I've been working towards a few goals. More accurately, I've been inching in the direction of those goals--it has not been a quick ascent, but a long journey of stop and go instead, yet I'm not giving up and today I'm resetting the roadmap once again.
Why stop and go?
These goals have required a lot of rewiring of routines and mindset. It's easy to fall back on what you've always known rather than adopt new practices in an effort to reach a goal, and as you try to replace old ways with new ways, there's going to be periods of great momentum and periods of challenge and lack of success. The good news is that with all this trial and error, I'm left with a better idea of what to do and how to do it to reach a few goals I have so hopefully in the next six months it will be more go than stop as I journey in this direction.
What will it take to get there?
Good planning will be very helpful. I find that if I think ahead about what it takes to reach the goals I've set, I'm better prepared to do the necessary work.
Simplifying the environment helps
Keeping the work space, the life environment, simpler helps to make more time to work at the goal--this is good too.
Reflection and assessment points
Building in reflection and assessment points also helps to see how you're doing and refine the goal path in important ways.
Days off
Taking a few days off now and then from the goal work helps too--if you never have a break, you'll lose focus.
Making time for the goal
Sometimes the greatest reason you don't achieve a goal is that you simply don't make enough time to do the work necessary.
So today is one of those reflection/assessment days as I prepare for what it will take to reach a few goals I've set. Onward.