“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu This topic delves into the psychology and practical application of setting and achieving micro-goals as a means to accomplish larger objectives and attain significant success. Let’s explore this topic in detail: 1.Understanding Micro-Goals: Micro-goals are small, specific, and achievable tasks or milestones that contribute to…

Macro-goals: 

1. Edit the remaining 26 minutes of footage of 1st job.

2. Edit 15 minutes of footage on 2nd job.

3. Do research edits for job 1.

15 minutes of footage=approximately 30-40 minutes of work.

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Micro-goals:

1. Edit 8 minutes of footage, job 1. COMPLETE.

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Lunch

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2. Edit 11 minutes of footage, job 1. COMPLETE.

3. Edit 10 minutes of footage, job 1.

4. Do research edits, job 1.

I started thinking about what goals that I wanted to accomplish for spring both personally and professionally. Thanks to Rosie over at Rosie Culture who creates micro goals each season and crosses off these great goals. How awesome to think of your goals in seasons instead of years. So, I got to thinking that I wanted to do the same and here’s what I came up with:

Create a Facebook Cover for my…

7/6/15: 146.2 7/13/15: 144.7 7/20/15: 142.8

Ending goal: 140.35

1. Weigh 141.2 2. Follow training plan. Miss 2 or fewer workouts 3. No booze 4. Only 1 day with junk food snacks.

7/6/15: 146.2 7/13/15: 144.7!

Ending goal: 140.35

Past week’s goals: 1. Weigh 144.7✔ 2. Follow training plan. Miss 3 or fewer workouts.✔ 3. No booze or junk food snacks.

Life goals: 1. Return 3 amazon purchases✔ 2. Clean kitchen✔ 3. Get rid of basement clothes box and put clothes back into closet✔ 4. Start looking at aerobars. Anybody got some that they love??

Extra to do list stuff:

Clean bathroom✔

Thank you cards

Wash dog✔

Laundry✔

Set up Training notebook✔

Cash check✔

starting: 146.6  last week: 144.0

this week: 143.0 ✔

1/3 core workouts Hills ✔ Speed ✔ 2/5 runs 12/20 miles 

I counted calories daily though, they weren’t all perfect days, but they are logged. 

In my experience, I've far too often set goals toward an ideal future, only to find them being met short by irrational excuses of why they won't be achievable. There's often a sense of over analysis, where time is wasted thinking about why goals will be difficult instead of using that time to see what happens.

I recently pondered what was preventing me from committing to these goals and I concluded that the act of starting was the most difficult part. Once started, goals were usually much easier than in contemplation -- where putting the pencil to paper was often more difficult than the actual writing that followed.

I was setting new goals with a close friend the other day and decided to try something new to break this pattern of not following through. Instead of setting the achievable, but semi-difficult, long-term goals, I decided to set super easy goals that were in their easiest and most minimal form.

These are the goals I set this week --

NUTRITION ~ Eat one piece of lettuce ~ Eat one piece of fruit each day EXERCISE ~ Take 1 step outside each day ~ Do 1 push-up each day ~ Do 1 sit-up each day WRITING ~ Journal 1 letter each day

CREATIVITY // DESIGN ~ Draw 1 picture each day ( --> . counts! ) ~ Code 1 line each day ~ Design 1 concept each day

Then I tried it and was surprised to see it working. Each goal was so trivially easy that the opportunity to overachieve the real goal was much easier. I found myself eating healthier meals, getting outside to exercise, designing new content, and reading books (which I hardly ever do ).

They sound ridiculous on paper, but they're undeniably achievable, which removes the barrier to entry. There's no longer time to ponder if they should be done or not. By the time the thought is had, they're already started and finished.