As the New Year is moving here fast, I am sure we all have our goals we are getting ready to try to accomplish in the New Year. What we must all remember to do is make sure we have reasonable goals that can be met. We cannot make a goal that is not in our means of reaching. If we make goals that are almost impossible to reach, we will get discouraged and give up. The whole reason for these goals is to improve ourselves one way of another.
As we make our goals, we have to really think about what is necessary. If your goal is to quit smoking, you may not be able to quit in one day. If you are trying to lose weight, do it with the end result in mind. I used these two examples for the reason being these are the most used goals for the start of the new years. Some people start off the New Year great. They move forward full steam ahead but, what happens is, the steam runs out fast. The reason being, everyone wants instant results. Sorry but that is not always the case.
We must do things in a steady pace and remember what the end result is going to be. We must make plans on how these things get accomplished and stay on the path. We have to try to not take short cuts on this path. When we find that we are getting the results we are trying for, we have to stick with it until the wheels fall off. No matter what you may hear from some people about a different way to do what you are doing. If you stray from the path and get a result that you are not looking for, you know what happens. "I did the best I can" or "nothing I try ever works." Now, why do you think it did not work? Answer: you strayed off the path and veered from the plans you made. Thus being said, of course you are going to feel like it is not working.
Now, when making a plan, we need to also remember that the first thing we try may not work for us. So, we need to find the right groove, system, whatever you want to call, that is good for us. In the beginning, this should be the only time we take advice about something to try. Now the reason I said that is, you need to find what works for you. If something does not work, keep looking till you find what does and stick with it. If it is working, don't try to fix it with something that may break it. This will bring on a most discouraging mind-set, which we really do not need to keep going forward on our journey. With some good planning, determination, and a will to do it, you will make it happen.
Now when making this plan you want to follow, start out light and build up from there. Take smoking for example, I found out that some people can say "I am done with this smoking nonsense" and they never pick up another one again. Some people have to take it slow and smoke less and less as the days go on. The ones that have to start out and back off slowly are the ones that have tried several times to just stop and could not do it. This is also the case with trying to lose weight, we may not be getting the results we thought we would get. When this happens, we tend to get discouraged and think nothing works. Then, we lose sight of our plan and abandon it all.
So, remember to build the plan, stay on the path we built for said plan, do not stray. Go slow and build up, not all at one shot. Remember it takes some time to see the results so, do not get discouraged on your journey, stay vigilant and keep moving forward. Do not let others tempt you to stray from your plans. Also, make your goals reasonable, don't shoot for the stars till you hit the sky first.
Thank you everyone and enjoy. Mike Coluccio.
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