Goal setting......and making pretty notes to remind me along the way!

Goal setting is important.....if we don't know where we want to go, how can we get there??

I have some goal cards I found.....the template is about the size of a regular post it note.  The rules I use are:

1.  Ask - 'what must I change about myself to achieve this goal'....honesty required!
2.  Imagine what if feels like to achieve this goal
3.  Act like you have achieved it; send the signal to yourself and your surroundings that you are serious!!
4.  Protect your goals from negativity, people who think you are blowing smoke or don't support your dream
5.  Trust, believe and know that life is meant to be abundant.....we deserve everything we can dream!

My current goal cards, all things that are going to push me along to goals I want:

Meditate:  I need ME TIME.  This is time I can journal, relax, focus on goals I am currently working on
Movement:  I promise me, in the next 2 weeks, to get to the gym to ride the recumbent bike for 45 minutes
Food:  Making meals that are good for me, make me feel good (no belching, belly aches, etc) and are tasty
Water:  Recommitting to drinking at least 8- 8 oz glasses of water....(it also helps with the option to move more as I run to the wash room!)

There are more but these are a few I wanted to share today.......

I have put these on post it notes and look at them daily.  I remind myself that I need to review them weekly.  If I don't make the goal, assess why.  With movement, was it bad weather and I could not get to the gym?  Was I lazy and slept in?  Was I afraid of what others would think or say about the girl who came back at the start of the year to make some sort of resolution that is too broad to achieve?  If it is fear, I have to have the self talk......I have just as much right to be at the gym and these people will see someone who is willing to put in the time to work my body.  Another thing, our bodies LOVE to move....when we do are we not rewarded with a better, fitter body?

Another nice thing is once I have achieved the goal, it can go into my box of good things I am thankful for and have something to reflect on later......

Something else I have realized in goal setting........PERFECTION IS OVER-RATED!

Once I allowed myself to not have to compete with everyone else, I felt a huge weight (no pun intended) lifted off my shoulders and psyche.  Being the best me I can be is good enough!!

Well, I should get back to putting my goals and wishes in action.  If I can dream it, I can believe it, it can happen in all parts of life!!