What do you mean realistic goals? Anything I make a goal is realistic isn’t it? Well yes to an extent, however some people make goals which are practically impossible for them in their given circumstances.

Once people don’t meet goals they often give up and don’t bother to set new goals. This is why setting realistic goals is extremely important!!

For example, Sam’s goal is to write a 200 page book on How to Create Quilts within the next 30 days. Sam works a 50 hour week, spends hours a week running around after her children, taking them to school and soccer practice and also is planning her eldest daughters wedding which is at the end of the month. Realistically for Sam she is most likely not going to be able to achieve her goal this month due to the pressure she is under.

Instead Sam could create a goal that she is going to write 30pages of the 200 page book within the next 30 days, she will write 1 page per day for the next 30 days and will then write 2 pages per day for the rest of the time until she completes her book. Creating a more realistic goal will help keep Sam on track and not feel ‘bogged’ down trying to achieve her goal.

So assess your circumstances, decide how much time you can actually spend on achieving your goals and integrate that time into making your goals realistic.

Now that our goals are realistic lets make sure they are timely…