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Set great goals for 2021 by asking these 3 questions
Jo Knight • December 29, 2020
Set great goals for 2021 by asking these 3 questions
One of the things you are really going to love about these questions is that they are surprisingly simple but very effective. Helping you to create clear goals that every bit of you is wanting and that you can see a decisive and exciting path to act on.
You probably have a list of ideas already. Try applying these 3 questions to the initial ideas you have.
1) What do you want?
This can be more difficult than you think to answer sometimes. It might involve initially stating what you don't want, but write that on a separate piece of paper you can throw away later. That way you can totally focus on writing out and regularly rereading the positive things you do want in your life.
For instance, wanting to be seizure-free sounds much more positive than saying you don't want to have a seizure (all you can then think about is having a seizure). Imagine a list stating you want to be seizure-free, energised, happy, alert and focused. You may start to notice how excited and motivated this kind of list makes you feel.
2) What would getting what you want do for you?
It might be that you want to be seizure-free, and getting this would enable you to feel energised and empowered about your health. If that is the case then you can start to think about ways you can improve your energy (e.g. eating well, doing all you can to get quality sleep, or getting support from a nutritional therapist). Helping you increase the control or knowledge you have about your health. Your actual wants have changed here, from seizure- free to energised and empowered. Creating different actions to get there, and a goal that feels more achievable.
3) What is THE ONE THING that would get you what you want?
We all start the new year with a list as long as our arm of all the amazing things we want to achieve this year. But if you had to choose from this list, and could only choose one thing (not 3 top priorities, but just ONE goal), what would it be? What is the one thing that would make the biggest difference to your life? Is it having more energy (enabling you to do other things too), having a bigger support network (such as EpilepsyAction online groups), prioritising your sleep, or is it creating that dream room to relax in?
Answering this question, means that you then only have to stick to one goal, knowing all the others will follow naturally when you get that one right.
MY ONE GOAL IN 2021 is ……………………………………………………..
Will you do all you can this year to achieve this one goal?
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