1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: tip is to make space for goal setting. If you 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: want to succeed in reaching your goals, you should make 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: sure these goals are well chosen and well thought through. 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: Figuring all that out requires time, but it is generally 7 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,959 Speaker 1: time well spent. So I am writing this a few 8 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: weeks after I returned from a goal setting retreat in Florida. 9 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: My Best of Both Worlds podcast co host Sarah hart 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: Unger also runs a podcast called Best Laid Plans, which 11 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: is about all things planning. She hosted the retreat where 12 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: about twenty of us came together to plan out the 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: next year. Now, I know not everyone can carve out 14 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: three days of their lives for planning, and I know 15 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: that the next year will happen whether I set goals 16 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: or not. Some of my goals might not happen for 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: reasons I can't control. That said, thinking about how I'd 18 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: like to spend my time over the next year vastly 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: increases the chances that what I want to have happen happens. 20 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: With that, not all goals are created equal. Sometimes people 21 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: set goals like lose weight or get in shape, but 22 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Life is lived in hours. How 23 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: do you intend to use your hours to achieve these goals? 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: What steps will be involved? What will you be doing 25 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: on an average Tuesday to work toward these goals. When 26 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: I set my goals for the past year, I spent 27 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: some time thinking through what I would actually do. I 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: have long wone to write a collection of sonnets, but 29 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: I had never followed through on that desire. Then this 30 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: past year I realized I could commit to writing two 31 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: lines anyambic pentameter every day. Two lines a day is 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: fourteen a week, which is a sonnet every week. Because 33 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: I figured out the logistics and figured out how this 34 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: goal would be doable, I did it, and I have 35 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: now written as many sonnets as there have been weeks 36 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: in the year. But I had to figure that out. 37 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: Things don't always just pop into our heads. We need 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: time and space to think about them, and to think 39 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: about what goals are appealing and which aren't, and of 40 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: the appealing goals, how we can actually structure daily life 41 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: to make them happen. So today's tip is to give 42 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: yourself that space. Figure out when in your life. You 43 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: can take at least a few hours to think through 44 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: any goals you would like to set for yourself. When 45 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: can you get a few hours apart from the rest 46 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: of your life. What sort of setting would be conducive 47 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: for this? You might think through some prompts so you 48 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: aren't just staring at a blank page or computer screen 49 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: the whole time. Think through your career goals. Picture yourself 50 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: at an annual review a year from now. What would 51 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: you like to be celebrating. Picture what you will be 52 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: telling friends and family about your amazing life. Next holiday season? 53 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: What are you toasting? Think through any pain points in 54 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: your life. Are there steps you could take to solve 55 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: these pain points? What practically might work? How would these 56 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: things fit into your life? Give yourself the space to 57 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: think through your goals and you will probably come up 58 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: with better ones that if you just give it a 59 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: passing thought on December thirty first, you will emerge with 60 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: a better plan. It won't just be I'd like to 61 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: write some poems. It will be twenty syllables in a 62 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: certain rhyming scheme every day. The latter feels a lot 63 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: more likely to happen. In the meantime. This is Laura. 64 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 65 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've 66 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at 67 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a 68 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit 69 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 70 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.