Let’s set BIG goals that matter to you!
Grab a piece of paper and quickly create a list of goals you want to accomplish next year.
Areas To Focus On:
- Your health and happiness; routines and habits
- Relationships with family and friends
- Your personal and/or spiritual growth
- How you spent your time and money
- Your professional development
Think BIG.
Think about something that seems impossible.
Maybe it seems impossible because you have failed in the past or because you just don’t know what steps to take to reach it.
If you already know exactly how to reach your goals, you aren’t making BIG ENOUGH goals.
The unknown scares us more than anything!
But you know that if you want your life to look different than it does now, you must make BIG impossible goals.
Once you set your goals – focusing on 6 or fewer areas of your life will be easiest.
Ask yourself WHY these goals are important to you.
Get real with why you want your goals to happen and connect them to what matters to you.
If you are having trouble with your why… try asking yourself why 5 times.
For example, I want to lose weight.
Why?
I want to fit into my clothes again and feel confident and attractive.
Why do you want to feel that way?
Because I want to go out with my wife again and rekindle our relationship.
Why is that important to you?
We have just been in a rut and I want her to be attracted to me again.
You get the idea…
Here are some examples of purpose-filled goals:
To love my husband well and invest in our marriage because I understand the importance of building a foundation and legacy for our family.
Every day I will put my phone down more and be present in my children’s lives because I want them to know I value them and set a good example that family is more important than phones.
We will prepare healthy meals and sit down to family dinners because I want to create an open and inviting family culture as my kids get older.
I want to make exercise a priority so that I can look and feel good, feel comfortable getting dressed up to go out with my spouse, and enjoy our relationship again.
By the end of this year, I will run my own business so that I have flexibility in my schedule to see my kids grow up and enough money to be able to give and serve others.
These are goals rooted in what matters most to someone.
Use the worksheet below to write down your goals and define why they are important to you.
Research has proven that writing your thoughts and goals on paper is more effective than typing. It flips a switch in our brains, so to speak, and we begin to problem-solve and make decisions.
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