GID Goal Planning

Get It Done 

Welcome to the last part of Goal Setting 101 - aka the forgotten chapter since I apparently forgot to add this to my goal setting 101 series even though I made a reference to it. 

Once you have your goals set and sorted into primary or secondary & have created an ideal timeline for when you want to achieve these goals, it comes time for the Post GOAL setting planning stage. 

Basically once you have the goals laid out, it's time to prioritize them & GET IT DONE - It's GI(ddy) up time ya'll. So go forth and set some goals my young pad-wan learners and find your inner yoda and achieve the goals. There is not try only do or do not ;) 

ALSO keep your eyes peeled for GOAL Setting for the more advanced which should be coming at yo faces later today :D 

Rantings on Why Household Inventories are Important

Chelsea's rantings on why Household Inventories are important 

So they say that your Attitude and how you spend today could be a reflection of how you spend the next year. In that case Blogging and Household inventory will be things I DO all the time. Something I have wanted to do post fire. Since you know a Household inventory would have been realllly helpful (not just a list but with photos but HEY an ACCURATE list at least) and solved lots of problems. However I wasn't smart and didn't think my little trinkets of life weren't worth recording PRE fire. In my head I was placing Household inventory with Wills. Yeah totally not the same (well very basic principal) HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY is RECORDING in thorough detail (With pictures if you can) a FULL LIST of everything in your WHOLE HOUSE.

SOUNDS tedious, sounds boring, but hey be pro active like me and make it a Household cleaning, sorting & donating project on top of tedious task of taking stock of your entire life.

Trust me when you go through an unexpected event like a fire or a flood (or whatever) and your sitting in a room that's a disaster zone and your trying to identify what is now a smoldering pile of things or your going through lists (you get back lots of lists & paperwork when dealing with Restoration/Insurance/household disaster) and You see ITEM Blank is missing from the official list even though you swear on your grave it was last in the contamination zone or you clearly remember the restoration team packing it away. Yet it somehow went missing from here to there and back and is considered non existent because it wasn't on a LIST and you can't prove where it truly last was physically seen...

Yeah When you're sitting doing that you will THANK YOURSELF or hate yourself all depending on whether you MADE THE GENIUS IDEA to MAKE A HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY of EVERYTHING. JUST ALL the things. NO JOKE because when you had 4 clorox Wipe packages but two were small and 2 were jumbo but only the 2 jumbos made it on the "LIST" You might be pretty irritated that you swore there were 4 cans of wipes but WHY OH why did you not have pictures. (this is a slight exagaration but legit point because when you're dealing with sudden Household emergency and things like Official list of contents is pretty essential because it's a list of What will and will not be monetarily replaced and that my friends is really one area where frankly if you are able to be fully compensated don't take NO for an answer SAY NO BUDDY no see here's my LIST and look I even included Photos & videos and things like date purchased/receipt /warranty location, exact quantity, or at the very least an ESTIMATE of what you paid on your nice official LIST.

You take that household inventory and YOU SHOVE it in all the faces and you BE PROUD of yourself. ALSO too this is also the perfect time to also DOUBLE tasks and prepare your will as well. Figure out if you want things to get appraised or if certain people pop out at you who mat want it if the other unthinkable thing happens...

SAFE GOALS

SAFE GOALS 

These are my favorite goals to do because I love creative writing and just using my imagination! These goals are all about using visualization and affirmations to help you succeed in achieving the goal! 

See End Result - Picture the end result in your head. See yourself taking and following through with all of your plans and finally visualize yourself successfully completing this goal. 

Accept End Result - Open yourself to believing that you will achieve this goal with absolute conviction and true faith within yourself and your capabilities. You are going to make this happen - You WILL achieve this goal! Use positive affirmations to deepen your belief in yourself & your success! 

Feel End Result - As you visualize yourself going through the steps and successfully achieving your goal allow yourself to truly feel any emotions you believe you would feel upon completing this goal! The stronger the attraction to the goal the more real it can become. 

Express End result - Taking action in your firm belief is the final step. Meditate and visualize yourself going through the entire process and successfully achieving your goal. Verbally and vividly describe it to yourself being sure to include all of the senses in your visualization. Make this come to life in your head and that will help deepen your beliefs in yourself. 

SMART goal setting

SMART Goal Setting 

Specific - What is your specific goal? Cover the details of How/when/who/why/what/where. Break down the big picture into small chunks. Identify the first steps to achieving your goal! 

Measurable - How will you measure your success? Be creative, detailed, honest and specific. What is it you really want - why do you want it now - and what will happen if you don't achieve it? 

Actions - Write out every single tiny little ACTION step you will need to take to achieve your goal. Go crazy specific and over board with tiny details! 

Achievable - After writing down the actions you will need to take to succeed do you really truly believe that you can successfully achieve this goal? 

Is it time to readjust your previous steps in order to best succeed? 

Reasonable: What do you reasonably need to successfully achieve this goal (time/money/support etc) Keeping this in mind is your goal still doable? 

Realistic - Is your goal realistic for you to achieve? Do any of the previous steps need to be revised with reality in mind? 

Timeline - When do you want to or need to achieve this goal by? If you don't need to will you still give yourself a deadline? 

So that my friend is how to do some smart goal planning - only 2 more acronyms left! 

Goal Planning Phase 2

Goal Planning - Phase 2

First Acronym = SMART

Specific 

Measurable 

Actions/achievable

Reasonable/Realistic 

Time Line 

second Acronym = SAFE 

SEE end result 

Affirm/Accept end result 

Feel End Result 

Express End results 

Third Acronym (top corner) = GID

Get 

It 

Done 

ESPER Goals

ESPER 

So welcome to the last set of goal methods in Part 1 of goal planning and the next of many more Acronyms! Everybody meet Esper - she's pretty crisp and to the point in execution of method application. When you say ESPER out loud it kind of makes me imagine she's a no nonsense kind of person. 

Establish - Set the vision and the goal in place

Strategy - Devise strategies to succeed in achieving goal

Planning - Identify plan elements based on strategies 

Execution Bring the plan and goal to Life. Answer 5W's 

Review -  Assess the different possible outcomes and figure out your next steps based on that (Risk of failure/Success Rates etc) 

Goal Timeline

When ...What time...How old... 

Frankly these questions freak me out more than BHAGS do. When do you want to accomplish things, how old do you want to be... Ugh the big adult topics. 

So how about we break it down a bit. I know with the BHAG's I asked you about the future and what goals you want to set. Now it's time to back it up a bit & think more near foggy future. 

What is one goal you absolutely want to accomplish this year? What is one thing you want to do to improve your life (or the lives of others) that would fill your heart with total pride at the end of the year when your thinking back over everything you did and you get to say "yeah that's right, I did that." 

What are some goals that you think would be swell to achieve this upcoming year but wouldn't be heart broken next new year's eve when they didn't get done? 

The goals that you absolutely feel you must achieve those are your Primary & concrete goals. That means that they are going to be stuck to you like glue this year and most of your attention & time will be spent working towards achieving them. 

The second goals I asked you to name - the ones that wouldn't tear you apart inside if they got left on the 2015 to do list come 2016. They are what I like to call your Floating secondary goals. They just laze around - chilling - waiting for you to either go after them or for you to shove them further out to sea and just let them go. 

Now what you can do here is either move on to plan monthly goals or take a few minutes and think about some goals you want to achieve both primary & secondary six month from now or how about a goal set for each season? 

Now the fun part! Each month what I do is  I pretty much do all of these steps in order every single month at the start of the month! Even the big life question type ones (purpose in life/primary goal/motivators) because I feel that the longer you remain on this kind of path (goal setting; following through; being disciplined and determined to get things down followed by eventual goal achievement) you truly go on this incredible life journey that slowly changes you (In a good way!) 

So each month set 1 concrete goal for yourself (Doesn't have to be huge - it could be very small/doable such as organizing things to donate to charity versus Big ones like say Buy a Puppy.) 

Now think about several small floating goals you think it would be swell to get done or ones that tie in with that primary goal. 

Now what I would recommend you do and only because this method worked really well for me - is grab a blank calender and just fill in those dates with goals at random (don't pay attention to time frame) just CIRCLE those dates & Saw I CHOOSE you... use bright colored pens go circle/line crazy, make it so you can't read it. 

Now once you've done that rapid fire style. Look at how the weeks divide up (how many full weeks are there this month.) 

In your head divide the weeks up however you want. 

On the back of that practice calender flip it over and start writing out weekly goals. Now I tend to put the most emphasis on my floating goals & when possible try to make my floating goals the stepping stones to achieving my big Primary hundred ton weigh me down concrete goal. 

I also tend to prefer to set the concrete goal so that it can take as long as possible to achieve it. That way I'm getting a boost from having successfully ticked off however many floating goals I was able to. 

Now feel free to make these daily specific - I choose to not make set daily goals but add goals to white board that I use for my daily  calender and my to do list - that's where I add daily goals (like today I'd like to read etc.) Difference between goals & to do list is of course to do is things you have to do (Like work) versus things you would like to do (hobbies.) I started using a this white board last year and I use it more as a vision board & way to stay grounded and allow each day to be it's own (Wipe it clean daily - metaphor) 

ALRIGHT Y my goal setting champs let's continue on. 

Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGing it can be fun!)

BHAG

Big

Hairy

Audacious 

Goals 

What does that mean to you? When I first came across the term Audacious I didn't know what it meant but I got the vibe that these are your intimidating goals! 

Now before I straight up ask you what you want your BHAGs take a minute to reflect upon the past. Was there ever a time that you hit a wall. Did you ever get set to a task/project/assignment/challenge that filled you with dread & caused you to have an anxiety attack? 

• Now did you accomplish that goal? 
• Did you at least put up a valiant attempt at finishing it? 
• Or did you give up right away? 
• What led you to choose whatever option you did? 
• Do you regret that choice or does it make you proud? 

Now I want you to think back to one time you did succeed in completing a BHAG (even if it was never your intention to make it an "official goal." So an example could be learning to walk or talk etc. Mastering a foreign language (even if it was grade 9 and your school forced you to take it.) 

Now think about a Big Hairy Audacious Goal you would like to achieve soon (Within the next say 5 years) 

Owning your own home? 

Building a retirement savings account? 

Paying off debt? 

Having that job you've always wanted but never thought you could (even if it means quitting your current career/

Think about the future now (no time limits of sorts) think about one BHAG you want to achieve before you die! What is it and why? How much value would completing it bring to your life? 

Now the last one is also a future thinking one. Think about your Future child/grandchild/great grandchild. What would one BHAG be that you would want to fulfill before you died that you want them to know about one day! I know its' kind of tricky but it goes back to what do you want your legacy to be? 

When your future relative looks back at your huge achomplishment how do you want them to feel about it. Proud? Inspired? Jealous? Inquisitive? 

So enough with the bhags let's keep moving down the goal setting plan of attack! 

*Side note I like acronyms so be prepared for lots of them*  

Goal setting & why getting to know yourself is important!

All About you 

Life purpose; life goals; what in life motivates you

Take a moment to think about yourself - truly think back upon what you have successfully achieved in your life. Any kind of influential impact you have already left upon this world. These are just things to keep in mind so that when it comes to setting goals they align better with your life purpose/life goal/and what motivates you to succeed. 

What is your purpose in life? (if you have problems answering this here are some prompts for you to think a bit more) 

1. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind you when you leave? 
2. What has been your biggest accomplishment to date? 
3. Did this accomplishment impact only your life or did it touch the lives of others too? 
4. Do you believe in Random Acts of Kindness? 
5. If you have (or when you do have) a child what trait from your personality do you want them to learn from, be inspired by, and adopt for themselves? 
6. When you leave this Earth - what would you like people to say about you? 

What is your primary goal in life? 

1. What goal do you want to accomplish as soon as you are able to? 
2. What goal would you hate to leave unfinished if you were to pass away tomorrow? 
3. What is one thing you have always wanted to do and or accomplish since you were young. 
4. What has been stopping you? 
5. Are there any goals you already accomplished but wouldn't mind expanding upon and striving to do even better at finishing? 
6. What is one goal that you wish/or already have achieved that you want to be a part of your legacy? 
7. What is one goal that you want to achieve or already have done so - that you want future generations to know about? 
8. Why? 

What motivates you? 

What motivates you to succeed? 

Is  it 

a person - 

the idea of a challenge -

 the opportunity for self growth - 

the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - 

The Bragging rights you would get once you achieved that goal? 

Personal Gain of some sort? 

The ability to better humanity in some way? 

To continue to strive for success regardless of challenges you face so that you can finish the task knowing you truly tried your best & beat odds to do so? 

Is it the opportunity to inspire others through your actions (never giving up/continually trying etc) 

Do you feel like you are motivated for purely selfish reasons (better your life/improve your life/do something for you) 

Or are you motivated by more selfless acts like doing things for the better of humanity?

You dream of changing other people's lives? 

You see once you choose a goal & kind of lock it down - it really has to gel with your personality & attitude. This is one of the best ways to ensure your successful at achieving goals!