Today, I read another article, this time about motivation. Making sure you motivate yourself so that you do not quit is very important. Throughout the article it says; "Many people struggle to find the motivation they need to achieve the goals they want because they are wasting too much time and energy on other parts of the process." I agree because even me when I have a goal in mind I think like, how am I going to be able to do this? or how am I going to finish this on time? While I should be worrying about being focused on actually moving towards my goal.
Furthermore, the article talks about "scheduling your motion." To stop procrastinating and take time for you to achieve your goal. You need to take the time to make progress with your goal everyday. If you eliminate your procrastination and make time everyday to work towards your goal, that is motivation. It takes about 66 days to form a habit or routine of sort, so making sure you keep your goal in mind and do not miss a day is very important. Throughout the article there is a mention of the three R's of habit formation; reminder, routine and reward. You remind yourself that you have to work on your goal, you work on it regularly, and you earn your reward. Everyone's life is too precious to be thrown away or wasted, "spend it in a way that will make you proud", and you really should. Your life is something that is really rare and don't waste it thinking about what you want to achieve but spend it achieving the things you want.
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Continuous improvement is putting effort every single day toward a goal to eventually lead up to something great. Focusing on continuously improving our selves by slowly fixing our routines and making time can really make a difference. But, most people do not like change unless there is something good to gain from it.
The need for continuous improvement can be seen when trying to lose weight. The good your looking for in the change is being healthier and feeling better about your body. But, this kind of stuff does not just happen over night, but takes continuous time and dedication. With this continuous time and dedication you will slowly improve everyday, making progress and little by little you will be closer and closer to your goal. Never expect a big change over night! In the article I read by James Clear on continuous improvement, there was a concept called "improvement by subtraction" which in other words is, doing less of what does not work. In school you would avoid irrational mistakes, and try to make fewer mental errors repeatedly. And when losing weight, you would try to miss fewer work outs and such. I think this improvement by subtraction is something important if your struggling to improve because of your own inconsistency. And it is important to "Measure backwards", and to make your decisions based on things that have happened already rather than things you think may. Overall, I think continuous improvement is very important and can prove useful to head towards any sort of goal, if it be long term or short term. And the tips I had read in this article are true keys towards helping your improvement. So what are you doing here still reading this? Go start planning! Recently I read an article by James Clear about what the difference between goals and habits can have on your progress. Honestly after reading this article I saw my goals slightly differently, like if my goal was to lose weight, I should focus on fixing my eating habits rather than my goal to lose weight. I understand that once you establish a daily route, you can truly set your eyes on your goal with certain successes.
There was a personal example from James which I found interesting. When the words were counted from all his articles, it totaled up to about 115000 words. That is enough words to even write two whole books, which he had completed just by setting a habit and routine to write every Monday and Thursday. In 11 months he had written enough to write two books, but if he had set a goal to write a certain amount of words each time to eventually total up to his goal, it would become a lot more difficult. And, because he aloud himself to get into a habit of writing weekly, on routine, he managed to write plenty of good articles. Overall, I do agree with James and that focusing on making monthly, weekly, and evem daily habits can set you a great track toward your goals with certain success. Everyone has a digital citizen ship or footprint. We all leave one behind when we either post a photo, write a comment or make a blog like this one. And anyone can access the internet anywhere, whether its through your phone, your library computers or anything else. What you put on the internet is there forever, and it is under your name.
People like employers and such will look to find what you leave behind, and it is not as hard to find as you think. A few years ago my friend searched up my name with me and we managed to find a photo of myself from many years ago that I for some reason decided to post on twitter and my username was included with a link. It was sort of scary because I never would have expected to find something that old and dead, but it is out there forever now. All the retweets of my favorite youtubers and me telling the my 18 followers I was going to see my old friend again. But, anything you post is there and can be found. I am lucky my younger self and I do not post anything that could absolutely ruin my reputation for years. Moreover, same goes for anyone else, so be careful with what you put on the internet and make sure you think about what you are saying and posting, anyone and I mean anyone can find it! |
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