Project PEACE-Goal Setting

Take a deep breath. It's time to organize and re-adjust yourself. It's a Monday. It's a new month. It's time for you to set some SMART goals for the month of February. Do you know how to do it? Are you finally ready to get down to business and focus to reach your dreams?

Let's start by making a small to-do list of household chores, errands and phone calls you need to make. That's pretty simple! Although at first glance your list may seem like it is growing exponentially by the minute (the more you start thinking about everything else you have to do), I promise that it is going to be OK. You can easily knock out a couple of things off of that list in a day, maybe even in a few hours. Don't overwhelm yourself. Aim to cross off at least three things per day.

But what about setting long term goals and achieving them? My best advice is to write out a couple of SMART goals.

What are SMART GOALS?

• Specific
• Ask yourself the who, what, when, where and why
• Measurable
• Ask, "How will I be able to tell if I achieved my goal?", how can the results be measured?
• Attainable
• Think time frame, the appropriate steps to take also have CONFIDENCE. You can do this!
• Realistic
• You have to be willing to work at it. Achieving your goals does not just happen by pure luck, mistake or magic. It's also alright to have failed attempts and a small but steady progress  
• Timely
• Bolster the importance of your goals with a particular time frame. Month and day. 

Goal setting is an awesome thing! The greatest feeling in the world is being able to check off whatever it was that you aspired to do. An even better feeling is saying that you did it after working hard enough for it- when you had to take a few steps to get there, put in the time and hard work, you are left feeling nothing less but accomplished.

You can do it go-getter! It's time to take out the pen and paper.