Have you achieved the goals you set yourself at the beginning of the year? Feeling discouraged because we are well into the fourth quarter? Please don’t be! Last month I was pondering this, and decided I could still achieve the goals I’d set myself in January.
All I had to do was re-enthuse myself and put my foot on the accelerator. Why not? What did I have to lose? I had written down:
1. Goals to be fitter and healthier
2. Books I wanted to write
3. To set up a fitness space in our home
4. Tidy up my office and make it more feminine and pretty
5. Dress more intentionally in my own self-flavoured French Chic way
I started journaling every day, giving myself pep talks and revisiting my goals morning and night. It is amazing how much this helped. It started to become addictive!
And even if I don’t get exactly to the place I wanted to with each of these five goals, I’d still go far further than if I hadn’t tried at all.
With the twice-daily drawing of my attention back to my goals, it reminded me of what I wanted. In the past I would write down goals but then wander off and forget about them. By asking myself what I really, really want to achieve with the remainder of this year and then re-focusing on those fun goals, I truly found out the power of focusing all your efforts on a few things that could really make a difference to my life.
It raised everything around me too. My admin got up to date effortlessly. The laundry baskets are empty more than they are full. And I haven’t wanted to eat for fun as much, or do mindless online shopping.
So, even though there are only a couple of months until the end of the year, what is something that you would be thrilled to achieve by New Year’s Eve? Name it and become excited about it. Write it down every night, and in the morning too. State it as if it has already happened. List all the fantastic things about achieving that goal and how you will feel.
You can do it!
xx Fiona
PS. All of my books are focused on living a great life, in your own chic style. Take a look on Amazon with my affiliate link here and see what you think!
All I had to do was re-enthuse myself and put my foot on the accelerator. Why not? What did I have to lose? I had written down:
1. Goals to be fitter and healthier
2. Books I wanted to write
3. To set up a fitness space in our home
4. Tidy up my office and make it more feminine and pretty
5. Dress more intentionally in my own self-flavoured French Chic way
I started journaling every day, giving myself pep talks and revisiting my goals morning and night. It is amazing how much this helped. It started to become addictive!
And even if I don’t get exactly to the place I wanted to with each of these five goals, I’d still go far further than if I hadn’t tried at all.
With the twice-daily drawing of my attention back to my goals, it reminded me of what I wanted. In the past I would write down goals but then wander off and forget about them. By asking myself what I really, really want to achieve with the remainder of this year and then re-focusing on those fun goals, I truly found out the power of focusing all your efforts on a few things that could really make a difference to my life.
It raised everything around me too. My admin got up to date effortlessly. The laundry baskets are empty more than they are full. And I haven’t wanted to eat for fun as much, or do mindless online shopping.
So, even though there are only a couple of months until the end of the year, what is something that you would be thrilled to achieve by New Year’s Eve? Name it and become excited about it. Write it down every night, and in the morning too. State it as if it has already happened. List all the fantastic things about achieving that goal and how you will feel.
You can do it!
xx Fiona
PS. All of my books are focused on living a great life, in your own chic style. Take a look on Amazon with my affiliate link here and see what you think!
I love this. I always do my best work towards achieving my goals in the last 2-3 months of the year. Thanks for reminding me.
ReplyDeleteHi and greetings from Finland! I think we are quite on the opposite sites of the globe :) I am a long time reader of your blog. I just yesterday bought your e-book Chic Author and started reading. I have been stuck with my writing project for quite some time. But this morning I started again, at 6 am, with a cup of tea. Thank you for inspiration!
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