Setting GoalsPERSONAL
by Laura Interval
YOU. The core of it all. There are really three parts here: physical, emotional and intellectual
Physical: Are you content with yourself physically? Are you healthy and taking care of your body? How can you improve? I want you to write down your physical goals for 1 year from now. Things like: I want to be 10 pounds lighter, run 10 miles, lower my blood pressure. . . .write down the physical state that you need to be in that will make you feel 100% confident and happy about your health. Write now. Don’t think about it too much. Write a few minutes about your vision of what you are physically like a year from now. Once again, writing these down has tremendous power. It goes a long way towards helping you to achieve it. But, specific physical goals need specific physical ACTION that needs to start today! If you need to work backwards as with the other goal exercises, then do it. For example: 1 year: be able to run 10 miles, be 20 pounds lighter You get the idea. By having specific goals with actions to achieve them, the 1 year goal looks easily achievable, doesn’t it? It takes the mystery out of it and makes it real. You can do it!
Emotional: Just like with you physical goals, I want you to describe your emotional goals for a year from now. In other words, what emotional states do you want to consistently live in? Emotional states like excitement, optimism, confidence will help you to consistently produce the results you most want in your life. Essentially your emotional states will make up the quality of your life on a day to day basis. So for the next few minutes, I want you to write down who you want to be emotionally a year from now. This is your list of emotional goals that you are committed to achieving. An example of an emotional timeline could be: 1 year: consistently living in positive emotional states Again this is just an example of a progress over a year. Find what works for you and motivates you. Incremental steps towards more positive emotions will produce really powerful changes over a year.
Intellectual:
"The self is not something that one finds. It's something one creates." By intellectual goals, I really mean exercise for your brain. I have a client who, at 85, schedules a few trips every year with Elderhostel no matter what. She doesn’t wait and see "how she feels” or if she "has the time", she schedules well in advance and looks forward to them. She’s colorful, creative, wise and full of life. She is also sharper than some 40 year olds I know. You may have generalized ideas about things you would like to learn in the future, like Japanese or bee keeping. But like with other aspects of your life, if you don’t write down specific goals about acquiring this knowledge you may, like most people, get to the end of your life and say “I wish I had done so and so…” So, let’s spend a few minutes writing down some of your intellectual goals. Again, don’t spend too much time thinking about this. Write down what you would like to learn; knowledge you would like to acquire. This includes books you’d like to read, places you’d like to go, something you’d like to build, whatever it is write it down! Congratulations! You have finished your goal setting session. I hope you did all four categories to get the most out of the workshop. But, if you only did one, you are still on the right path and ahead of most people. Be proud that you've taken control. And be excited that you are on your way to achieving it all! Reminder: I developed my morning TASK to keep me on track. This technique grounds me every morning and guides every decision I make now. Find the technique that works for you and do it, everyday and before you know it, it will be habit. Who you want to be will become who you are.
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards:
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