Its just 4 months remaining to year 2022! They say new year brings new goals. Are you going to have purely new goals for 2022 or you are going to be carrying some over? Personally, I don't like the idea of repeating resolutions the next year or carrying over unachieved goals. It gives me the vibe of failure - not that failure is bad.
If you're like me and you have goals and resolutions for this year that you still have not accomplished, then this article is for you. I hope you haven't given up just yet. You can use these remaining four months to turn your goal stats around and I plan to show you actionable steps on how to do that!
Go Ahead and Do These
1. Write down those goals you haven't achieved yet
If you have a to-do list, a notes app/software or something in that light, go ahead and write those goals down. Then break them down to even smaller, weekly or daily, tasks. I use Notion (notion.so official app) for my goals and it has been helpful. Here's what my Ember Months Goal Rush looks like on Notion.
How does this benefit you? You feel compelled to want to tick those checkboxes so you want to complete all the tasks. You should remember that having clearly defined goals and carefully laid out plans for reaching these goals, you will achieve more than those who don’t plan or do so in the mind.
In fact, a recent survey mentioned in “What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism” found that college graduates who identified their career goals and wrote them down, earned ten times more than those who did not.
2. Attract Goals Ticking Opportunities
I support the school of thought that says:
When you desperately want to achieve something, the whole Universe conspires in your favor to help you achieve that thing. - Paul Coelho, in * The Alchemist*
You have to position yourself rightly to attract activities, events, resources, people etc., that will ultimately result in a checked goal. For instance, if you have health goals, get a gym membership, buy the gym wears, etc. If you want to read 20 books before the end of the year, clear out distractions, schedule your days, decide the books, make friends among Booklovers, get an accountability partner.
3. Use the Right Tools, Ask the Right Questions
Knowing what tools to use can mean the difference between novice and expert, easy and difficult, or even success and failure. In the same light, knowing and asking the right questions can rapidly proffer up solutions, and you're sure to receive the right answers.
4. Think and Talk About Your Goals Often
Sharing your goals with others sets off some kind of accountability alarm in your brain and you feel more compelled to achieve them. You may even get the right inspiration/motivation from them, if they're the right kind of people. The next time they see you, they'd want to make sure you're on track, or at least trying. They could even offer help, guidance, advice. Think of them as rocket fuel.
Nevertheless, if achieving any goal is going to make you any less happier, or cost you so much, then you should leave it. Also, if you don't complete a goal, or you have a goal that's not going to be possible to achieve this year anymore, see if you can break it into tiny bits and achieve at least one of those.
