Goal Setting

Where do you want to be in five years from now? Is it something you think about or something that time will take care of. Maybe you want to get married, or enjoy travelling before you begin the next semester, or recover from study and spend your gap year touring around Europe. These are all goals and take some planning. If you want to travel you are going to need a certain amount of money to not only buy a ticket, but expenses can be costly. Also a working visa might be an option.

Whatever your goal, preparation is necessary. Not only does it give you something to aim for, but in setting a goal, it states that you have something you want to attain or achieve, whether it be in the short term or the long term.

Our short term goals (unless they are just that), can guide us through to attaining or reaching our long term goals or objectives. A student wanting to become a qualified nurse or engineer, needs to pass studies in the short term and over months, until they become qualified and ready to branch out on their own and get a job with their experience learned throughout their years of study.

How do we go about Setting Goals?

Wanting to enhance your individuality can make your future path challenging, rewarding and bright.

There are numerous ways to physically begin your journey.

1. Asking for help to achieve a goal can be a good idea. Family, friends, sport mates and other influential people in your life is a good place to start, all will have useful ideas about what to do.

2. You could jot down their ideas or do a brain storming session yourself, writing down all the things which come to your mind.

Questions such as

   What do you think you can achieve?

   What do you believe is your potential?

   What ideas and suggestions do these people or you have for helping you reach your goals?

    Why did they offer this advice? 

Anything uncertain ask them for their reflection or feedback, so you know which way you need to go with reaching your own endeavours.

3. A reflective journal is a good idea. Jotting down ideas and actions you took today, or are going to take next week.

When brainstorming your goals you need to write them down.

1. What your aim or goal is?

2. What are some steps you could take to achieve your goals?

3. Is personal development on the top of your list? How could you communicate your ideas, or requests to others, and at what level of expertise would you need to consult?

4. Is there any relationship goals involved?

5. Do you need to be more fit or healthy to achieve your goals? If the answer is yes, then you need to ask yourself, how can I achieve more fitness and a healthier body?

Do you need to eat more healthy, do more exercise, or begin an exercise regime, or do both to achieve you goal? 

Would this be a short term goal, or a long term goal? 

Well there would be several stages of your exercise routine needed to reach your capacity or your health status required to do the job you want to pursue, or activity, or performance you need to be fit for.

Hiring a coach or getting some expert help from a sports trainer at a gym could be a good idea.

Celebrate each goal you achieve. As you work through each short term goal give yourself a pat on the back. Not literally, but tell others about your achievement, and maybe go out for a meal with a friend, Then Set The Next Goal. 

As you achieve each goal, cross them out, ot tick them as they are accomplished. I

It is a big achievement to reach a goal.It should be celebrated. It is a milestone you have achieved. Be happy be proud and allow yourself to experience these moments.