Before I sit down to write-up new goals for the year ahead, I like to deep dive on the year just completed. Why? Cause I want to gain a better understanding of which goals actually got my commitment and which ones received very little and went un-accomplished.
It’s easy to create new ambitious goals every year. It’s much harder to increase our level of commitment to all goals. Commitment is the whole ballgame.
I’ve realized that my level of commitment is very strong for goals in these categories - marriage, joy, family, career moves, mentoring, transactions, travel, and inspirational writing.
If I’m being 100% honest with myself, I’m far less committed in these areas - self-care, health, fitness, eating healthy, writing my book, anything that requires administrative work, and peace.
I obviously don’t want to have weak commitments to such important areas of my life, so I ask the question. Will writing down another set of challenging annual goals in these areas move the needle? Or, will analyzing why I lack commitment in these areas help more?
If you agree that analyzing first before setting new goals is the way to go, then a good starting point is to gain a better understanding of why you have solid commitment in some categories and not others. This will give you clues. You may discover changes you can make to your approach. You may even change the goals themselves depending on the learnings.
When I do this deep dive work, one theme always arises. I need to be inspired to tackle any ambitious goal. If I’m not properly inspired, commitment does not follow. And without commitment, the goal languishes and gets pushed to the back of the pile. Inspiration is the fuel that makes my goals go!
If you come to this realization as well, maybe we can help each other in 2022. Let’s inspire each other to fulfill our desires. Start by writing one goal that is illusive, cause you know you need extra inspiration to find commitment to achieve it. I’ll go first.
