Honoring Your Hidden Goals

When you look back on the past calendar quarter, consider what you actually got done, even if your actions and behaviors didn’t align well with your stated goals. Your time went somewhere, so where did it actually go? Use the lens of seeing everything you did as an accomplishment, even if your main achievement was watching Game of Thrones. Instead of beating yourself up for what you didn’t do, take a deeper look at what you did do. So then your achievements might actually look like: Watch Game of Thrones.Spend two hours per day on Facebook.Exercise sporadically, averaging about 30 minutes per week, mostly Yoga with Adriene videos.Gain 10 pounds of fat.And so on… Now consider what goals you would have set at the start of the quarter if you wanted to match what you actually did during those three months. Take a step back from the actions, and see if you can connect them with a grander meaning. Why did you do these items? What did you gain from them? These are your hidden goals. For example, your hidden goals based on the actions above might be: Take a break from the world each day with a deep dive into fantasy entertainment.Leverage the benefits of online socializing each day, so I can feel connected to people while also keeping my distance, thereby allowing me to have plenty of flexible alone time.Let my body go a bit, so I can use that as a reason for not going out as much instead of having to focus on the virus situation. Also give me a re...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Productivity Values Source Type: blogs