Journal Writing Goals
Many people begin their new year at least thinking about making resolutions. We’ve all experienced the disappointment when we don’t manage to achieve these half-wishes. Goals, on the other hand, are far more likely to happen; at least, we are more likely to make them happen, especially if those goals are written down in your journal.
I try to spend the first day of the year, or some day in the first week of the New Year, writing down my goals for the year. I’ve discovered this works best if the list is kept reasonably short. Ten goals is a good number to aim for.
Be specific about what those goals are, too. Instead of writing that you want to stop smoking, you should write how you want to stop by a certain date. Try to break down the goal into smaller steps, too. Taking the quitting smoking example; you could plan to cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke per day, until you’re down to one a day.
It doesn’t really matter what plans you make, just make sure you write it all in your journal.
I know it’s a bit late to be sharing this particular piece of journal news, but since it’s related to goals and journal writing, I decided to share it anyway. At livejournal.com there’s a community challenge to write in your paper journal every day of this year.
The Embodiment goal: “The goal of Embodiment is to write in a paper journal/diary every day in 2006, and to share our experiences during that process.”
Okay, you may have missed signing up for this particular challenge, but why not make this a personal goal for 2006? It’s not too late to form an online group or just to challenge a few friends to join you.
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