Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in Monday 13th of November 2017

Happy Monday, everyone!

I am back from vacation at least for 7cups and will be travelling home next weekend. Lots of people hate Mondays, but I don't. I love new beginnings. I'm a sucker for starting things and then struggling to finish them. Mondays are when my slate is clean for the week and I'm ready to tackle the goals I've made. I personally have daily, weekly, and monthly goals. I don't design my goals in a checklist format, but rather kind of like a videogame, they "level up". Videogames have shown to be very good at keeping you going despite things feeling like a grind, so I've found that "just one more level" can really encourage me to keep going when it's difficult.

At the end of my day I let the unfinished things go. At the end of my week,I let the unfinished things go. At the end of the month, same thing. Each day is a reshuffle because day to day priorities can change. I try my best not to get hung up on the things I couldn't finish before, and make sure that if I put them on the list again they aren't going to overwhelm me. If I know a task will be harder, I'll give myself less tasks overall. I guess that makes it a weighted system?

Planning helps me get through my days. Having structure, but with flexibility, just puts my mind at such ease. And not having a checklist keps my stress over rigid planning minimal. My system is always changing, and I have to remember to let things go, and not be hard on myself if I predicted I could do more than the reality showed. I also give myself one entire day OFF of plans per week, and try to give myself at least 1-2 hours down time per day. My system has taken a solid 7 years to develop and works for me.

Do you guys make goals? Do you find they help or rather stress you out instead? Do you feel like you could change your goal system to be less stressful and more effective? I'd love to hear your ideas about goals if you have them :)

Otherwise, how are you doing today? I'd love to hear from you!!

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