Two weeks in, and I’m still working on my goals. I feel like 2019 may just be my year!

Ok, since goal setting is a new concept for me, I of course have been doing a lot of research on the subject. And apparently, everyone is talking about SMART Goals. Do you know this concept? I didn’t until, well, last week.

So SMART Goals is, of course, an acronym (which is why I keep capitalizing the word SMART).

Apparently, to succeed in goal setting, your goals must be:

•    Specific

•    Measurable

•    Attainable

•    Relevant

•    Time-bound

The advice I’ve been reading about says firstly to write down your goals, which I had already done because I’m a list maker.

Secondly, make sure each goal is following the SMART way to set a goal.

Other advice was to keep the number of goals manageable. Work on 3 to 5 goals instead of making a page full of dreams and wishes.

And I found this point interesting, don’t share your goal with the public. The reason; although we all need accountability; we should only share our goals with a select few who are willing to help us to succeed. So, I guess I shouldn’t be writing about my goals, although one of the reasons I’m doing it is to keep me accountable. We’ll see if I should have taken that advice or not.

After all my research, I went back through my list of goals and examined them again. I have 5, so according to the experts, that should be doable. Are my goals:

Specific – yes

Measurable – yes

Attainable – should be

Relevant – very

Time-bound – well, not all of them, I’ll work on that

So far, I’ve only been working on 2 of my goals, because I don’t want to get “weary in well doing”. And so far, I feel fairly successful in both areas.

Will next week bring unforeseeable complications?

Will I be able to keep up with the rigors of goal setting?

Will there be any more posts on goal setting?

Tune in next week and find out.

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“May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” Psalm 20:4