Wow it seems like forever since I’ve written. I was off enjoying a wonderful vacation with my mom, visiting a bunch of different family up in Northern California. Although I got back last week, I needed some time after my vacation to collect myself and try very hard not to slip in to a depression after all the energy I spent. I’ve been doing really good lately and making a ton of progress. I’ve been leaving the house more and even started driving again after a year and a half of only being able to handle being a passenger. The thing that is hardest for me in pretty much anything I do lately is keeping momentum. I’ll be good for a few days and then will hit a rough patch and have a hard time getting back up on my feet. So to help work on getting to a place of regularity and continuous progress I’ve made some goals to help keep me on a positive path.
The hard thing for me is that I have so many things I want to work on and I want to fix all of them at once. One problem is that I can’t handle all of that and then I’ll fail on all of them. The other problem is that as a perfectionist I tend to set unrealistic goals and then when I don’t meet them I beat myself up over it and get discouraged. So when making my goals that I am currently working on I decided with the help of my parents to set goals that I know I can do. Then, after achieving them for a continuous time I will up the goals to continue pushing myself forward.
My current goals are:
1. Leave the house at least three days a week
2. Workout/walk at least three days a week
I had already made my goals when I found this acronym SMART. I think it is a great thing to follow when setting your goals so I’m sharing it with you all (some of you probably already have heard of it) and I also feel like my goals cover each category which make me even more confident that they are the right goals for me. I’m already leaving the house on average at least three days a week so I felt this goal is definitely achievable, my problem is that I struggle to do it on a regular basis. My plan is that once I successfully reach these goals for four weeks in a row I will then up my goal. I have a white board calendar up in my living room where I keep track of what I’ve done each day that I go out and it has been super helpful in helping me stay motivated to reach my goal. The workout goal is a new one since I’ve realized that I am in a point of gaining weight and I am not a fan of that. My energy level isn’t always great so I’m going to start with easier workouts that will involve mostly walking and basic things I can do at home. I plan to add my workouts to the calendar as well so I can have a visible motivator.
I’m hoping that using goals will help me stay in a good place, so if anyone has any advice on setting and meeting goals I would love to hear it. Let me know what worked/didn’t work and how you managed to hold yourself accountable for your goals.
Until next time. 💜