[peanut]

Has anyone else ever been confused about what their goals should be? I mean I see possibilities and opportunity everywhere. My problem is one of freezing in indecision and not having the financial wherewithal to accomplish them.

And once I *do* make a decision and put my money where my mouth is, then I have the issue of following through and not becoming bored with the project...in short, staying focused and motivated.

Anyone else like this? How do you handle it?

 

[nuisance26]

~I think you touched of one of my big obstacles, which is lack of immediate results. Something that helps me is to have a long term goal, say saving $10,000 by whatever date and a short term goal, say using less than 700KW of electricity a month. It's much easier to stay motivated in the long term goal when you accomplish short term goals.

 

[peanut]

Hmmm...good point. I have some big projects on the go right now that I'm ignoring. Perhaps I need to break them into smaller steps. Thanks.

 

[autumnlynn]

I agree. When I set a big goal; like getting all my ccs paid off by December '07, for example, I break it into mini-goals of how much I challenge myself to save a month and then a goal of paying the first cc, etc. This helps keep me motivated.

I find that when I write down my goals and then make steps (mini-goals) to accomplishing them, I am much more likely to follow through.

 

[Libby]

I do as what the most others seem to do .... take one big goal and break it down into baby steps. Generally this does work but Ive been procrastinating, alot

Id rather feel more mini accomplishments vs one big one - though the one big one is quite rewarding itself!