Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to remind yourself of your resolutions. As we
Speaker 1: head into the middle of the year. Some of your
Speaker 1: annual goals may no longer be top of mind, but
Speaker 1: if something still matters to you, there is plenty of
Speaker 1: time to make those goals be part of your life
Speaker 1: before the year ends. So often in my talks, I
Speaker 1: encourage people to think about what they would like to
Speaker 1: have done by the end of the year. What would
Speaker 1: you like to say in a professional performance review. What
Speaker 1: would you like to be talking about with your friends
Speaker 1: and family at a holiday party. Now, depending on when
Speaker 1: the speech is I often have to modify this a bit.
Speaker 1: If it is October, then we are probably going to
Speaker 1: be thinking about the next year. But as I was
Speaker 1: giving my talk a few times in May recently, I
Speaker 1: realized that it was totally fine to still be talking
Speaker 1: about the end of the year and what could happen
Speaker 1: by then. Seven months is a lot of time. My
Speaker 1: guess is that if you are listening to this podcast,
Speaker 1: you probably thought a bid in December and January about
Speaker 1: your goals. For this year. Ideally you revisit these goals frequently,
Speaker 1: but if you haven't, now is a great time to
Speaker 1: take another look. Did you write these goals down somewhere?
Speaker 1: Go find that page in your notebook or planner, or
Speaker 1: if you keep a journal, or maybe remember emailing friends
Speaker 1: or accountability partners about your goals. Go back and take
Speaker 1: a look. I often record an annual goals podcast for
Speaker 1: Best of Both Worlds my other podcast. So I have
Speaker 1: this all pretty easy here. I just go back and
Speaker 1: listen to that episode. Then I can remind myself of
Speaker 1: what I plan to do during the year. I can
Speaker 1: check in midyear to see if I am still on track.
Speaker 1: As I did this recently, I was happy to see
Speaker 1: that a few big things have happened or are in process,
Speaker 1: and that is awesome. A few things have not. When
Speaker 1: that is the case, midyear is a good time to
Speaker 1: pause and ask why do those goals still feel relevant
Speaker 1: and exciting to you? If so, that is amazing. It
Speaker 1: is time to rededicate yourself to their pursuit. If they
Speaker 1: no longer feel motivational, then it is perfectly fine to
Speaker 1: toss them. Janu where are you does not get to
Speaker 1: dictate everything about May or June you and on through
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. Feel free to let things go,
Speaker 1: or you could come up with different goals that you'd
Speaker 1: like to pursue instead. But the hope is that all
Speaker 1: of this will be intentional. It is kind of disheartening
Speaker 1: to put a goal on your annual list again and
Speaker 1: again year after year, simply because life gets busy and
Speaker 1: you just don't wind up putting the effort in, or
Speaker 1: you forget better to remember the goals you set so
Speaker 1: you can actively decide what you want to do with
Speaker 1: them in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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