Dreaming Up Your Goals

Is the world your oyster?  Maybe it can be!  Even though we may not think so, our chances may be limitless.  Yes we may feel constrained, but we all start out with a chance in life.  Every day we come up with new dreams.  These dreams act as the propellant toward goals.  If we didn't have these dreams, we would stall out or fall into a decline.  Sometimes this happens, because we lose sight of what to do next.  Creating goals are important, because they give you something to strive toward.  This gives your life purpose.  I was reading on the Yahoo! homepage, only a moment ago, that a British man actually walked the entire Amazon River in two years!  I wish I had the stamina and the drive to make a goal and follow it through to that capacity.  This man was in the jungle for 859 days!  This man did it to raise awareness of the destruction of the rainforest.  Luckily the man lived on donations from different companies and donors.  There are people who are extreme and then there are people who don't need to prove their endurance quite so much.  There are realistic goals that we can set for ourselves.  These are goals that we can pursue, strive for, and eventually follow through with, even if it takes a while.  This is the type of goal where the payoff makes you grateful for all the effort that you've put into fulfilling it.  It feels good when you move past the daydreaming stage and force yourself to recognize your drive.

When you come up with assessable goals, what you do to fulfill them carries new meaning.  You are manufacturing plans that guarantee a favorable outcome which works for you.  This is a concrete outline but, if you can't envision or realize your dream, then you won't be able to follow through with it.  Your confidence level will disappear.  Having confidence and realizing that you can rise to the challenge is very important.  Working on something gives you emotional gratification once it is accomplished.  Planning them out in writing, which is something that I often do, can really help you to organize.  When you journal things down, you retain information and keep it current.  For instance, those who are on a weight loss plan may write in a dietary journal.  When I was on Weight Watchers, I used one for that particular program.  It can also help you to revise your outline if something falters.  I used one for my seizure diary and one for my social anxiety disorder as well.  Both journals helped with my treatment options when it came to my medical conditions.  It provides you with the encouragement to try harder and give your best effort.  When you manufacture goals, you form a course of events just by outlining your future.  Putting one foot in front of the other is the key to getting what you want in life, even though you might think the task is insurmountable.