FITMOM Ottawa Motivated Mondays - Challenge 4

Achieving a goal always feels good and is an important part of personal motivation.  Setting goals can help you manage your time, identify what's important to you and build self confidence each time you reach a goal.

Today I encourage you to revisit some of the goals you have set for yourself, or if you have not done any goal setting to date, spend a few minutes brainstorming a goal for the week (short-term goal) and a long term goal (3-6 months from now).  The goals can be related to your attitude, career, personal relationships, artistic endeavors, a physical goal or family activity.  Anything you want. The sky's the limit!

To help with goal setting remember this mnemonic:

S - Specific (or Significant)
M - Measurable (or Meaningful)
A - Attainable (or Action-Oriented)
R - Realistic (Relevant or Rewarding)
T - Time Bound (or trackable)

Here are 2 of the goals I have set for myself for this weeks post:

Short Term Goal:
Complete one workout on my own at home and get my garden in order for the winter.

Long Term Goal:
Work towards finishing up my FITMOM year end and corporate tax return (a necessary evil, but not much fun!) and take a fitness course to both satisfy my continuing education needs and improve my fitness related knowledge (much more fun!).

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

Henry David Thoreau

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

Michelangelo