DealDash Helps: Monthly Goals

It’s always a good practice to have monthly goals for yourself. Here are some ways to integrate your goals into your lifestyle.

Do you have a difficult time making goals for yourself and working to achieve them? Maybe the problem is that you are “biting off more than you can chew” and need to break up your big goal into “bite sized” mini goals. I know that if I make a large goal for myself such as “lose 20 pounds” I quickly get discouraged and completely abandon the project. If you think that making mini goals for yourself to achieve a bigger goal might work for you, then read on.

What goal would you like to accomplish for November? Since November is the month of over-eating, I think that a reasonable goal would be:

• Don’t gain any weight.

This goal might sound simple, but with Thanksgiving coming up shortly, along with leftover Halloween candy lurking around, and Christmas cookies on the horizon I think that it’s reasonable. Here is how I would like to break this goal down into mini goals:

1. Throw out the remaining Halloween candy. It’s getting stale anyway.
2. Cook using a butter substitute, even though it doesn’t taste as delicious.
3. Only get one serving of food on Thanksgiving, and skip the ice cream and whipped cream on my one slice of pie.
4. Exercise for 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week.
5. Track my calories for the rest of the month.

With my bigger goal broken down into mini goals I feel that I will have much more success with my goal for November.

What are your goals? Here are a few guidelines to help you achieve your goals:

• Be accountable. Make sure that you tell a friend or family member your goal for the month so that you can keep yourself honest.
• Be specific. Vague goals are too easy to ignore and forget.
• Think realistically. Don’t over-reach. If you’re a couch potato who loves desserts then losing 20 pounds in a month is not realistic (or healthy).
• Do check-ins. Do an honest check-in with yourself every few days. Are your mini-goals helping you reach your bigger goal? If not, change things up!

I hope that you found this article on goals helpful. If your personal goal is to exercise more, or to be more healthy – check DealDash! DealDash has many different types of fitness machines to help you reach your goals. Visit DealDash now at this link. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!