WEBVTT - Put your goals where you can see them

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to put your goals where you can see them.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to stick with your goals, it will

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<v Speaker 1>be helpful not to forget your goals, so do what

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<v Speaker 1>you can to make that less of a possibility. Every year,

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<v Speaker 1>on my other podcast, Best of Both Worlds, we do

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<v Speaker 1>an annual goals episode. We share our goals for the

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming year and what we will do to make them happen.

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<v Speaker 1>We also do a midyear check in, and then we

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<v Speaker 1>do a year in review episode that we tend to

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<v Speaker 1>record in late November. The upside of this is that

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<v Speaker 1>I wind up checking in on my goals multiple times

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<v Speaker 1>per year. I remind myself of what they were, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I see how I am doing on them. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of them are daily practices, so I kind of know

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<v Speaker 1>whether I'm doing them or not, but some are more

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<v Speaker 1>nebulous or take longer to do, and so the reminder

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<v Speaker 1>is really helpful. Of Course, as I'm thinking about it,

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<v Speaker 1>I realized that two to three times per year isn't

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<v Speaker 1>really all that often. It might be helpful to be

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<v Speaker 1>reminded even more frequently to that end. If you've got

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<v Speaker 1>goals for the year, too, it might be helpful to

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<v Speaker 1>put them somewhere that you will see them. This doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to be fancy. You could write them on a

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<v Speaker 1>sheet of paper and tape that paper to the wall

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<v Speaker 1>in your home office. You could write them at the

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<v Speaker 1>start of your planner and then copy them onto the

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<v Speaker 1>monthly page for each new month. If they are concise enough,

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<v Speaker 1>you could put them on a sticky note and put

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<v Speaker 1>the note on your bathroom mirror. You could make your

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<v Speaker 1>goals the home screen, on your lap top or your smartphone.

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<v Speaker 1>In the excitement of January, we often think we will

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<v Speaker 1>remember exactly what we want to do in the new year.

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<v Speaker 1>But life will get busy, things will happen, maybe there

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<v Speaker 1>will be big life changes, and we'll forget about something

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<v Speaker 1>more vague, like going to a sporting event when the

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<v Speaker 1>season doesn't start until fall. Then come the new year,

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<v Speaker 1>you may have a vague feeling like there was something

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to do, or you might forget it completely.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to stick with the plan, you need

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<v Speaker 1>to remind yourself of the plan. So if you have

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<v Speaker 1>goals for the new year, go ahead and put them

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere visible. I wrote them on a page in a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty little notebook, and I will put a reminder on

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<v Speaker 1>my calendar to look at that notebook at the start

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<v Speaker 1>of each month. That will help remind me that I

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<v Speaker 1>want to go to a Phillies game. Given that it

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<v Speaker 1>is winter and the Phillies won't start playing for several months,

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<v Speaker 1>I probably need the reminder. Your plans don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>be carved on stone tablets. Goals can change many times

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<v Speaker 1>they should. But if you don't do something ideally, it

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<v Speaker 1>is because you decided not to do something, not just

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<v Speaker 1>because you forgot putting your goals somewhere you can see them.

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<v Speaker 1>Make sure it's the former and not the latter. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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