Focus Poke Us

Setting goals is easy as pie. Easier, really, as you know if you’ve ever made a pie. Setting a goal is also easier than going out and buying a pie, smarty pants.

All that aside, once you’ve set your goal, then what?

Oh sure, you take the first few steps in the right direction, but any goal worth reaching won’t happen that fast. You’ll start fine, either strongly or just pushing through hesitation, but you’ll start.

Step one, maybe even step two, then…

Was that a text? You’d better check. It might be work. Or that thing, you know.

Okay, so you lost some momentum. It’s fine, you hadn’t gotten that far, you can get your momentum back. Just finish up what you’re doing and we’ll start over.

What? Yes, it’s late. I’m tired too. Do you want to get some sleep and we’ll really get going in the morning? You’re positive? Fine with me.

Of course, by the time morning comes around there’s a pile of email waiting for you, not to mention all the normal stuff that has to be done right away. Your goal is long term, it’ll still be there, but this is urgent. Well, maybe not urgent, but it really ought to be done sooner than later.

Don’t worry, you haven’t lost your goal. Before the week is out you’ll get back to it. That’s when you find out that Step Two wasn’t quite right, or you had a better idea – for one reason or another you’ll go back and start Step One over again, or just decide to wait til you can.

Sound familiar? You’re a busy person in a distracting world, it’s not easy to focus on one thing.

The way to reach your goal it to keep poking away at it whenever and however you can.

It’s okay to have setbacks, or go off on tangents. It’s okay to be discouraged and take breaks. You can always go back to it. As long as you want it to be there, your goal will wait.

In the meantime, you might as well have some pie.