Getting Back Into Action After A Break From Your Goal
Sometimes you stop taking action towards your goals, whether that was intentional or unintentional. Getting yourself back into action can be difficult. You’ve been on pause for so long, that it’s become easier to do just nothing rather than the tough work to achieve your goal. But, you’re not making progress towards achieving your goal and it’s really starting to bother you. Here is how you can get yourself back into action after taking a break from your goal.
Inner Voice
The first step is to notice the signs. You'll know it’s time to get yourself back into action after taking a break from your goal when you hear your inner voice speak up. You’ll notice a niggle inside of you saying it’s time to get up and do something to achieve your goal. But, you’ve been on break so you say not today, maybe tomorrow. It’s easier to push down that inner voice and quiet it rather than doing...
Taking A Break From Your Goal
Sometimes you get discouraged working towards your goal. Maybe you’re not seeing the progress you had hoped and it’s a slow, arduous process. It could be that you’ve hit a wall and you just can’t seem to move forward. Perhaps you’re running on empty and don’t feel like you have the energy or motivation to keep going at this point. All of these scenarios can lead you to stop taking action towards your goal. It’s perfectly okay to take a break from working on your goal if your intent is to reflect and recharge with a plan to get back into action. But, you might be taking too long of a break from your goal.
Taking A Break
Taking breaks is important and necessary to your overall success. You can’t keep going a million miles an hour without a rest period. Otherwise, you’ll just collapse and never make it to the finish line of achieving your goal. You need time to rest and...
Looking Towards The Future
Living in the past keeps you focused on looking backwards. You think about how things were and what happened. You dwell on certain situations and all the possible scenarios if things would have gone differently. Perhaps you’d be somewhere else today. But, you can’t change the past. You’re here now in the present and you have to learn to look towards the future. Otherwise, you’ll just remain stuck and never be able to live life to your full potential.
Your Focus
What you focus on becomes your reality. Maybe you’re focusing on the past because you liked where you were. Things seemed easier, peaceful, and a less stressful time. You may not have recognized it in that moment but, looking back, you sure appreciated where you were. Take those good moments and carry each one forward with you into the future. Those memories are precious and shouldn’t be forgotten. It’s...
When Things Don't Go As Planned
Sometimes you have a plan and then something unpredictable happens that makes it impossible to stick to. Think about how you react in these situations. You may find yourself feeling frustrated, angry, upset, and overwhelmed that things didn’t go as planned. Plus, now you have to come up with a completely new plan. This doesn’t make things easy. But, things aren’t going as planned for a reason.
There’s A Reason
For some reason, the universe has thrown you a detour. In these moments, you have to pay attention. Maybe you’ve been stuck on autopilot and you’re just floating through your normal routine. Instead, be present and look around to see if you’re missing something that’s right in front of you. Perhaps it’s an experience that’s pushing you out of your comfort zone and you’re going to learn something new. It could simply be spending time with the...
Changes To Your Plan
Planning your week gives you a sense of structure, organization, and a clear picture of what you need to get accomplished. You can plan your appointments, tasks, things to do, errands to run, and your daily schedule of time commitments. You can visually see what you need to do each day. This helps you stay focused and on track to achieve your goals. However, things can happen that interrupt your schedule and plan. The key here is to know when it’s okay to veer from your plan and when you need to stick with it. Here is what you need to know about making changes to your plan.
Unexpected Changes
You might be afraid to plan your week because you know how unexpectedly things can change. Maybe there is an emergency or you’re spontaneously offered the opportunity to hang out with friends. Plans can change. There has to be a certain level of flexibility to your planning. Planning is not a ridged be all end all...
How To Set And Stick To Your Boundaries
If you’ve been feeling drained because you have too much to do, then it’s time to set some new boundaries. You may be overcommitting yourself but also taking on too much personal baggage from other people. This can leave you feeling depleted. You don’t have enough time to focus on your own tasks, let alone take on someone else’s. Setting boundaries is one of the best ways to stay focused on your goals. You know what you will and will not do. It’s not an easy process and it can be difficult to stick to when others challenge your boundaries. However, having boundaries allows you to stay focused on what truly matters most to you. Here is how to set clear boundaries and stick to them!
Set Your Boundaries
The first step is to examine your life and notice where your boundaries are lacking. You may need to set physical boundaries around your personal space. Emotional or mental boundaries...
How To Say No To Tasks
You may have a hard time saying no. As a result, you say yes too often and fulfill too many demands until you hit a breaking point. This may look like getting angry or frustrated. Afterward, you feel guilty and ashamed for being upset. So, you push away your own goals and go back to putting the needs of others ahead of your own. This often leads to resentment that your own goals and needs are not being fulfilled. If that’s the case, you need to set some clear boundaries. Learn how to say no to tasks that take you away from achieving your goals.
Loose Boundaries
Loose boundaries look like a people pleaser who defines your own self worth by the opinions of other people. You have an inability to say “no” when someone asks something of you. You’re often seen as the fixer, helper, or rescuer who is on speed dial at all times as the solution to other people’s problems. When this happens,...
Ask For Help And Delegate
It can be hard to ask for help sometimes. You might think that you should be able to figure things out on your own, you don’t need help. It can feel embarrassing to ask for help when you think you should be able to do everything yourself. But, if you find that you’re beating yourself up because you’re not able to come up with the solutions. Or, you’re feeling overwhelmed and you’re just not able to get everything done in a reasonable amount of time, then asking for help may be your solution.
Asking For Help
There are many benefits to asking for help. The first is simply getting a new set of eyes on things can give you a new perspective. You may have just been too close to situation to see the solution yourself. Sometimes things become too much of a burden to carry alone. Often your schedule is inundated with tasks and you just can’t fit everything in. Asking someone else to help...
Three Steps To Avoid Burn Out
You know those mornings when you don’t want to wake up and staying in your nice warm, cozy bed sounds so much better than squeezing in your workout or getting ready for the day? You just want a few more minutes to savor the peace and quiet before the start of a hectic day. The demands of everyone else constantly pull at you throughout the day which leaves you feeling drained, exhausted, and tried by the afternoon. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed to where you can’t do any more, then it’s time to pause and reevaluate because you’re on the road to burn out. Here are three steps to avoid burn out.
Schedule
The first step is to make a list of all the things that you need to get done and just keep writing. Getting everything out of your head and down on paper so your mind will stop stressing out about forgetting something. You don’t have to get all of these things done in one day. Take a look at your...
Reduce Your Schedule Overwhelm
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Maybe you took on too much or you have unrealistic expectations as to how things should be going. You might feel behind and that there’s just too much to do. Perhaps you’re not taking the time to efficiently plan out your day. All of these things can make you feel drained mentally, emotionally, and physically. Here is how to reduce your overwhelm when it comes to planning out your day.
Burn Out
Taking on too much work can not only lead to feeling overwhelmed but also cause you to burn out. When you’re going non-stop, you’re going to hit a wall at some point. You can’t keep going a million miles an hour forever. You have to take care of yourself and the first sign of doing too much is that feeling over overwhelm. Avoid burn out by looking at your list of things to do. Try and eliminate tasks that are not absolutely crucial to getting done. ...
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