HOW TO set goals and get moving!

With the beginning of a new year, many people - myself included - make resolutions and promises to themselves about all the things they will either stop or start doing in the year to come, or about things they intend to accomplish, places they will go, and so on.

This is all good, but there's a chance we'll put so many things on our list that we'll feel completely overwhelmed just a few weeks into the new year. And then - before we know it - we're "back to normal", back in the same old routines.

Set goals and write them down

Setting goals is a great thing, though. And if you write them down, there's a much bigger chance of you actually making them come true. Research has shown that people who write down their goals accomplish them to a much higher degree than those who don't write them down.

So why don't you set a big, hairy goal for yourself this year, and then make sure you take small steps towards it?

Don't set yourself up for failure by just putting it out there as a WISH and then forgetting about it. Write it down, and decide when you want to accomplish it. Set smaller goals that show how you will reach your BIG goal, and write down Action Steps that you will take, little by little, to get there.

Get clear on your WHY

And get clear on WHY you want to do this or accomplish this, because the bigger your WHY is, the more likely you are to see it through.

And remember: You are the only one who can decide what your life is going to look like. You are the only one who can take the necessary steps to reach your goals.

Don't keep doing the same old things over and over again and expect things to change. You have to DECIDE to change, and you have to TAKE ACTION. YOU are the creator of your own life, and ONLY YOU.

Stop living in the past

Stop living in the past, - that's not where you're going! - and stop blaming the things that happened before, or your childhood, or your current circumstances or other people for where you are in your life right now.

If you're not happy with the way things are: Change them! You're not a tree. You can move around. You can take steps towards the things you want, even if you don't know exactly where to go.

Just start doing SOMETHING. Start from where you ARE, but START! The things and people and circumstances you need in order to succeed, will come to you - if only you start moving in some direction or other.

You are unique. You are great. You are wonderful. And there's nothing you can't do or be.

So set some hairy goal for yourself this year and set smaller goals to get there, step by step. You can do this!