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My Personal Goals for 2023

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My Personal Goals for 2023

It’s been a number of years since I put up some annual goals on my blog (aside from the attempt I made in the middle of last year), but this is the year I’m getting back to putting my goals ‘out there’, to help keep me accountable, to stay on track and, most importantly, to set the direction that I want my life to travel this year.

For those of you who have been following the blog for a few years, you’ll already know that I use the Wheel of Life tool to add structure to the process, scoring broad areas of my life so that I have a feel for where my life is at now.

Without this structure I’d be guessing at the things I want to do without seeing the full picture of my present reality.

Once the scoring is done, I then go about deciding what my goals will be. [Read more…] about My Personal Goals for 2023

Lessons Learned and Year Review 2022

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My Year Review and Lessons Learned in 2022

My husband and I were chatting the other day and he mentioned that 2022 has been the year without a Wow! How sad is that? We both agreed that there have been a few positive changes and experiences, but had to admit that the wows were sparse.

So with that in mind, I’ve tried to re-think the year in terms of lessons learned, but you will find the positive changes and experiences are also documented here, not only for completeness but also to remind ourselves that even when things seem tough, boring or unremarkable there are usually a few positives in the mix too.

So let’s get into the year’s lessons… [Read more…] about Lessons Learned and Year Review 2022

How To Choose Goals That Are Right For You

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How To Choose Goals That Are Right For you

Have you ever sat down, pen in hand, blank sheet of paper in front of you with the intention of coming up with some goals for yourself only to find your mind goes blank?

Or, have lots of ideas come to you, but when you wrote them down, you just didn’t feel any real enthusiasm for them, or worse they felt so out of reach that you immediately rejected them as impossible?

Having a goal or many goals is about feeling some kind of dissatisfaction about where you are in life now. It’s about wanting change, even if you’re not sure what that change could look like.

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses and start making changes.
Roy T. Bennett

It’s nigh on impossible to predict the future, but choosing goals is about taking a leap into this unknown land and placing a stake in that future ground anyway.

It’s about being honest enough with yourself to know that whilst your current situation might look acceptable to someone else, it doesn’t mean that you have to stay in that place. [Read more…] about How To Choose Goals That Are Right For You

My New Goals For 2022 (Finally!)

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My New Goals for 2022 (Finally!)

I’m late in the year deciding what my goals are going to be. This is a frustrating place to find myself that has been brought about by waning confidence because of the global pandemic affecting my motivation to set goals.

Lacking Confidence To Set New Goals

For the last two years even though I’ve wanted to set goals I just didn’t have the certainty that I would be able to carry it through. That I’d be able to make the goals a reality or even be able to achieve anything.

I think a lot of people have been affected like this. At the beginning of the year we just didn’t know how life was going to pan out so it was kind of like “well what’s the point in setting them in the first place?”

But as time has rolled on I’ve become more and more frustrated about my lack of direction, and not being to be able to make any real difference or improvements in my life. [Read more…] about My New Goals For 2022 (Finally!)

Structure Your Day For Success

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Structure Your Day For Success

I nearly always start my days by taking the time to write out a plan for the things I want to get done that day. And although the process can take me anything from 15 – 30 minutes, I find it’s time well spent to keep me organised and on track.

This is in stunning contrast to the days when I just used to arrive at my desk and deal with the things that “seemed” the most important, were the quickest or the easiest tasks.

These days my list is carefully thought out and planned and covers all aspects of my life to attempt to not only keep some semblance of being organised, but also allows me to move forward on things that are important but not necessarily urgent.

In this post, I’ve asked and answered a series of questions which may help you decide whether having a more structed approach to your day would be beneficial to you too. [Read more…] about Structure Your Day For Success

Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!

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Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You

The Cambridge dictionary defines a “challenge” as:

“(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person’s ability.”

Or put in much plainer terms it’s simply a difficult job!

The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.
Steve Maraboli

And that’s the problem.

When you’re faced with a difficult job, something that’s going to take an effort, physical or mental, it’s going to test your abilities on many levels. [Read more…] about Here’s Why Joining Challenges Is Good For You!