Refocus

Every year many of us (if not all of us) make a New Years Resolution. At the very least we all set goals at the beginning of the year for things we want to accomplish during the next 12 months. These things range from fitness to work to personal life. January is a restart of sorts and creates a motivation in everyone. The problem lies in the length of time this motivation lasts. Everyone who belongs to or works in a commercial gym sees this first hand. The New Year brings a big rush of people and for a couple months every night seems more crowded than the last. However, March and April roll around and people start to fade off, and those New Year goals seem to be forgotten. This happens with every type of goal though.

As I was sitting in my car today eating lunch before coming to the library I was reevaluating my life right now and the goals I had set for myself a couple months ago. What I realized was I am slipping in a few areas.

Rewind back to January and my ambitious goal-setting self. I set out at the beginning of the year wanting to get my business up and running, better my people skills, and take care of the small things in my life. As far as the small things go I considered anything from flossing my teeth every day to saying hi to people I passed during my day. In truth, I didn't expect to succeed at saying hi to every single person nor did I expect perfection in my day to day tasks. What I did expect though was a conscious effort to better myself and my actions through focusing on the menial tasks.

Back to today...I was sitting there and started thinking about those goals and what actions I am taking to reach those goals. The business part is working. I am in the process of opening a facility with my partner Brad Longazel and I have a lot of passion and excitement going into that. My day to day tasks, however, have been slacking lately. I don't do the things I need to to better myself on a day to day basis. I have gotten lazy and sometimes frustrated. These things happen and then I push everything out of the way. It is time for me to refocus. The end of March is just a week away and that means we will be one quarter through the year. That's the average amount of time that many of us last on working towards new goals. I don't want to be a part of the norm who lose sight of ambition and go back to my old self for 9 more months just to restart with the same goals next January. It is a perfect time to sit down, reassess my goals, my actions, and my life and make sure I stay on track and reach my destination. SUCCESS.

Whether your goals is to lose 20 pounds, get a promotion, or spend more time with your family, don't lose sight of it. Even if you think you are still on the right track, sit down and reevaluate yourself. Write down your goals. Write down the actions it will take to get there. Write down the things you are doing daily right now. See how they match up. You may not have to adjust anything or you may have to adjust everything. Either way, you are refocused and know what steps are next to continue towards the goals of 2012. Don't let this be another year of failure...