Goals – It’s Inventory Time | PhitZone

Where are your priorities?

This is the third installment of the series. Last week I touched on goal planning.

Where do you begin?

Like the post title infers, it’s time to get out a writing implement and some paper.

Make a list of what’s really important to you.

Detail it as complete as possible.

Then write down why each of these items are important.

The next step is to put first things first by prioritizing each of the items. Write a ’1′ next to all of the highest priority items. Put a ’2′ next to the high, but not as important items, and so on.

You made a list. Now check it twice.

By putting together this prioritized list, you’ve determined items that absolutely cannot be skipped or moved, e.g. sleep, work, family time, etc.

You’ve also identified activities that just aren’t that important. These can easily be postponed, or avoided all together, e.g. playing video games.

Often we set goals in haste. This is especially true with resolutions made for the New Year.

At this point you haven’t set a single goal yet. What you have done is found that you have the ability to find time to work on whatever goal(s) that you decide upon.

One of the main excuses that I have heard many times when people stop coming to the gym is because they don’t have the time.

Lack of scheduling and prioritization are at fault.

It’s almost harvest time.

Now is the time to start thinking about what it is that you really want. What is really going to add value to your life?

Sometimes I think about going back to school. At this point in my life I don’t believe that it would really add usefulness. An advanced degree in my field wouldn’t make me any more valuable.

But dropping a few more pounds of fat may help me to get off of my blood pressure medication, and perhaps live a little longer. That would allow me to spend more time with Becca and the kids. That’s value added!

That’s what we’ll explore more next week – what changes are really going to make you happy, and how to turn those into goals/resolutions.

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