The Internet is flooded with advice and recommendations about planning and reaching your goals. When we plan, we usually consider goals, activities and results.
After years of setting goals, I have noticed there tend to be two kinds of goals;
Those focusing on the future
(usually with numbers) e.g.
I’m going to lose 2 kilos in 6 weeks
2. Those focusing on the present
(usually stating a repeated activity and often without numbers) e.g.
I’m going to plan my meals using the ‘X Diet’ cookbook.
1. Goals focused on the future
In the case of the first, you will notice you have a clear goal, but you still have to identify how you are going to reach that goal, that is, what activities you will carry out each day.
As for results, you will be able to measure those easily after 6 weeks. It will be black and white, you either got the result you wanted, or not. It’s win or lose.
Most people focus on this kind of future goal and pay less attention to the system of getting there. If you watch people following these kind of goals, they are often struggling in a state of stress, of wanting, and not quite being there yet.
But what if, every moment of your activity was a reward? Can you imagine how motivated and energised you would be?
When setting goals we can take a leaf out of the mindfulness book. By focusing on the now, you become present and your whole dynamic and mind set changes.
