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 set some micro goals. We often think
Speaker 1: of goals as big things, like getting in shape or
Speaker 1: running a marathon earning French, but it can be fun
Speaker 1: to set some little goals that are entirely doable. They
Speaker 1: might even be doable before the new year starts. Think
Speaker 1: how cool it will feel to have a resolution already
Speaker 1: completed by the time most people are making their New
Speaker 1: Year's resolutions. That is what a micro goal can enable.
Speaker 1: I was thinking of this recently because someone mentioned that
Speaker 1: one of her goals for the year was to buy
Speaker 1: a nice pair of black work pants. Now, I think
Speaker 1: this is an excellent goal, and it is also a
Speaker 1: goal that could be knocked out this weekend or even
Speaker 1: in the next ten minutes. If you have a brand
Speaker 1: you generally like, chosen, ordered, done, and suddenly you are
Speaker 1: a person who achieves your goals. There are lots of
Speaker 1: other goals that fit in this micro goals category. I
Speaker 1: was recently reviewing my twenty twenty three goals and lamented
Speaker 1: that I had yet to set up some miniature scenes
Speaker 1: in my office. I've always been into dollhouse furniture, so
Speaker 1: this was a little bit of whimsy that I hoped
Speaker 1: to introduce into my workdays. But then, as I was
Speaker 1: lamenting my lack of action, I realized that nothing was
Speaker 1: stopping me from fulfilling that goal. I looked at Factory
Speaker 1: direct Crafts for a few minutes, ordered a laundry room
Speaker 1: miniature scene, and now that is on my shelf. I
Speaker 1: kept that twenty twenty three resolution, after all. My co
Speaker 1: host for my other podcast, Sarah, set a twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three goal of getting her car washed, not monthly or anything,
Speaker 1: just washed. I am pretty sure this happened before twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three even started. Now, I'm sure some people listening
Speaker 1: to this might be thinking why bother setting these kinds
Speaker 1: of micro goals. There may be a simply very fine
Speaker 1: line between a goal and just another nagging to do,
Speaker 1: But I think it can be empowering to elevate one
Speaker 1: of these lingering to dos into goal status. When you
Speaker 1: set a resolution to learn Spanish that is going to
Speaker 1: involve a lot of time and practice, it's probably worth doing,
Speaker 1: but a lot can derail you along the way with
Speaker 1: a micro goal on the other hand, success is not
Speaker 1: only possible, it is visible right in front of your face.
Speaker 1: All that separates you a nice pair of black pants,
Speaker 1: as going to the mall or putting a pair in
Speaker 1: your online shopping cart. Goals tend to feed on each other.
Speaker 1: When you feel motivated by achieving one, you start to
Speaker 1: work on achieving the others. You clean out your fridge
Speaker 1: and suddenly you feel like you can learn German or
Speaker 1: something like that. So as you are setting big, lofty
Speaker 1: goals for the next year, consider setting some micro ones too.
Speaker 1: You will feel a sense of progress, which can help
Speaker 1: you keep going in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks 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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