goals
Understanding your goals to help you achieve them.
My 5 Things to Do Today
I’m just 1 person with a long To Do list. Some days, I’ve been known to have upwards of 40 items on my list. And if something goes onto my list, I feel a bit like a failure if I go to bed without completing it. As you might have guessed, the drive to do the impossible and feel completely accomplished leads to my staying up late to try to get work done and waking up feeling exhausted. The cycle of staying up late and hating when my alarm wakes me up the next morning is a tough one for me to break. Honestly, I’m still working on it. But I’ve got a trick that helps a bit.
By Kate McDevitt5 years ago in Motivation
Setting the Right Goals
I’m just 1 person who knows how to set the right goals. It’s taken me a lot of failing to figure out how to write a goal that will set me up for success and not frustration down the road. Here, I’ll go through the SMART method of creating goals and show examples of why each of the elements is important when setting personal goals, not just professional ones. The SMART method first appeared in an article by George T. Doran in the November 1981 issue of Management Review. The acronym has changed over the years in different hands and as it has been applied to different situations, fields, and projects. But, at its core, it is a framework that can help prevent you from creating the wrong goals.
By Kate McDevitt5 years ago in Motivation
Putting in the effort
This is how I started putting in the effort, to do something with my life. I have always been pretty lazy, never really interested in much, would rather stay home, sit at my desk and watch random stuff on the internet. It didn't make me happy, in fact, I never really was that happy. I was depressed for years and spoke to hardly anyone. I spoke to family, but that wasn't the attention I needed, I needed to meet new people.
By Joshua Small5 years ago in Motivation
Adventures of a dream builder
Dream building is a concept that I recently got introduced to. I joined a business where actively going out and seeing what life had to offer was a key part of achieving success in that business. I now realize why. It’s the same reasons kids go on field trips. Seeing something with your eyes and living in the moment while experiencing it can make all the difference in belief and desire.
By Devoneau 5 years ago in Motivation
Bereft Joy
As I wait for inspiration on the ‘Throne of Comprehesion’, I truly desire the ‘taxonomic reason’ for inhaling life to it’s fullest. With the age of 50 literally two weeks away, a mundane existence is starting to and appears to be cultivating in the horizon. Mind you, some may espouse that this is a manifestation of the aftermaths of Covid-19....but is it though? I ponder, could this pandemic very well be the culprit, or just an accelerent of the asinine existence currently and/or ahead of me? As an avid reader, and a ‘wanna be’, professional writer, I long for a life of those that I have read about in the abutting past. Wealthy individuals who have left a profession, in which that they have known all of their lives, only to pursue an ‘unknown’ experience greater than themselves and whom have tightly grasped ‘lighting in a bottle’! These turn of events and interest could have been completely ripe for failure, but still drove them to the desire to find their ‘Cliff of Exploration’. This was an interlining task only for them to accurately jump blindly into, it was the ‘inner success’ that was there inside themselves all along! Names of inspiration, that clearly make this old man dream of distant, unfounded success and desires that I long for deep inside of me are well known individuals. Names like Duncan Hines, whom found change in a career after the ripe old age of 55, only to become a ‘household name’, in America, in his 70’s. Or females like Vera Wang or Martha Stewart, whom had accomplished great success in an arena that was comfortable to them, only to take a leap of faith in a realm that was somewhat unknown. Could an ‘unknown ascendency’ lie within me? Could I change my mundane existence and truly find happiness in my feverish dreams....perhaps? Or maybe my path may follow the guidelines of someone like Joy Behar? A woman whom enjoyed a life of teaching students in high school, but in her mid-forties, decided to take up her real passion of stand-up comedy and found considerable success in teaching others to laugh at life when times were trifling or syndical. Man, I ponder.....I wonder if this is achievable in my life, could it be possible, again I ask? In light of Covid-19 amongst us, I must wipe my slate clear of this, ‘pandemic of fear’ and create the person that I feel exist just beneath the surface. I must pursue a path, my path, that I believe that God has intended for me. In my heart and soul, it is a somewhat clear destiny that has always been planned for me to walk along since the beginnings of manhood, only to be greatly desired and appreciated right now in my ‘seasoned existence’. I pray that the timing and execution is completely accurate for producing success and happiness. Well, with each word that I write, I find comfort in knowing wholeheartedly that even if I come within 1/100th of a Joy Behar, I will somehow posses 1/2 of her namesake. I will and must posses, ’Joy’! ‘Joy’, in an old man experiencing a new journey in life. ‘Joy’, in trying something difficult in a difficult time for myself and a difficult time in humanity’s history amongst a pandemic. ‘Joy’, in not truly knowing what lies around the corner, but running towards it anyways. ‘Joy’, in this ‘humdrum knowledge of 50’ and not giving a damn anymore about the aftermaths. ‘Joy’, just for the sake of such, man because I deserve such! In these trying times of a pandemic and old age, it is all that I have left.....and I cannot and will not fail........’Bereft Joy’ in the ‘rear view’ awaits me and I wish the same for any aged individual feeling the exact same as I do......we deserve such.....we are worthy of such! ❤️
By Tyronn Rahda Monroe5 years ago in Motivation
What is the Best Way to Discover Life's Purpose?
What is the best way to discover your life's true purpose? Click Here For Free Archetype Reading In their lives, people have a (true) reason. This goal motivates them to act and accomplish something. The individual who has a mission in life is undoubtedly capable of making a name for himself. You can't set your destination unless you know where you're going, and you can't follow the path unless you know where you're going. As a result, both are equally essential. Set a target for yourself and work toward it.
By ANGELO POBLETE5 years ago in Motivation
Passing 4,000 Reads, What to Do Next?
So you reached a benchmark. Was it 500 reads, 1000 reads, 2500 reads? Was it getting a top story spot or even winning a challenge? Either way, you reached it. Now what? What is there to do? It's almost impossible to tell, at least in my case. So you think about what to write next and wonder, based on the experience that you've had, what might be popularly read and what won't be? At the end of the day, are you writing for yourself or are you writing because you hope to be a writer, make an extra income, enjoy writing, and sharing it with people? It's going to be a different answer for most people that might read this but I imagine those are the questions we've all had at some point. What do we want out of what's possible?
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Motivation
Living the Dream with No Regrets
Start writing... Regret. One tiny little word with so much influence, it can cause you to alter your entire life in a heartbeat. No one wants to live a life of regret, so each day we set out to make the most of life. Our story revolves around that little word and how we navigate the waters of avoiding the impact it can have on you when you don’t reach for the things you want in life.As a kid I dreamed of two things, far off places and horses. Up until now I have made horses my life with a side of travel. Of course it wouldn’t be right to not mention the handsome husband, fancy car, country house and career. I have been living the American Dream. So in pursuit of these dreams I have spent most of the past 12 years juggling my passions of advancing my career, showing my horses and seeing as much of the World as my PTO time allowed each year. It has been exhausting.I first learned about backpacking in 2007 and quickly took to the freedom of travel with only the pack on your back. I planned a trip to Italy with my sister and best friend and away we went to stay in hostels, travel on the train and live out of our backpacks! What I didn’t prepare for was the love I would acquire for this type of travel. I was hooked and the years that followed involved many more backpacking adventures and as my ‘need’ for travel grew, so did the research of how to make more time for it. Of course, coming home from Italy led to many conversations about taking a summer off to travel Europe for 3 months. This never did become a reality, but my research opened the door to an even bigger idea, Round the World travel. But it wasn’t really until David and I spent 3 weeks backpacking around SE Asia on our honeymoon in 2010, for us to start talking about the possibility of making that a reality. At that point in time we found ourselves in jobs that we enjoyed and we were pretty well settled with life in general but something on that Asia trip changed me and once I was home I pretty much obsessed over how we could incorporate more travel into our lives. We both wanted to explore more of the World, but weren’t ready to take the leap into making that a reality. So we spent the next 3 years traveling as often as we could and squeezing every last minute out of our PTO time to juggle travel, horses and hunting. It seemed like the perfect solution for us at the time and we have been lucky enough to have many adventures visiting 31 countries and 35 states all while working full time jobs and living the American Dream. The one thing that didn’t stand out at first but is now very obvious, is as the 3 years lapsed we began spending less PTO time on horses and hunting and devoted all of our precious hours to travel only. This was the wakeup call for us. We sat down one day with the intentions of discussing some upgrades to our house and horse facilities. This snow balled into a discussion of what we wanted to accomplish in 3 years and where we wanted to be at the end of those years. I couldn’t help but bring up World travel. It was at that moment that we decided if we didn’t take a good hard look at this dream, that we may miss the chance to do it and in time, regret that we hadn’t. Fast forward to today. We are 195 days into planning the next ‘phase’ of our life. Our house is for sale; we have been selling all of our possessions, padding our bank accounts and are planning to embark on our dream of World travel in January 2014. Yes, we are forgoing the American dream and living a dream of our own. I won’t sugar coat it for you, this decision was one of the most difficult we have ever made. Leaving this current life means selling our self built house and horse farm, giving up our jobs we have worked so hard to advance in, putting the hunting trips on hold and selling our beloved horses. Why you ask? Because life is what you make it and if you have a desire to do something you should reach out and grab it, before it’s too late because there is never a right time to make a big life change. As hard as it will be to leave these things behind, we are beyond excited to have the chance to make a life change, seize the moment and live our dream of exploring the World. The way we see it is there will always be another house, another car, another job, another chance to show horses and another time to hunt. But it isn’t every day that you get the chance to watch your stars align and offer you a chance to make a change to your life that will eliminate that tiny little word from your future. There won’t be any regret here.
By Zarinabanu Zarinabanu5 years ago in Motivation
What Is Your B?
What is Your B? What is your goal? How long have you had this goal? Why does it seem impossible to make any progress towards achieving this goal? These are some very important questions to ask in the fitness and health world because too many of us are stuck on the same treadmill of working out without seeing the results. Isn’t that depressing? So how do we change this and get off of this hamster wheel? Set goals, work to achieve them. But to achieve a goal or reach a milestone, we have to clearly define what that goal or milestone is. For us, this is our point B.
By Adrian Nita5 years ago in Motivation
A girl with dreams as big as the sky
I am 20 years old with a passion for writing things down which matters to me or which makes changes in my life. I am a student currently with a confused mind of my future with worries and this problem is faced by many of my friends. We all struggle every day thinking about tomorrow which is going to be hard but also full of surprises. I have been around some people who are dreaming but lagging in motivation and inspiration. At our age, we get the thoughts that will it even be possible which stops us from pursuing something that we like.
By Divya Karwande5 years ago in Motivation
That Time I Tried to Stop Smoking
There's a new government study that finds almost 70 percent of American smokers want to quit. With more than half of those people trying to quit, only 6 percent succeed. 6%. Some people believe it's sheer willpower that allows someone to quit smoking. I believe there's an emotional attachment to smoking for some of us. I mean that it's difficult for a lot of us to quit smoking because we have triggers that make us want or need to smoke. My trigger is stress. Stress is how I was introduced to it. I started smoking at the age of 19 after a stressful incident. I was crying when one of my friends handed a cigarette to me. I continued to smoke. I found that smoking would give me a chance to think or count to 10, whenever I was faced with difficult situations. I could take a break. I didn't realize how much I needed those breaks until that time I tried to quit smoking.
By Jackie Murray5 years ago in Motivation
The Doing Must Come With The Desire
Growing up, I always considered the word "desire" to be a very sexually provocative type of word. Don't ask me why, that's just always how I perceived it. It's like I created my own definition to the word, believing it to be an uncontrollable yearning for lust, or having an unbridled passion for intimacy. To be fair on me, I wasn't totally wrong, however desire relates to more than just lust and intimacy. Desire is simply defined as "having a strong feeling of wanting to have something, or wishing for something to happen". Let's face it, many people do indeed have a strong desire for sexual relations and intimacy, so it doesn't really make my definition incorrect, perhaps just a little limited. Desire has become one of the most commonly used words in my blog entries nowadays, and that's because it relates to pretty much everyone. We wouldn't be human if there wasn't something that we desperately wanted to have in life, or something that we were wishing for. It therefore makes desire a very common emotion. There's a couple of crucial words in the definition of desire that I want to highlight though, them being wishing and wanting. As much as desire is a very common and powerful emotion, it still lacks substance. I'd compare it to how I always talk about the difference between motivation and drive. If you don't know what I'm talking about there, motivation and drive are both key emotional behaviors to possess when it comes to achieving goals. Motivation is of course the enthusiasm and willingness to do something, however it is an emotional behavior that does tend to fluctuate, depending on mood, mindset, and outside influences. It lacks that steadfast nature that prevents people from giving up, because it is so easily influenced. Drive, on the other hand, is when you cause something abstract to actually happen and eventuate. It's a solid emotional behavior, because you are fixated and determined to create a certain result, without any negative impact from mood, outside influence, or even failures. Desire is like motivation, being that it's an emotional behavior that is inspiring and encouraging, yet it isn't equipped with a supporting mechanism to turn that wish or want into achievement.
By David Stidston5 years ago in Motivation
