28 Days of Daily Goal Setting
For the month of February my 28 day experiment will be daily goal setting. I ended last month a bit discouraged by the clutter that still remains in my life. After reflecting on the reasons for this I realized that much of the physical and mental clutter comes from living my daily life without intentional
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Daily Goals for February 3 & 4
My progress so far has been mixed. On the one hand I’ve felt more organized and was able to accomplish most of the items on my list. On the other hand, I still found myself not prepared in the ways I’d like to be. Just tonight I realized in the middle of cooking dinner that
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Daily Goals for February 5 & 6
Tonight’s dinner preparations went much more smoothly since I made it a goal to plan and shop ahead of time. I’ve also worked through a large pile of paperwork over the past three days by splitting up the task and working on one part each evening. Normally I feel like I need to do everything
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Daily Goals for February 7, 8 & 9
Dinner was again a success tonight thanks to planning ahead of time. However, my other daily goals haven’t been working out as well. Something as simple as “call the bank” has been on my list for 3 days now and it still hasn’t happened. I’m realizing that for goals that require me to do something
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Daily Goals for February 10, 11, & 12
So far I haven’t made my goals more specific as I intended. However, I have been more careful to review my goals at the beginning and middle of the day. That small change has made it much easier to check off small items from the list that just require me to be prepared to do
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Daily Goals for February 13, 14, 15, & 16
Since I’ve started keeping daily goals I’ve noticed another pattern. I start out the week really well and then Thursday (my day in the office) through the weekend I’m much more scattered. I simply can’t get much done on the day I’m in the office since my commute totals about 3 hours. My time on
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Daily Grace
In my last post I mentioned that I had noticed that I’m more productive at the beginning of the week. I vowed to be more ambitious with my goals at that time and more relaxed towards the end of the week. I should have added, “God willing”. For the past 4 days all my daily
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Daily Goals for February 21, 22, 23, & 24
After taking a bit of a break from daily goal setting I was ready to tackle the items that had been lingering. Typically when something upsets my routine it can take me a long time to get back on track. This experiment has been a good motivation to get back into the routine of daily
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Daily Goals for February 25, 26, & 27
Now that I’m nearing the end of this experiment I’m starting to really appreciate the benefits of writing down my daily goals and checking them in the morning and evening. I’ve been feeling less scattered, I think because I’ve been able to accomplish more of the smaller, nagging things that weigh on my mind. I’ve
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A Month of Goal Setting
Today is the last day of February and I’ve completed my 28 day experiment of daily goal setting. I think the biggest benefit for me was the daily learning that happened as a result of setting and reviewing a few goals for each day. I learned some things about when I’m most productive. I learned
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