What follows is a sarcastic stab at goal-keeping. This is not a one-size-fits-all attempt to cram a (failure) method down your throat. So, with that out of the way, I present to you…
8 Simple Ways to NOT Keep Your Goals:
- Don’t make any goals.
You can’t fail at what you don’t even start, am I right? No? If you don’t make any goals, you’re already losing—I mean, winning. Yes, I definitely meant to say winning.
- Procrastinate.
It can wait. Seriously. Success can always wait. Successful people are always putting things off to when they feel like it. Everything can wait until the last minute.
- Make too many goals.
All the goals. Seriously. Make so many that there is no way humanly possible to get even 1% of them done.
- Beat yourself up when you fall short.
Because traumatizing yourself is a sure-fire way to calm yourself down so you’re able to think clearly and rationally as you assess your next best move.
- Psych yourself out.
Panic is your friend! Remember: only the fizzy pop cans explode when you shake and open them.
- Don’t use accountability if you need it.
If you want to succeed at failing, you cannot bring anyone else into it. Suffer alone and without guidance.
- Don’t ask for help.
Bootstraps, baby. Bootstraps. Because we all have those.
- Make your goals too lofty.
Aim for the moon, fall through the atmosphere as you disintegrate into stardust.
__
Do you make daily/weekly/monthly/yearly goals? What are your secrets to meeting them?
Keep your nose in a book,
Beth
__
DEATH’S KEY (book 3 of The Goblets Immortal trilogy) is out now!
Beth Overmyer 