Tips to help you stay focused on your Personal Goals

#1. Set up Small Milestones

Setting up small goals is very important for a person to be motivated throughout the journey of achieving any dream. What we usually do, we try to achieve something that is somewhere impossible to get in a particular span of time. When we can’t achieve, gets demotivated and lose self-confidence and even not try again. To avoid this and be motivated we always should set small milestones and try to achieve them one by one. When we achieve them it gives us a kind of satisfaction and even it forces us to appreciate ourselves.

When you set a goal, you eventually decide to achieve success with an open mind. Always have short-term goals to achieve big as it makes you engaged for the long run.

#2. Time Management

Make your schedule according to your working capacity, only you know yourself better than anyone. You need to pick the best time of your day to focus on your goals as it is the time when you are most energetic.

• Always have realistic goals and leave some space for the times when your schedule doesn’t go with the flow but still you don’t skip it due to an overrun on any other task.

• Always attach a deadline with the task you have allotted to yourself and track it if you are meeting with the same or not. If you are achieving it, that’s great and gives a sense of accomplishment and inspires you to achieve more or if not so you become eligible to assess yourself where the plan lacks. Time management is pivotal to your success.

At times you may experience a situation where you find yourself surrounded with excessive work and you are urged to have more than 24 hours in a day. Here you should outsource some of your work to relieve yourself from stress and to let you focus on your goals. You can outsource your work on online freelancing sites like Fiverr, Toptal, Upwork, Freelancer etc. where you can start outsourcing with only $5. Isn’t it great? So much time to work on your personal goals.

#3. Brain dumping

It may sound a little awkward but if you include it in your daily exercise, it can show you the benefits of doing it. Thousands of thoughts daily hit our mind and some of them are of so much use. But what happens when we try to recall them, we can’t remember.

To avoid this complex situation, keep a pen and notepad with you always and jot down every useful thought that pops into your mind.

Don’t focus on neat and clear writing, writing in a way only you can understand, is enough. Only make sure when you check your notes next time it should be legible for you to understand. It is such a great way to have every idea and thought written.

#4. Avoid Distractions

Distractions are the biggest hurdle in achieving any goal and I am sure most of you will agree to this. In today’s era full of technology there are so many hurdles in our life. For example, phones, laptops, video games, television and the biggest one social media.

If we plan to operate it for only a few minutes but when it becomes an hour we don’t have any idea. It’s better to avoid these distractions and try to avoid them for your better.

Doing online research is very important and common in the era of the internet but when entertaining content tempts you, it becomes quite tough to skip that and get back to your actual research. We have to keep ourselves focused and make ourselves determined. Ignore distractions and keep your mind focussed towards your goals.

Just keep your goal in your mind and ignore all the distractions, it’s the only way to avoid them as we understand what is good and bad for us. We don’t have to give our remote control in anyone’s hand.  If you learn the habit of ignoring no one can stop you. Yes, don’t forget to treat yourself to some internet and a cup of coffee when you achieve your set goal of the day. Hard Work must be rewarded too.

We shared tips with you of the 4 ways to stay focused on your goals but here we would like to tell you that focusing on something doesn’t mean ignoring other things. Enjoy every moment of your life but with discipline and time management. It will become a life-changing lesson for you.

Don’t ever compare yourself with anybody as everyone has different capacities and strengths in working. It will do nothing but show negative thoughts, which usually leads to despair and giving up.

Smile

During the whole process of achieving your goal, have a beautiful smile on your face throughout the journey. It will make your life easier. Don’t undertake an over zealous burden to eat well, sleep well and have fun. Assess yourself and check what you have achieved and what not. If you didn’t achieve what you have planned, look back, analyze it and do better in the next attempt. Don’t panic. Remain calm and look back and write down where you diverged from your path. It will help you to adapt to the changes and re-work them.

Everything takes time, like developing any new habit. But slowly and steadily you are bound to achieve what you have determined, nothing can stop you to do so. Have faith in yourself and follow these tips.

So when are you planning to set your goals? Don’t wait for the perfect time, as Kabir Das said ‘No time like the present’.