Small steps, lots of them.
When setting goals in any area of your life it is very easy to succumb to outside pressures or even the opinions of other people on what you are trying to achieve and unless you are particularly strong willed these things can lead you to lose sight of where you are going.
I have found this particularly true with what I am aiming for. Many people cannot grasp the concept of me wanting to make a living while still being at home with the kids. Even some family members are wondering why I don’t just go out and get a ‘real’ job. It is these opinions that honestly make me think if I am doing the right thing, especially when things aren’t moving as quickly as I would like them to.
One way I have found to combat these feelings of self-doubt is to sit back and take a look at the small successes we have had on our way to our goals. Rather than focusing only on the dream or goal that we know we will achieve in time I think it is important in keeping our focus to occasionally celebrate the steps we have already taken in our journey.
After all, it is these steps that make eventually lead us to our ultimate goal and without them we just wouldn’t get there. They are also a very useful way to ‘re-ignite’ the fire inside you when the journey seems like it is taking forever. Do yourself a favor, if you have set any goals at all for your life in the immediate future take the time to sit back and think about how far you have come already, visualize the successes you have had no matter how large or small and see them as important steps in the path to obtaining your ultimate goal. Sure, there may be many more steps to cover but I bet there is also many steps that you have already walked!
Craig