(And yet I nailed the one that matters most)
This was supposed to be my year.
After endless setbacks and frustrations had thrown the previous one into chaos, I was determined this one wasn’t going to be like the last.
Brimming with positivity I purchased a fresh note pad with plans to keep it neat, and neat I did as aside from the first page outlining affirmations and the second pages going over my goals for a year I’ve not touched the book since!
It was through mindless scrolling on LinkedIn as post talking about goals reminded me the notebook was sat in a top draw unmolested, and thought it was time for a little revisit, so I started with goal number one:
Write something and submit a proposal for consideration for external publication every month.
This wasn’t going to be good.
Powering my way through all my writing goals I remembered how they were set with good intent, and a motivation for renewed purpose, until that other thing happened that threw me off.
I took small satisfaction that I’d made progress on my weight loss goal, if not realising it had been a tad ambitious in it’s timescales, but I was ignorant to future situation of doing nothing.
My career goals where a mix, worryingly I’d set one and reading today I have no idea what I was trying to say, guess it doesn’t matter if I put that aside.
By this point I was feeling pretty crap about the lack of progress, it was like reading a book on dreams held off, but as I turned the page I got I got to my single remaining goal.
It sat there all on it’s lonesome, as if I’d unintentionally separated it from the rest in terms of it’s importance.
I read, and read it again, then underlined it as if to emphasise the importance should I forget it’s importance later on.
Be more forgiving of yourself when family comes first over personal goals
The negative thoughts, subsided for a minute, as I justified my position.
“Yeah, yeah” I thought geeing myself up.
Forgive myself…
Because when things aren’t going to plan it doesn’t really matter if more important things like family and health take priority, because without either, the other goals don’t matter.
Taking on the goals advice, I forgave myself for what I hadn’t achieve, and at least with it could tick one goal as complete on the list.
And with it done, I rewrote my goals anew, refresh on my current personal situation, making sure to readd the most important goal of all to keep forgiving myself when things don’t work out.
Wishing you the best in your success
James @Perfect Manifesto
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