Daily Goals

Goals. Goals. Goals. These have been on my mind a lot as I completely revaluate how I spend my time and where my priorities are. Goals—big, small, and everywhere in between—are going to play a big role in my life as I work on building something for myself from scratch.

Yesterday, I set two goals for myself in the morning. These were simple tasks that I wanted, and needed, to complete to move on to some further steps.

Working on these two simple goals helped me stay focused on what I needed to do and why I needed to work on them NOW. I was able to free myself from the tendency to jump from one thing to another and get overwhelmed when I didn't seem to make any progress.

Guess what? I didn't quite complete those task. But I did everything I could on one (and now it's just a waiting game until I can move forward). And I made massive progress on the other. In fact, I kept working on it until late in the evening because I wanted to accomplish as much on it as I could.

I'm planning to put the last finishing touches on it this morning before I teach my first Zumba class at 9:30. (Today is a triple Zumba day with regular at 9:30 am, kids at noon, and toning at 6 p.m.)

Oh, another thing I have to remember is to-do lists are not goals!

Question: What goal-oriented techniques do you incorporate in your daily life? Do you use any apps or programs to help?