Things You'll Need:
- pen and paper
- time
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Step 1
Everyone makes resolutions or sets goals, but so much of the time they don't remember what they were or they are too far out of reach. Setting goals must be realistic in order to reach the fantastic. You have to do this in a fashion so you can see your advancements. Get a pen and paper ready. Write clearly and carefully, because this is going to be your personal record to judge your future.
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Step 2
When you get ready to make your goal list there are a few things you will have to do. Near future goals and future goals, realistic goals and wild goals. Don't forget the small goals we strive for in our life each day we live. For each section of goals you will list a time limit. If you reach even one goal on the time limit you are going to celebrate! As you reach each goal you will mark it off.
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Step 3
Start by listing small goals. These can be from taking a day off this weekend, buying a book, changing the lights, changing the oil in the car, doing two loads of laundry. As you complete these small goals it will be easy to reach for the larger goals.
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Step 4
Next are the near future goals. Give yourself six months to complete one or all of the goals. They are Start a new class, write two poems, have a party, learn the new computer program at work, ask for a raise, consider another job, finish one project I started last year. To this you can add remove ice cream from my diet, cut my sugar intake in half, each more peaches, save $200 in my savings account, pay off one credit card bills. This section of the list should include some of the very practical things you need to get done. List bills one by one that need to be paid or the balance lowered. Get health check up. Take a class to improve job performance or start learning a new job.
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Step 5
Next is your one year list. Pay off one credit card and do not use anymore. Pay off car. Buy new car. Plan vacation time and finances. Dump bad boyfriend or husband. Find a new love. Live alone. Decide if you want to buy a home and where. Decide if you ever want to move again. Devote one day a month to loving attention to husband only!
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Step 6
Next is future goals. This section is for dreams. These dreams are so you can keep looking at them and come up with plans on how to reach them step by step. For each dream you can even have a separate list for reaching each one. If it takes years that is ok, because with each step towards it you are a little closer. Dreams like have children, run a marathon, go to Germany, Learn to dance, learn a new career, Take college classes and change my life. Each step for each dream becomes a little more of a reality when you can watch it move your direction with list.
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Step 7
Post your list in the bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom or in any place you will see it often. Check your list at least once a week and if you have reached any goal mark it off. Your goal for the list is to see movement in your life in a positive direction. It helps you to go through each day feeling you made another step without feeling like you are living in the same old rut week after week. Do not be afraid to change your list as your change too. It is just life and sometimes the changes will bring new dreams.
