Before leaving the happiness that goal setting and achievement can add to our lives, Lyubmirsky has a few more points of empirical advice:
Commit with a passion. Don't quit, don't give up; be persistent.
She suggests making one's commitment public, as it encourages consistency.
Own your goals. Find ways to reward yourself and make the journey intrinsically satisfying. The pursuit of a goal is as important as achieving it.
In the famous words of Nike: Just do it. Just moving forward on something can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Someone once said: At the moment of commitment, the Universe conspires to assist us.
So, move...the road may rise to meet you.
And finally, as we've heard so often before, break your goals down into baby steps. I often think people take on far too much in recovery and sooner than later, get overwhelmed and burnt out. Learn to practice "turtle time". Learn how to spend time with yourself without constantly running. Slow and steady finishes the program.
Remember the old adage: You can eat an elephant, one bite at a time.
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Post script: There are many excellent books at the library and in the book stores on setting goals. I'll take a look and see what I can recommend in the Resource Section of this blog.
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