What is a goal?
For as long as I can remember, adults have always emphasized goal-setting. "Set an attainable goal," or "set a short-term and a long-term goal!" It's one of those pieces of advice you have heard so may times and for so long that you semi-internalize it and semi-take it for granted. I've known I should be goal-setting, but I also subconsciously deem the advice overdone and, thus, ignore it. Me, ignoring goal-setting in the name of self care Well, finally I "re-discovered" goal-setting in a more nuanced and personalized way. I set a goal, but then I break it down into small, consistent habits that are concrete. I approach these habits incrementally. For example, I decided that I would like to be athletic/fit/as healthy as possible by my trip to Greece in July. So, my first incremental sub-section was to start exercising for at least 30 minutes every day during the month of April (allowing myself to take a day off every once in a while if
