your life? Write your why down on paper. Next, ask yourself “why now?” why is this important right now? Write that down also. Once you have some clarity of why now and why in general, you can start to think of your how. Usually how will and can include many different ways to focus on creating progress and practice for your goals. Grab a sheet of paper and jot down any ideas that come up for your practice.
Break your Goals Down Into smaller Steps Each Week
As you brainstorm different methods to practice to reach your goals consider which feels like the best match and most realistic for your lifestyle. If your goal is to eat healthier consider what are the small steps to do so. Do you need to go grocery shopping more often? Do you need to meal prep more often? Do you need to stop buying certain foods that you often eat in place of veggies? Do you need to talk with your partner or roommates about meal planning? Maybe it’s ideal to get prepared meals or something that will save time but give an advantage. Maybe a healthy eating app is ideal. Maybe it’s time to work with a nutritionist. Think about what works best for your goal. Think about what ideas feel the most sustainable. Write down which ideas also include accountability and support.
Add the steps that align best into your weekly schedule for the weeks of the month ahead. Make the steps very simple and easy to execute. Aim for low traffic days and times. For many this will be on the weekends and during the early morning hours.
Create a Recovery Plan
Sometime you won’t be successful. Sometimes you won’t have motivation or energy. On those days it’s good to create an incremental efforts list. Ask yourself what you can do on these days and times. Maybe instead of being able to eat all the healthy veggies, you can choose to eat a small salad or take your vitamins, or just drink water to hydrate a little bit more. It’s healthy and reasonable to have other ways of working on your goals that feel simple, incremental, and achievable even on your worst days. Prepare a list of possible actions you can take on low motivation/ low energy days. Hold yourself accountable to do those easy actions for your tough days. Also note you can take a day if needed but return to your goals if you want to see progress. Remember life happens to us all but we can also steer our way back to what we value.
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