Fiona looked down at her diary and counted the days until the end of the year—only 41 days until a new year was to begin.
Only 41 days to achieve all her goals and resolutions that she had written down at the beginning of the year in January.
Fiona could not believe that the year had flown past so quickly, and as she looked at her written list of goals set in January, she felt like a failure.
She had only completed one goal out of ten on her New Year’s goals list and wondered what she had done with all her time and her commitment.
As one negative thought followed another, Fiona could not help but think and feel that she just would never reach any goal she set for herself. It was with these thoughts in mind that Fiona began to fulfil the story of “I don’t reach my goals” and gave up on setting any more goals for herself.
Unfortunately, Fiona is one out of 92% of people who do not achieve their New Year’s goals, according to recent studies and research.
The excitement we feel when we first set our goals sends us sky high only to fall down hard when we don’t achieve them.
Failing and not reaching our goals often leads to feelings of frustration, disappointment, and discouragement.
The truth is that it is easier to set a goal and much harder to achieve it. Pinpointing a specific goal, developing a plan of action, and pushing through the distractions and obstacles is a much harder process. And many of us have, at one time or another, given up on a goal because of a change of priorities, mental focus, or circumstances.
So, this week’s challenge is to change our perception so that we can put ourselves in a position to achieve our goals. Let’s focus on and work towards the end picture: the reward and feelings we would get when we achieve our goal.
This is easier to do at the start when we are full of energy, motivated, and focused to achieve our goal. But it fades eventually as we put more and more time into the effort and hard work it takes to achieve it and forget about the end picture or reward.
The key is to redirect our focus back and see the end picture as often as we can to push us through. One great way to do this is by creating a vision board of what we want to achieve and the feeling we want to feel.
By creating and regularly looking at our vision board, we change our perception and immerse ourselves in a visual representation, creating a clear vision of what we want to achieve.
It also serves as a daily reminder, prompting us to take action. It is consistent action in the direction of our goal that helps us achieve it, for a goal without a plan is just a wish.
Take the first step of achieving your goal by changing your perspective and creating a clear vision of what you want and how you want to feel when you achieve it.
Remember, if you can see it and believe it, you will achieve it.
Join us in our See-It-to-Achieve-It Vision Board Workshops.
And start making your dreams happen!
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Forever creating,
Deborah Ruth
