5 Steps To Setting Goals & Some Useful Tools & Tips

A goal without a plan is just a dream — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The reason I set goals is to motivate myself and give me something to work towards, it gives me a sense of purpose.

Deciding on what your goals should be can be quite difficult. We need to think about what we truly want from life, not what we “should” want or what is expected of us.

That’s why I’ve listed 5 important steps to help you with your goal setting.

1. Ask yourself questions. To find out what it is you hope to achieve, you need to do a bit of self-discovery. What is it that you want from life? Remember, these are your goals and no one elses.
2. Write your goals down. Ideally somewhere you will see them often.
3. Think about why you want to achieve these goals and how achieving them would make you feel. This will hopefully weed out any goals that you aren’t 100% sure about, you don’t want to waste your time on doing something when your heart is not fully in it.
4. Decide on a time frame for when you would like to achieve each of these goals. 6 months? 6 years? What would be realistic?
5. Think about the steps you need to take to achieve them. For example, for weight loss, your steps could be to track your calories and go for a run 3 times a week.