Naturally, you cannot expect to achieve certain results unless you prioritize the activities and tasks that lead to those results. It is essential to prioritize the activities that will help you achieve these goals whether you want to write your first book, lose weight, or start your own business. Here are:
3 Time-Saving Tips to Achieve Your Goals
1. Understand Why You Believe You Don’t Have Enough Time
Coach Erin Falconer shares a story about one of her clients who wanted some help dropping the extra weight she gained during pregnancy shortly after giving birth to her daughter. In their first meeting, the mother expressed to Coach Falconer her frustration that her newborn was taking up all of her time and that she would find it extremely difficult to find the time to follow through on her weight loss plan. Therefore, she began brainstorming to find a solution to this problem.
Falconer asked her client to write down everything she did throughout her day. The woman was shocked to discover how much time she wasted getting distracted by multitasking without completing any of the tasks fully. It turned out that her true issue was getting easily distracted, and not lacking enough time.
Proceed with the same mindset and try to pinpoint the reasons behind your belief that you don't have enough time. Ask yourself honestly: Are you wasting a lot of time engaging in unproductive activities like video games or social media? Are you striving for perfect results when doing something, which leads to wasting a lot of time?
This process's goal is to have a clear vision of the things that occupy your time so you can determine what you want to prioritize during your day. For example, the lady in our previous example realized that both her health and her child represented priorities for her, and she could find enough time to care for her child and maintain her health while postponing or delegating anything else.
2. Be Organized and Commit to Working Towards Your Goal
Let's face it, leading a meaningful and healthful life takes a lot of time. There is no other way to get these results without investing time and effort, so you must set aside time for these beneficial and healthful activities. It functions similarly to one of the body's vital organs, the heart, which needs to beat at maximum efficiency for you to stay alive and in good health. Similarly, you cannot hope to achieve your goals by relying on luck or chance.
Falconer talks about another client’s experience. This client used to prepare her next day's lunch before going to bed. What motivated her was the energy and enjoyment that healthy food provided her. Thanks to this healthy habit, she no longer experienced any digestive problems, mood swings, or sluggishness during the day, which she had experienced when consuming fast food.
Also, this woman decided to make preparing lunch at home one of her priorities and took the required steps to commit to this. However, it is wrong to think that this commitment is easy. Like anyone else, this woman preferred to lie on the couch, watch TV, read an entertaining magazine, or scroll on social media. Her clear vision for both her physical and mental well-being gave her the motivation to commit to this healthy habit.
3. Visualize Your Goal's Final Results
When you set a goal, visualize the outcome in your mind's eye, being as specific as you can. For a brief moment, close your eyes and visualize the feelings and experiences you will have on the physical, emotional, and mental levels once you reach your goal. Will there be a particular emotion you feel? Will reaching the goal forces you to behave differently from how you usually do things? Will it cause you to view yourself differently? What impact will this have on how you communicate with friends, partners, and coworkers? When you begin leading the life you have always desired, how will you feel?
It is essential to visualize these things regularly to stay motivated because achieving goals requires forcing yourself to do things that go against your desires. People give up when forced to do something they don't enjoy doing because they think they should love everything they do. This is because doing these things requires them to step out of their comfort zone. Once you let go of the belief that you must only do things you love, you will become capable of doing whatever helps you achieve your goals regardless of how you feel about it. As a result, your ability to persevere will increase, boosting your self-confidence and your ability to achieve any goal.
In Conclusion
We’ll conclude with an additional tip: Believe that you deserve to be healthy and successful in your personal life, career, or anything else you wish to achieve. It’s crucial to convince yourself that you deserve it, and remember that time is abundant; you just need to invest it wisely. Therefore, apply these tips, and you will be able to find enough time to work on achieving your goals.
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