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Life-Changing Goals

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Six weeks ago I started a life-changing list of goals that included:

  • Diet
  • Blog
  • Spiritual
  • Wealth

For the first few weeks, I had been succeeding in meeting my goals in weight loss, so I decided to venture off into the next step which was being more active on my website.

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So for the last three weeks I have been more active on my website, but unfortunately, I haven’t been blogging; I’ve been fixing. Well, breaking and then fixing.

Before writing more post, I thought I needed to update a few posts and pictures; you know, like you would clean your house before special guests come to visit.

And I also wanted to get my recipe plugin setup “Juuuust right” so I could post new Keto friendly recipes!

Unfortunately, when I started fixing my website, I accidentally deleted some information and pictures, lost a few precious comments left by my special guests (you guys), and at one time my whole website went down completely.

Fortunately, my website is hosted with Bluehost and the customer service there is outstanding! I could call or chat 24/7, and after several friendly conversations through chat, I think we have things up and running again. And good news, since my viewership is so small, I don’t think anyone noticed; bad news, my viewership is so small. 🙂

So, on with my goal of being more active on my website!

To be successful with this goal, I am again trying to follow the SMART outline for succeeding. Wow! Listen to me being a goal setter. (LOL!)

  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Attainable
  • Relevant
  • Time-bound

Gosh, it’s hard to actually put myself out there, but I need the accountability, so here it goes:

  • Specific: I’m going to be more active with my website, posting, and networking
  • Measurable: I’m going to post once a week; an article, an opinion, or a recipe
  • Attainable: I mean, it’s only one 300—800-word article per week-that should be attainable. Anyone can do that, right?
  • Relevant: Yes, posting, networking, updating the backend of my website will definitely help me to achieve the goal of being more active on my website.
  • Time-bound: Well, I would like this to be a life-changing goal, but for now I’m going to put a time frame of 21 days. I can do anything for 21 days, right?

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Goal Setting Part 2

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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