3 Things to Consider When Setting a New Goal

“If you're doing a year-end review of your personal and professional accomplishments and feeling like you're falling short, you're not alone. As many as 80 percent of people ditch their New Year's resolutions by February. Not reaching a goal can imply failure, and this feeling can hamper any further efforts to get back on track. However, before you beat yourself up with negative self-talk, carefully consider why your goal didn't work. Here are some questions to ask yourself:

• How realistic was the goal?
• Did something happen (i.e., health concern, caregiving for a loved one) that was out of your control and prevented meeting the deadline?
• Why was this goal set?
• What purpose did my goal serve?

Answering these questions with complete honesty can offer you valuable information and help you better understand why things didn't work out.

In this article, you will read about 3 things to consider when setting a new goal.

1. Set up small wins for yourself each day. When you create small wins (i.e., doing sit-ups) for yourself early in your day that aren’t necessarily related to your bigger goal, you create momentum, and momentum helps you move forward. What you're doing with small wins is creating confidence, which gives you a feeling of security to tackle other things, like your big goal. Setting yourself up for early wins in the day also gives you a positive feeling. This optimism is often what is needed to carry you on through the work of your bigger goals.

2. Break the goal down into smaller steps. Often, big goals can seem out of reach, and this can give you a sense of frustration and overwhelm. Working on the smaller steps can also silence distractions because you're working for a shorter time period and can focus on one thing. Remember, you can still achieve your goal by breaking things up into tiny steps.

Track your progress. When you track your progress towards a goal, you’re more likely to achieve it. What you’re essentially doing with monitoring is creating a way to look at yourself from a different perspective. You’re seeing what is working and what isn’t, and when you’re able to do so without judgment it can be helpful."

Read the whole article at Psychology Today

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