What do you want to achieve in 1 years time? 5 years time? Maybe even 10 years time?

Many of us have good intentions to set goals. You say’ I’ll set some goals.’ The most famous time of the year that springs to mind is the New Year’s Resolution time!  Many people make their New Year’s Resolutions and within one month they are broken. The most popular ones are to stop smoking and lose weight.

Goals are statements or intentions of what you want to achieve some time in the future. Goals must be

• measurable
• achievable
• realistic
• specific and
• have a time frame

You can set goals during any time in the year.

Why not start right now? Grab a sheet of blank paper and a pen.

Where to start….

1. Choose the areas of your life – put these as main headings. You could write Health, Wealth, Personal, Relationships, Hobbies and Business etc. You can think of others.

2. Under each heading list the things you want to achieve.

For example under Health you may write lose weight, stop smoking, eat better, exercise more and make health checkups (doctor, dentist, and chiropractor).

3. Now take each one of these and start to be specific.

For example, let’s look at lose weight. You could write I want to lose 5kg over the next 10 weeks. Does this goal match our criteria listed above?

It is measurable. You will be able to see at the end of the 10 week period is you have lost 5kg.

It is achievable. On average it is possible to lose 500g each week.

It is realistic. The amount you can lose each week is not too little or too much. Many people can lose this if they are overweight.

It is specific. The statement is very clear about what you want to achieve.

It has a timeframe. You have given yourself 10 weeks to achieve this.

In my next Carnival Blog post I’ll look at how to achieve your goals using a step by step process.

See you next time.

Janice

During the remainder of the year I will be sometimes participating in The John Thornhill Fan Club’s Masterclass Carnival Blog – Journey to Success. Each month we have been asked to comment on a specific topic. We can participate in the topics in which we are interested/have knowledge.

You can find the link at http://thejohnthornhillfanclub.com/journey-to-success-masterclass-blog-carnival/

Next month in June the topic is Developing Specific Goals to Attain Your Dreams. My post for this will appear at the beginning of next month. Please come back to read my post.

See you next time.

Janice

Yes, just kidding I know I am on Earth. I love astronomy; probably that is why I have a NASA widget at the side.

How many of you saw the 4 planets align last week?

Last Friday morning I got up early at 4am. I work well in the mornings – my best time! I did some work (not internet stuff) but stuff for my job, had an early shower and threw on some daggy clothes. It was quite cold (7ºC) and I jumped in my car. I did not have to drive far to see the wonderful sight. I could clearly see Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in a triangle. It was getting light quite quickly and clouds were starting to obscure my view. I missed seeing Mars.

This brings back memories… I remember seeing Halley’s Comet back in 1986. I was living in Sydney at the time and went up to Long Reef headland where there were a number of amateur astronomers. They were kind enough to let us look through the telescopes and they explained where to look to see Halley’s Comet with the naked eye. Every night after that, I went outside scanned the sky until I found the comet. I continued this nightly visit for a number of weeks until I could see Halley’s Comet no more.

Maybe I’ll be around for its next visit…. (I’ll not be far off 100 years old!)

Until next time

Janice