It’s easy (and tempting) to shape goals based off the endless influx of cultural messaging.
Take a long, hard look at your goals and assess how they’re fitting into the bigger picture
So, how do we break the loop of stressing because we’re not meeting our goals, which breeds guilt and anxiety that makes you want to get things done even less? Ahead of setting your intentions for making 2018 the biggest, shiniest, most successful, lucrative year ever, keep some perspective on what’s feasible and what’s not, by bringing equal doses of patience, kindness and realness to the self-bargaining process. Whatever your rationale might be, giving in to procrastination functions much like a classic vice: You know it’s not good for you, and you know you’ll probably feel worse for it on the other side, and yet the prospect of it is so…delicious.īut numerous studies have backed up what all of us surely know simply from personal experience: Accomplishing what we set out to do, be it something small or lofty, brings the good feelings notaccomplishing things we set out to do, either by pushing them further and further into the future or abandoning them altogether, brings the bad feelings. Or saying “yes” to that weekend trip you really shouldn’t, because that’s time you set aside for chipping away at your GOALS. Or checking your Instagram feed for the 19th time since you woke up this morning.
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You have two options: To power through, or to power through, like, right now.īut before you start gathering that momentum, there’s also the option of watching dogs jump on trampolines for a full four minutes.
We’ve all been there: It’s the week before a massive deadline hits, and for any number of reasons, your brain cells appear to be conspiring against the very idea of progress. Ahead of setting your intentions for making 2018 the biggest, shiniest, most successful, lucrative year ever, here’s how you can keep some perspective on what’s feasible and what’s not.
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