At the advent of a new year, many of us take it upon us to make resolutions. Resolutions usually come in handy because they mostly aim to build your life. But before the year ends, I’m sure many of us see the memes that flood the internet on how to most of us never stick to our goal. Mostly, it isn’t far from the truth. Today, if I may ask you, how many times have you written down the resolutions you wanted at any time in your life?
It is simple to gloss over this simple action and not even put much thought into it. Do you even know what is simpler? Telling yourself that you can achieve everything you aspire to just by giving it some kind of mental allocation.
In all honesty, I have fallen trap to this mistake constantly over and over and only saw results once I resorted to one thing:
Making a LIST!!!
Seriously. Whenever you have a set of goals, look for that tiny notebook that you always have and make a point to write a list.
Benefits
I will write what I saw beneficial to me, and this is my view on this. The first key ingredient to making your list of goals is simple; identification of what you want. Once you are on the table looking at a blank piece of paper, it will click that you don’t know what you want. You will have to look around in your head and ask yourself what matters to you.
The next thing that will arise in this process, immediately after you identify your objectives, is the emergence of an arrangement process. Whatever comes with ease will be preferred and immediately take top position. For example, if you decided to get a job and you’re sure that you passed the interview, at the top, you can start with:
1. Performing optimally at my job for better income prospects.
If you do this, you will find it much easier to traverse whatever hurdles that may come your way. It will also give you motivation for whatever things you have at the bottom of the list that will appear more complicated. It may be learning a skill or a language. Keep in mind that they may take time, and rushing results will take you nowhere.
Once you do this, you will have developed an efficient framework for your personal development.
The benefits of such a list are not the only thing that should be considered. Another thing that you could take a close look at is the efficiency of simplicity.
As you write this list, the list is addressing your inner subconscious self and not anybody else that is involved in your life. You don’t need to write a long paragraph of convoluted whatnot as if you don’t understand yourself!! Take a breath, sit back, and use words efficiently and as minimally as you can.
You need to be a minimalist because you will have built a clear path in your head just by thinking about what you should do. The objective isn’t to give your eyes a feast. It is to tune your mind to the work that is ahead of you. Limit the wording to less than ten words in every sentence that you’ll write. It is not the number of words speaking; it is the content in those few words that will direct you.
A Simple Demonstration
Here I will give a simple show of what I described at the top.
- Buy a new computer.
- Learn Graphics design.
- Start Freelancing gigs on graphic design.
- Make $1000 in 2 months.
Such a tiny and straightforward list might go on to be a powerful force because by the end of the year, even without looking, you might achieve all these.
Small takeaways from all this:
- Sit down and think of what you want to do.
- Once you have decided, arrange in order of rising difficulty.
- Write in short and simple sentences.
- Proceed to complete it.
Good luck.
