Golden or Goal Done?

Driving in my car tonight I was feeling really good about getting a lot done, and I had this thought come to mind, “I’m golden” something I say when things seem to be aligned and things in life are running like a well oiled machine. I specifically make myself take note of these “i’m golden” times in order to remember what I’m striving for when I feel like saying to myself “just forget it” when I’m getting frustrated and just want to give up.

So I analyzed this bizarre play on words that I had in the car tonight, and I realized maybe there was something really powerful going on here. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was in school I often had to figure out a way to remember things for tests, because if I didn’t have some creative acronym or silly sentence I would potentially forget it all together. I never did consider myself the smartest kid by any means, but by golly, I could ace a test with my memory and have years of A’s to prove it, so I’m pretty sure there’s something to it. It never failed, I would memorize those acronyms or sentences and it was in my brain for years to come. Which is why I think this article could potentially be the “golden” ticket.

Every time you think about giving up, ask yourself if you’d rather be “golden” or “goal done”. As dorky as it might be to ask yourself that, since grammatically it doesn’t even make sense, mark my words, next time you get discouraged and think about giving up, you’ll remember this conversation and decide you don’t want to be a quitter and maybe, just maybe, you’ll reconsider. You know in your heart it’s not time for that goal to be DONE. That’s just when things start getting interesting. Trust me, I know that’s what’s going to happen because I just hypnotized you! Okay, so maybe I didn’t hypnotize you, but I do know that this article, if nothing else, has inspired you to shoot for being “golden”, which is well within your reach if you simply don’t give up.

I applaud you for all your efforts in whatever goals you’re striving to achieve, and I encourage you to continue to have the courage to keep trying even when you feel like the goal may not be worth it or think it would be easier to walk away. So which will it be, “golden” or “goal-done”? You decide.

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Goal Development – Make It Fun!

When is the last time you said to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be fun if _________ happened?” or ” Wouldn’t it be awesome if ___________?” Sure you have! The last time you did that,, did you make an effort to make it become a reality or did you talk yourself out of it and remind yourself of all the reasons it wouldn’t work or why it was just a silly idea? All successful doers know the power that comes from dreaming. The difference is they didn’t just dream about these things, they used their dream as fuel to make the reality happen.

This exercise is as simple as it sounds. Spend the next 10 minutes being creative and asking yourself the question above over and over or keep doing it until you run out of ideas. Tell yourself you’re going to make at least one come true. The fun part is once you get started, you’ll be eager to make more than one come true. For example, “Wouldn’t it be fun if I hosted a slumber party?” Who cares if your 35, do it anyway. “Wouldn’t it be fun if I painted the bathroom a totally different color? Wouldn’t it be fun if I surprised my man at work and took him to dinner? Wouldn’t it be cool if I hosted a party and everyone brought a bag of food to donate to the shelter? Wouldn’t it be fun to save up for 6 months and go to Mexico?” You get the picture.

We need to allot ourselves daily time to tap into that inner child to dream and have FUN. It’s crucial for the survival of the soul. We need to ask our brains to deliver instead of hoping something good will just come to us. The dreaming part is fun, but that’s when the energy and enthusiasm subsides for most people, because then comes hard work and finding the time or money to make dreams a reality. Always take yourself back to this list and remind yourself why you thought these things would be FUN. The hard work won’t seem like an issue at all.

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Journaling: Document Your Life

Have you experienced something special recently and thought to yourself “I’ll never forget this moment”? Are there moments in your life you wish you could remember better but the memory is starting to fade? Many of us go through life without ever recording one word of how we feel about it other than in an email or in talking about it out loud when reminiscing every so often. This is a tragedy.

We have this idea that special moments come along every now and then, when someone has a baby or when someone gets married. These are indeed special events, and those who journal, might make an effort to sit down specifically to reflect on big events. However, these are certainly not the only opportunities for reflection. Learning, creating, believing, experiencing, growing happens everyday. We are missing opportunities left and right to document the times of our lives. We are missing moments every day that are chalked up as “everyday stuff”. Look a little deeper and you’ll realize those “everyday moments” are what have shaped you into who you are today. You will not want to forget them.

I invite you today to think of really engaging in your life and actively making an effort to remember it. People often think journaling has to be so profound, deep, insightful or possibly even lengthy. This is so not the case my friends. Journaling can be a way to document your thoughts feelings and behaviors around your day to day life. There’s no better way to get to know yourself and discover what things stand out to you. There’s no better way to discover who you are. Start with the commitment to just start jotting things down and see what happens.

You may have heard of a gratitude journal. Some folks say simply doing a gratitude journal has been life changing by focusing solely on the positive things to be thankful for each day. I agree with this strategy and believe strongly whatever you’re grateful for should be included, but also believe in keeping one space where you write everything to keep it simple. If you don’t want to just sit down and list 5 things your thankful for that day, don’t. Write about what things you noticed, what funny thought you had, what stupid idea ran through your mind, what frustrated you that day, what got you thinking. The options are endless. Just write. Assuming you’ll remember all the details later is unfortunately not true.

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