RECOVER HOMEWORK
5. Manage Expectations • How long will it take? Take…not wishful thinking. If you have been honest about where you are starting and what resources/skills you will need, you should be able to set a realistic timeline. • What are manageable goals? In that timeline, set realistic goals for milestones on your journey. • Be honest with what it will take, or you are setting yourself up for failure. If you miss a milestone, be compassionate with yourself and ask with curiosity why you didn’t achieve it? Don’t beat yourself up, that serves no purpose. Re-evaluate your goal, your timeline, and your expectations, and keep putting one foot in front of the other. • Manage your fear and notice when you are saying “I can’t”. We can come up with a million reasons NOT to do something, but that is just our fear of change talking. Make a list of reasons you MUST achieve your goal. You matter. Make yourself a priority and don’t take NO for an answer. 6. Understand the obstacles • There will be obstacles. Understand what they are but don’t let them stand in your way. • Again, what resources do you need? • Who might you need to collaborate with? Who in your life gives great advice? Who has a similar passion? • Do you need to take a class? • How will you manage your time? • What skills do you need that you can learn or outsource? • Understand what you can and can’t do. If there is something you can’t or don’t want to do, but is essential to the process, hire someone or do a trade for services. • Make a list, including your own internal objections, as to what might stand in the way of reaching your goal. Address every one of them and find a solution. 7. WHAT DOES YOUR GOAL MEAN TO YOU? • How will you feel when you reach your goal? • How will you celebrate (don’t forget to celebrate small wins along the way too!)? • Use your senses again to imagine, in your heart, what it feels like to put yourself first and achieve your dream This list is just a starting place. Make it your own but know that if you can’t find a process to REALLY put down what you desire, you probably won’t achieve it. This is what YOU want, not what anyone else on the planet wants. Make the time for yourself to define it and make it a reality, not just a someday dream.
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