Do You Have a Goal-Setting Process?
The most common goal-setting process is probably the ones we come up with in our minds and daydream about. They are just quick glimpses in our imagination.
The ones that make us think someday or the ones that make us question, if only.
I have been a daydreamer for a long time.
It started after it became socially unacceptable to play with dolls and toys. I am an only child, and I don’t think I’ve ever been bored. I love to use my quiet time to imagine my scenarios.
In my adolescent and early teen years, I would spend time in my room listening to music that told a story and imaging careers I would have, homes I would live in, the husband I would marry, and the children we would have.
I was pretty detailed. For example, I would develop the entire color scheme for my one-day home. I would pick out the clothing of my dreams for my future husband, children, and myself. Our someday in the future would come, and in my imagination, we were wearing the sparkly clothes represented in the JC Penney Christmas catalog circa 1985.
When we become adults often get out of the habit of using our imagination to think about the future. We get in trapped by our reality. We have been hurt and knocked down by cruel circumstances.
It can cause us to forget about what we want and focus too much on what we don’t want.
It’s happened to me many times over the years. I have, on occasion, forgotten to use my imagination and plan my future.
One of the best-kept secrets to having a better life is to imagine one.
Once you begin to imagine one, you will find it’s easier to set goals. The best goal-setting plans begin with imagination but get beyond that in a written form.
I encourage you to start a goal-setting plan if you don’t have one. There’s a lot of options for making set goals stick. You can hear about some different forms this week on the podcast.
But, to begin any of them, you will need to allow yourself some time to dream about what you want.
There’s a lot of reminders around about what you don’t want. It takes a little more time to think about what you do want. It’s time well spent, and I guarantee you will feel better after you spend the time focusing on positive possibilities.
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