I think if you choose the right one, goals can be great - encouraging, motivating, and when you finally achieve them you feel really good about yourself. In the past I've often had several goals at once which resulted in me achieving none of them! So I have decided to choose one which I've wanted to do for years.
I want to be able to do the splits!
Okay, let me explain myself. I did dancing for 11 years, including jazz, funk and hip hop. I seriously loved it but that whole time, I was always one of the least flexible in the class. I wasn't dancing at an elite level or anything, just part of a local dance school that had (super fun) concerts at the end of every year. So it wasn't too vital but it was just always something I wanted to do. I haven't taken consistent dance classes for a few years, just random ones here and there, and I really miss it. I'd like to try it again next year and hopefully before then be able to do the splits. Although I don't want to set too stringent a time line so that's fine if I can't do it by then.
I've looked up stretches you can do every day to help you be more flexible. Wish me luck and I shall keep you posted on the progress.
Does anyone have a goal they are working towards? Or a goal they had in the past which they achieved - if so how did it feel?
Hi Genevieve,
ReplyDeleteI had a big goal that I f-i-n-a-l-l-y achieved back in Oct. 2006. I quit smoking cigarettes. At the time I thought to myself how can I possibly go the rest of my life without a cigarette!!! Well, I haven't had one since then and I feel great. When I first quit, I would get urges to smoke frequently but as each new day arrived and I didn't respond to the urges to smoke, the urges just kinda went into the background and now I don't even get urges any more. Actually, that's not true, a couple years ago I felt the urge but didn't act on it.
Maybe the same kinda thing can be achieved with my eating urges. I'm certainly working on it and hoping so. Cheers, Janelle
Well done!! That is a big achievement as I understand that cigarettes are very hard to quit - maybe when you're feeling discouraged you could think about how you managed to achieve that goal and if you can do that you can do anything!
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