Hello,
This is Stefania with the first Wisdom Bit for us for the year.
Let's talk about setting goals instead of making resolutions.
Maybe we make resolutions every year and maybe by the end of January they've kind of taken wings and flown away.
Let's talk about setting goals in today's Wisdom Bits.
Now make goals,
Not resolutions.
Here we are into the new year.
Have you made your resolutions yet?
If not,
Don't bother.
Don't make resolutions.
Let's set goals.
It's so easy to promise to ourselves,
I'll lose weight,
I will exercise more,
I'll find a new job,
I'll start my own business.
But to me,
Resolutions are sometimes just words.
Resolutions don't have heart.
Resolutions don't have the deep energy of setting firm,
Doable,
Accountable goals.
If we set a resolution,
We might just speak it out to our friends,
You know,
Tell them I'm going to do this,
I'm going to do that.
We say it to ourselves.
And I'm talking about myself as well.
And we might take a few steps,
A few steps at making it come true.
But I have learned if we set a goal,
If we write it down,
If we break it down into small bites,
Doable steps,
If we look at this plan,
And that's what it's become now,
A plan,
Not just a resolution or a dream.
If we look at this plan every day and tweak it as needed,
Then we are much more likely to see it come true.
This happened to me.
Sometimes I hold a thought in my head.
But sometimes if you just have like a thought in our head,
It can so easily,
We can go off track,
We can get distracted,
We can forget about it.
But if we write it down,
It keeps us focused.
We can break our goals down into lists.
What we want to do overall,
What is the first thing that needs to be done,
No matter how small this task is,
Is important.
And we can think,
Who do we need to help us to make this goal a reality?
How can we make contact with that person?
Or what else do we need?
Maybe a corpse?
Perhaps we just need more training before we get going on our dream.
Perhaps that's what's stopping us.
We don't know how.
It could be training and how to do the exact thing required of this particular occupation or thing.
It could be training on marketing,
Any kind of training.
Perhaps we just need more training before we can get going.
But even that is your first step.
Then let's break it down into a doable timeframe.
We don't have to do everything at once.
Sometimes I might feel,
Maybe you,
I don't know,
That you have a goal and you just want it right then.
So you push yourself into frantic activity.
But we don't have to do everything at once.
That can become quite overwhelming and sometimes we can feel like giving up before we even start.
So buy a notebook or use an app.
There's a lot of apps.
Evernote,
Trello.
Anyhow,
Use an app to help you organize your thoughts,
Organize your actions,
And just do things little by little.
Sometimes we can take big leaps once we get going,
But it's often better to make some kind of start.
Even if it's small,
Just do some definite thing,
You know,
That puts you on the road.
Even if we don't have the whole big plan sorted out in detail,
If we have a general idea,
Start from there.
Start with the first definite clearly aimed step and go from there.
I like to think of making goals,
Not resolution.
It's funny how when you're as clear as you can be on a vision or a dream or a goal,
It's funny how help seems to come to you.
Even if sometimes it's almost effortless.
Sometimes you got to put in the hours,
But sometimes it's almost effortless.
If you just are so clear in your head on something,
There it is.
Or there is a path.
A path opens up.
If you might be in a book,
Help might come in the form of reading a book.
You might mention a bit of your plan to a friend who knows someone who knows someone.
Or your friend might just come up with a good idea that you've not thought of.
But I have to tell you,
Be careful of whom you share this dream with,
That you are pretty confident that they are behind you and not possibly against you.
They might,
You know,
Against you might be like a little bit of a passive aggressive thing,
Make some joke or something.
So just,
You know,
Just be sure.
Just be sure who you tell your dream to.
Finding like-minded people to support each other is really good.
That's good as well for turning the resolutions into goals because they'll look after you and support you and question you and kind of help you stay accountable,
Stay on the right track and you'll do the same for them.
But if you have to go alone,
That's okay too.
There's a lot of supportive,
Helpful groups on the internet.
Positive people who are dedicated to helping each other.
And if you happen to find out that the group is not compatible with your interests,
To your being,
To your energy,
Leave it and find another.
It's easy.
So this year,
Let's give goal setting and achieving a try.
Get a nice journal or find a favorite notebook or diary app and keep track of your progress and make that dream come true.
And our affirmation.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
Even if the first step is only a tiny action,
I know I'm on my way and I just keep going.
I make my plan.
I stay flexible and adjusted as necessary and I just keep going.
I'll repeat that one and then I'll leave a little bit of space just in case you feel like you might want to say it as well.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
Even if the first step is only a tiny action,
I know I'm on my way and I just keep going.
I make my plan.
I stay flexible and adjusted as necessary and I just keep going.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
I stay centered and focused on my goal,
Making my dream come true.
And here's the second affirmation.
I'll say it twice and then leave a bit of space for you to give it a go if you'd like.
I trust completely that the universe is guiding me and helping me to set this goal,
To find all the help that I need to achieve this goal and serve others and all the wisdom I need,
All the answers I need.
The universe is working with me and as I take action on this goal,
Consistent action,
It comes to me in a way that is right and perfect,
Under grace and in perfect ways.
And so it is.
I trust completely that the universe is guiding me and helping me to set this goal,
To find all the help that I need to achieve this goal and serve others and all the wisdom I need,
All the answers I need.
The universe is working with me and as I take action on this goal,
Consistent action,
It comes to me in a way that is right and perfect,
Under grace and in perfect ways.
And so it is.
I trust completely that the universe is guiding me and helping me to set this goal,
To find all the answers I need to achieve this goal and serve others and all the wisdom I need.
Goodbye for now.
