Keep it Simple Silly!
On January 1st, I bought a fancy whiteboard for my room and wrote down all the goals I had for this year. Yesterday I took a look at the board and nothing had been crossed out.
We’re already in the second quarter of the year, and I haven’t accomplished any of the things I wrote down?!
I lost it.
How could this be? I wrote it down, I make a weekly to-do list (I swear by lists), and I thought I was making some headway. However, I took another look at my list and realized that I wrote a bunch of things down with no plan to actually execute them. Here’s how I fixed that:
K-Keep
I-it
S- Simple
S- Silly
In short, by breaking my bigger goals down into smaller, more manageable steps, it allowed me to see that although it’s already April, some, if not all of these goals are still attainable. It sounds simple, but you’d be surprised how many of us skip this step when it comes to setting goals and deadlines for ourselves. So the next time you’re feeling overwhelmed, take a step back and ask yourself a few questions:
What is the goal?
Can this be broken down into smaller steps?
If so, what are they?
Is this feasible in the time frame I’ve set?
If not, consider breaking it down further.
Goal setting can be daunting, but with a little preparation, you can do it!
(And don’t forget to celebrate yourself!)
Love always, CDOG