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Setting Goals
Apr. 10th, 2014 06:01 pmOne of my flist had asked for suggestions for their 30 day blog and I suggested they write about three goals for this year and three goals for the next five years. Then I thought that having made the suggestion I should really be prepared to write about my own goals. My only condition was that they should be realistic - so the goal I had as a young teenager of being an astronaut probably wouldn't count.
All of which got me thinking. I don't have that many goals. I've got to the point in my life where I have either achieved what I wanted, or I know that I'm never going to achieve things. I like the house we live in, it's convenient, and because all I want is somewhere warm and comfortable, I don't have great designs in that respect; buy a few more plants for the back garden maybe, but that's not really a goal. Similarly, I could ask for further training at work, but to what end? I'm quite happy with what I do - it's interesting, it's worthwhile and it pays the bills. It is extremely unlikely that additional qualifications would improve my job prospects and if I'm honest, all I want is do the job and come home to do other things.
We've raised a family and sent them out in the world. Of course I want the best for both of them, but it's their lives not mine. In that sense I think we have achieved the goal.
But without goals, we stagnate. So, I'm left with the question, what are my goals for the next twelve months, and what about the following years?
All of which got me thinking. I don't have that many goals. I've got to the point in my life where I have either achieved what I wanted, or I know that I'm never going to achieve things. I like the house we live in, it's convenient, and because all I want is somewhere warm and comfortable, I don't have great designs in that respect; buy a few more plants for the back garden maybe, but that's not really a goal. Similarly, I could ask for further training at work, but to what end? I'm quite happy with what I do - it's interesting, it's worthwhile and it pays the bills. It is extremely unlikely that additional qualifications would improve my job prospects and if I'm honest, all I want is do the job and come home to do other things.
We've raised a family and sent them out in the world. Of course I want the best for both of them, but it's their lives not mine. In that sense I think we have achieved the goal.
But without goals, we stagnate. So, I'm left with the question, what are my goals for the next twelve months, and what about the following years?
