Reach for the Stars

When was the last time you set a goal for yourself? Was it a fitness goal? A goal that involved your occupation or school? Maybe it was to get married or expand your family by a certain time. Maybe you're like me, and realize that you don't set goals for yourself. When I say "set a goal", I mean write it down, visualize how it's going to happen, and take steps to achieve it.

When I started my journey with Beachbody coaching, one of the first things that I realized, was that I was not setting goals for my own life. Of course, I had ideas of what my next running goal would be, and things that we wanted to do with the house next year, vacations we might take, but I had nothing written down. I didn't have any personal goals, nothing that I was actively working towards or really doing anything about. This was a kind of rude awakening for me. I was caught up in the everyday stuff, just kinda one day at a time, and wasn't making any plans. I don't like to plan. I very rarely go on vacations because I don't like to the hassle of planning them. I want someone to tell me what, where, when and how much and I'm happy.

So when I started with the coaching boot camps, one of the first things we were told to do, was to write down our goals. Not just goals for our business, but personal goals, financial goals, fitness goals, family goals. Holy s*%t.  I have never, ever sat down and written out goals for myself.  I have always strived to be successful and to be happy, but somehow this concept had eluded me.  I am a college graduate with a post professional doctoral degree. I am a health care professional. I have had several different jobs (therapists tend to hop around) and no boss that I have ever had has asked me what my goals were.  No boss has ever encouraged me to do personal development. So I sat down and thought about what I really wanted for me, my family, my business, my career and I wrote things down. I decided which goals were most important to me and my family and that I was going to take the necessary steps to achieve them. I think so often we dream about things, wish for things, but we have to realize that without action, it is not likely they are going to happen.  I have really started to believe that if there is something you want to be, or do, or have, go for it.  But no one is going to do it for you, it's not just going to appear. You want a promotion? A beach house? A college degree? Maybe a new car?  Write it down. Figure out what you have to do to get there. Take action. And give it time.
So I have been inspired to take steps in directions I never thought about before.  I have taken action to improve my health and my family's health and to educate others on what it takes to do that.  I am working towards financial freedom and I am regularly taking steps to improve myself. All it took was someone to tell me to set some goals. The goals are my motivation to work hard, reach out to people, and change as many lives as I can!  My goal with this post is to inspire you. You can change your course, you can change your fate, you just have to write it down, visualize yourself there, and do it.