Time Management

In the past, I would make plans that appeared interesting but most of the time they only served to overwhelm or irritate me. To demonstrate, I might have said to myself “this year I am going to keep fit” or “I will save more money this time”. Although these objectives seemed to be inspiring initially, I ended up giving up on them within a few weeks because they were not specific or achievable. I always blamed myself for being weak in character and lacking self-control whereas the real issue was that there was no plan in place for me to follow my ambition alone as I would learn later should not be relied upon to give one lasting results; one requires a guide.

It was then that I chanced upon the SMART goals and everything changed. Those meaningless hopes now were converted into plans with very clear steps of what should come first and what should follow with immediate effect. Instead of just stating that “I would want to become fit,” now it became much more comfortable telling myself that “I will be going at least three times every week for 45 minutes in the gym.” This slight alteration had its effects. The SMART goals provided me with concentration, purpose and enhanced my self-assurance. This is how I apply SMART goals in practicing stack rationality over small matters that can be emotional for better motivation towards your dreams one at time but carefully moving ahead with them as well.