Set goals

Setting goals can help motivate you, inspire you and gives you a focus. Once achieved the feeling of accomplishment can be truly uplifting. Goals don’t have to be related to fitness or weight loss either, they can relate to all areas of your life.

Know Thyself

To achieve goals you must be passionate about them. You will be passionate about your goals if they have meaning for you. Consider the following before you begin:

• What are your core values?
• Where do you want to be in 10 years?
• What do you want for your life?
• What difference do you want to make in the world?

Balanced Goals for a balanced life

Set your goals in all areas of your life:

• Career
• Health
• Personal

Set SMART goals in present tense

• SPECIFIC – be clear and specific about your goal
• MEASURABLE – if you can’t measure it is difficult to achieve, and how do you know you have achieved it.
• ATTAINABLE – make sure you are able to attain the goal.
• REALISTIC – is the goal feasible given your effort level and tendencies?
• TIMELY – write a specific date so when it comes, you can check off completion of the goal.

A good way of setting a goal, (fitness related) I have found, is to enter a race or event of some kind, this ticks a number of the SMART criteria, and gives you a very real focus. I have done this a number of times and it works well with me, so go on, give it a go, if you have any queries, ask and I will try to help.

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