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It Isn’t too Late to Set Goals and Challenges

January 13, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 11 Comments

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I don’t typically make New Year’s resolutions, although I sometimes have a general goal or theme for my year. If New Year’s resolutions work for you, that’s wonderful. But if they don’t, it’s not too late to start fresh.

I do believe that goals are essential. When it comes to success, I think Michael Jordan is a good example. He says:

“I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.”

Here’s a post with some of my favorite goal quotes:

Best Goal Quotes

Goal Setting

If you like to set goals, I think the SMART goal acronym is especially helpful. See the following posts by my daughter, Christina, and daughter-in-love, Chea, for helpful ideas on setting SMART goals.

Set Goals throughout the Year by Christina Chitwood at Fit Body Full Life (S.M.A.R.T. goals for health and fitness)

New Year, New Goals by Christina Chitwood at Christina Chitwood Performance (S.M.A.R.T. goals with figure skating example)

Learn to Set SMART Goals in Figure Skating by Chea Hutton-Chitwood at Chitwood Skating

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30-Day Challenges

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I love to set monthly challenges.

What Do You Want to Change? is my post telling about the concept of 30-day challenges. Rather than making New Year’s resolutions, I start fresh each month with a 30-day challenge. For me, that’s a perfect amount of time. I often go back and repeat the same challenge during a later month.

Some of the challenges I’ve done during the past year are editing an eBook, decluttering, working on photo albums, fitness challenge, anti-procrastination challenge, and 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge.

Here’s a post my daughter wrote about 30-day challenges:

Challenge Yourself by Christina Chitwood at Christina Chitwood Performance

So, don’t worry if your New Year’s resolutions have already been broken. It isn’t too late to set goals. There are lots of opportunities left in 2012 to set new goals and challenges and reach new heights.

"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Zig Ziglar

UPDATE: “Achieving Your Goals” Word Art Freebie (without watermark)

What sort of resolution, goal, or challenge works best for you?

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  1. Barbara Gruener says

    January 13, 2012 at 7:29 am

    LOVE all of this – thanks for the wisdom. I’ve pinned the Star graphic and the SMART goals graphic!!

    Happy Friday,

    Barbara

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    • Deb says

      January 23, 2012 at 11:21 pm

      Thanks so much for your very kind comment, Barbara! And thanks for pinning my word art! 🙂

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  2. Betsy at Zen Mama says

    January 15, 2012 at 10:27 am

    Great ideas and some good archived posts to read through.
    Twitter: thezenmama

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    • Deb says

      January 23, 2012 at 11:22 pm

      Thanks so much, Betsy! I always love hearing from you! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Lyka Ricks says

    January 17, 2012 at 4:51 am

    Great you have tackled on Goals! Before, I have a mindset for resolutions but i realized instead of resolutions why not focus on your goals. If the previous year needs improvement then work for it now with new strategies to achieve it.

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    • Deb says

      January 23, 2012 at 11:23 pm

      Thanks, Lyka! I just never had very good luck with resolutions, but I have much better luck with goals and challenges! 🙂

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  4. Rebecca says

    January 19, 2012 at 5:03 am

    Any time is a good time to set goals…so very true…my best days are the ones I have established my goals, my to do list…and when/if they aren’t accomplished I look and see where I was not in line with God’s plan for the day! Thanks for this great reminder!

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    • Deb says

      January 23, 2012 at 11:24 pm

      Thanks so much, Rebecca! I love your thought about being in line with God’s plan for the day. Great way to look at life! 🙂

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  5. patsy says

    January 21, 2012 at 1:59 am

    I usually have a whole notebook of goals! One notebook for my work, another for my art! I like what I saw on one website- have not only a TO DO list but also a TA DAH list (for accomplished goals!). Have a great weekend! Patsy from HeARTworks

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    • Deb says

      January 23, 2012 at 11:26 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Patsy! I love the concept of a TO DO list and a TA DAH list! I hope you had a great weekend, too! 🙂

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