Planning for the Long Game
While satisfying my need for instant gratification.
I’ve been reviewing my goals lately. I’m really good at setting new ones, but my follow through is not the best.
Most of that is I don’t give myself hard end dates or I let it slide when I miss a deadline. I don’t break the goals into bite-sized pieces that I can celebrate or turn into habits (other than my morning ones).
I’m working on changing that.
The status quo is irritating me to the point where something absolutely needs to change. There’s enough stuff i’m done coasting on.
So I’m re-framing how I look at things and how my goals are set and prioritized.
November will be great for my writing goals. I can crush NaNoWriMo and get words in. Afterward, I’ll have to pick a new goal.
Tough Mudder in May gives me a deadline for my fitness goals (as does my work’s Biggest Loser competition).
And I have a little over a year until I have a significant birthday, so I’m using that as my financial deadline.
Which only leaves my craft business in limbo for now.
Deadlines are just the beginning. I’m working backwards from the big overarching goal to break each one down into its component parts to better integrate into my day-to-day life.
Each goal will have a very definitive definition (none of the wishy-washy “I want to lose weight,” but I want to weigh X pounds and be able to do Y pull ups) with smaller goals I can celebrate as I hit them.
Because I’ve realized I need to celebrate my small wins or I lose momentum on the bigger picture. I’m already backsliding on much of what I set out to do with this year.
2019 was good, but 2020 will be better. Dawn 2.0 is ready for an upgrade.
Weekly Goals
Write 7K words: Failure, but NaNoWriMo is about to start up and I’m going to crush it.
Sew 10 dice bags: Failure.
Read 1 book: Success. I finished reading Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg.
Go to the gym twice: Success. Although, I’m mostly doing the bare minimum when I go.
Go to class: Failure. I might start counting obstacle training until my teacher comes back into the country.
