Struggling with Your Goals?
Practical Tips to Help You Stay On Track
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Struggling to complete the New Year’s resolution you set back in January 2024, or a goal you set 2-3 months ago? Feeling like the world is against you as you work hard, but discipline and procrastination always get in the way? I’ve been there and still find myself stuck sometimes. Today, I’ll share what I do to increase the chances of completing any personal project or goal I set.
Set a Tangible Goal
Many of us start with vague goals. For example, you might say,
"I want to be rich in 5 years, but what does “rich” mean to you?”
Does it mean having a house with a swimming pool, driving the latest sports car, or not having to work anymore? A better approach is to define your perfect lifestyle and calculate the monthly commitment it would require.
For instance, if being rich means spending time with your family without financial stress, driving a Tesla, owning a house with lots of greenery, and ensuring your children have a good education, you can estimate that this might cost 10,000 USD a month or 120,000 USD a year. Using a conservative 4% yearly yield (which is achievable with many funds), you’d need 3 million USD. With 3 million USD invested, you could generate that 4% and retire immediately.
This approach highlights the importance of setting a tangible goal. If your current actions won’t generate 3 million USD in 5 years, your chances of achieving that goal are slim.
Instead, let’s set a more realistic, shorter-term goal, like hitting 50,000 USD in revenue in 3 months.
Write it down and stick it somewhere you’ll see it every day—on your phone screen, whiteboard, or mirror. Now, let’s move on to the next step.
Set a Realistic Weekly Goal
Have you ever been busy all week but felt like nothing got done? It’s easy to fill our time with low-priority tasks to feel productive, but this won’t help you achieve your goals. Instead of staying busy from Monday to Sunday, spend 1-2 hours crafting a realistic weekly goal.
You don’t need fancy tools—simple apps like Notion work well. Write down what you want to achieve by the end of the week, considering your available time. For example, if you work a full-time job and want to produce a YouTube video each week, you might have 30 hours available (15 hours during the weekdays and 15 on the weekend). Ask yourself, “What can I realistically accomplish in 30 hours? Market research, scripting, recording, editing, uploading? Is it feasible to do it all in one week? Can I outsource some tasks if my budget allows?”
Set a few checklists under your weekly plan, balancing 1-2 big goals with smaller ones.
For example, uploading one YouTube video might be your big goal, with smaller tasks like going to the gym three times a week. Push yourself slightly out of your comfort zone, but stay realistic.
Setting a goal of uploading seven long-form videos in one week isn’t realistic unless you work 24/7.
Set a Daily Goal
Once your weekly goal is set, break it down into daily goals.
This approach helps you stay relaxed and avoid feeling overwhelmed. With weekly and daily goals in place, you can enjoy your downtime guilt-free. Whether it’s binge-watching your favorite Netflix series, playing games, or reading a book, as long as you’ve hit your daily or weekly goal, you’ve earned it.
The key is balance: be strict with yourself, but not too harsh.
Summary
I hope today’s insights give you ideas to help you achieve your goals. Drop your goal in the comments—I’d definitely love to hear about it! And a big thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my YouTube channel. Since my last story, I’ve posted three more videos, and my subscribers have grown from 3 to about 1,500 now, I’m truly grateful for your support.
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