How many of us miss that January 1st Goal setting thing? For me I’m often still on my Christmas Break and not thinking about work stuff. I’m also still eating the chocolate left over from Christmas so the thoughts of gyms and diets goes out of the window. I am often starting my goals on that dreaded Blue Monday in January.
This year I was facing Radiotherapy – I’ve had a tough 6 months but I’m now cancer free and still healing – so work and health kicks definately went out the window. But for me, now is the perfect time not only to move on but to make plans.
You see, goals don’t have to be set on the 1st January and they certainly don’t have to be for 12 months. I find soft starts really useful. My goals look something like this:
Weigh myself this week and return to the gym by 30th March. (I want to lose a stone by Summer)
Use my My Fitness Pal app to put a check on my food intake from 15th February to 30th March.
Write one blog post a month starting now.
Increase my Instagram followers to 825 by end April (I want to reach 1000 by the end of the year so this is a soft start). (Feel free to help @livelifecolour )
Tidy and sort the set of draws in the dining room by end of March (the piano stool, and two sideboards also need doing).
Do you see how soft starts work? By just focusing on one small chunk of your goal, your goals become much more realistic and achievable.
What does your soft start look like (I’d genuinely like to hear so leave a note in the comments) and when does your soft start begin?
Carolyn Trafford is a Creative Life Coach, supporting others in reaching their own goals in a creative way sine 2010. Author of “Don’t Just Dream It – Achieve It!” (A great way to kickstart those goals). This interactive book is available from her online shop: https://carolyntraffordart.ecwid.com/Dont-Just-Dream-It-Achieve-It-Book-p196854491) . She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer on the 20th September 2021 following her first routine screening with the NHS at 51.
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