Setting intentional goals implies that you have a mindful mind that will systemically process your goals. Here is how to set goals for 2023.
There is 2 feature you need to consider:
Achievable: because they consider your ability to pursue the goal.
When aligned with your overall purpose, it will assist you in making meaningful progress toward your life’s future vision.
The process I’ll walk you through is one I’ve used for years, and since incorporating it into my planner, I’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the structure and focus it brings to goal setting and planning.
But, as with any process, it’s critical to stick with it if you want to see real results. So the goal of this post is to break down each step so you can take action! Don’t expect to complete all of these steps in a single day; as you’ll see below, you’ll need to give yourself a week or two to complete the entire process.
You’ll require the following items:
As I previously stated, this entire process is embedded within my digital planner via a series of templates, so for the best experience, I recommend following along in the planner!
You can also use any digital notebook or pen and paper to follow along with the steps below. There’s no need for anything fancy here; just a place where you can keep track of your notes as you go!
Goal setting process
The steps for goal setting for 2023
Step 1: Know yourself and your motivation for your goals
Most people keep their goals completely hidden because they don’t know who they are. Let’s make it easy!
We can set goals like ” I will do this…”. however have you asked yourself why you want to do this? This reason will be your motivation to keep processing your goals.
The very first step is the brainstorming steps.
My Content: Read over the agreement carefully. Try to be open-minded to what it says and what you commit to do and say to yourself. Feel free to write in another affirmation for yourself, if you want to commit to doing it.
Once you decide to commit to your goals, you can visit this page whenever you want to get motivation.
If you are stuck on this content page, don’t worry! The next page will help you to know yourself. write down everything you think of at this stage.
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Step 2: The Wheel of Life Assessment
Assessment: Take a look at the wheel of life assessment and go thoroughly go through it so that you can get a better understanding of yourself. Be honest, and think about the questions. You can always go back and re-do the assessment.
Set your life category to achieve. It can be 8, 10, 12… whatever your lifestyle or value you want to be.
This step will help the goal setting to become aware of your current feelings and circumstances. I’ll go over these quick prompts for each of the six aspects of your life listed below:
Personal
Spiritual or mental
Social + Relationship
Home
Family
Health
Work
Financial
Completing the following prompts for each of the areas listed above:
I’m currently feeling… (write out any quick thoughts that come to mind!)
On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say I’m satisfied with this aspect of my life.
What is working well?
What would I like to improve? you can do a rating for each category in the time frame.
The wheel of life
Step 3: Vision for Your Goals
After filling in the wheel of life, now you are connecting to your life vision so you can pinpoint the categories you should focus on setting goals around.
Allow yourself the time to consider what you want your future to look like in each of the eight categories listed above. I recommend that you repeat this exercise for both the short and long term:
What do I want my life to look like in each of these areas 1 year in the future?
What do I want my life to look like in each of these areas 10 years in the future?
Go through each goal and write a few sentences for a reason to achieve and a few steps of habits you want to progress. Try to disconnect from any limiting beliefs or doubts that may arise, and instead write them as if they are already a reality, for example, “I will drink 2L water every day and track progress at end of the night”
SMART goal setting
Step 4: Your Top 3 goals in each category
This step is one level above goal setting and is all about bringing more focus into your life. It’s critical to first narrow our focus and stay “zoomed out” enough to ensure that we’re on the right track overall. You don’t want to get hung up on the details of timing or actions. Instead, consider how this specific area of focus will help you get closer to your long-term goals.
Based on your goals, can you narrow down your focus to just two or three key habits to focus on for the next 3-6 months? Goals are completed by your intentional habits to progress.
Ask yourself the below questions. you can visit this page during month reflection time or whenever you feel stuck.
1. For each focus area, answer the following prompts:
How will taking action in this area of my life benefit my future?
How will I feel after making progress in this area?
2. set your target % you might take to make progress in this area.
Step 5: Time line and Prioritize Goals
One of the most difficult barriers to achieving our goals is a lack of time, so the following steps will walk you through optimizing your time and prioritizing the things that matter most.
While it may seem easier to simply list everything you do in a given week and assign an estimated time to each, I believe it is critical to go through the exercise of tracking your time throughout the week.
It’s easy to underestimate how much time we spend scrolling through social media, watching TV, and getting distracted in our inboxes, so tracking in real-time ensures a clear picture.
How to track your time over the week.
Break down your time as hourly-based. You are doing a task for 55 minutes, and during the rest of the 5 minutes, you take the time to write down what you have done for 55 minutes on your quick note insert or post-it. It will be the first week to find out if it is wasting time and helping prioritize tasks.
As you record your time, capture any quick notes you have. Maybe you’re sensing a specific activity is draining your time or you realize you’d really like to have more time for something else. Don’t worry about solving any of this, take note if anything comes to mind.
At the end of the week, begin thinking about different categories your time might fall into (e.g. family care, household, work, hobbies, etc.). Color code each interval of time with highlighters or colored dots just to give a visual indicator of how you are spending your time across each category.
Step 6: Make your “Not To Do Lists”
Most people make To-do lists. However, not many of you don’t use the “Not-To-Do List”. The “Not-To-Do lists” is not an “anti-to-do list” It is how you prioritize your tasks with urgent/important, not-urgent/important, not-important/urgent, not-important/not-urgent categories.
When you categorize your tasks with this method, you will find out what you should focus on.
For each list, what will it take to move this activity off your plate?
Not-To-Do list: you can make “Not-Urgent/Not-important” tasks into a “Not-To-Do list”. For example, time wasters, personal bad habits
Step back and look at your “Not-To-Do List”. It can allow you to add a time slot for more important tasks in your time schedule that you can potentially fill with new priorities focused on the goals you create!
Commit to solidifying these changes over the next week.
Finally, is there anything on your mind that you’d like to devote more time to? Make a list of these and save it; we’ll go over it again when you’ve established your routines and goals.
Step 7: Create Routines
When you act on something unconsciously, that is a habit. For instance, you brush your teeth in the morning. That is your habit, meaning you don’t need to decide I will..” it is a kind of nature.
If you can make a daily routine with good habits, it will continually progress and revisit over time. If you don’t have any clear routines established yet, think of this as your first “base routine” and expect to continue to build on it as you set your goals.
Monthly Habit Tracker
you don’t need a whole list of good habits lists. Just you want to focus on the core habits that are important to start your day off right and keep your life running smoothly.
For example, one of your goals is to read X number of books this year. Your habitual routine is that you have a time slot to read a book. So set your routine for 30 minutes of reading time before going to bed. Also, you can leave a book on your nightstand.
How to create routines
Here is the explanation Main routine you can create
Morning Routine: Make a list of the main activities you want to do every morning. Make a note of how much time you think each activity will take. This will help you ensure that you are being realistic about your goals.
Evening Routine: Just as you did in the morning, make a list of all the key activities you want to complete every night. Consider what you can do to help yourself wind down from the day and prepare to be effective the next day. Make a note of how much time is needed for each.
Other Practices/Weekly Routines: List any other tasks that must be completed and how frequently they must be completed (e.g. weekly, monthly)
Focus on sticking with this routine throughout the week and review the routine whether it works well or needs to adjust.
Important:
When your routine is a habit, it takes 90 days, depending on the person. Therefore, please don’t make too many lists. 2-3 activities are the best.
For instance, I create a new activity every month and after 30days, it becomes a habit, I add other activities. Last year, I started 5 minutes of meditation every morning as a morning routine, and it became a habit, time had increased by 10minutes, and add 5 minutes of journaling as well in my morning routine.
Step 8: Create a Weekly Schedule
Now you have worked on goals and actions throughout the week. you can find out out how to set your weekly schedule.
your tasks and activities organized in the weekly time frame. so you don’t get overwhelmed
How to create a weekly schedule with the time-blocking method
1. Map out all of the main blocks of your week. This includes your routines and any other commitments you have.
2. Use highlighting or schedule blocks to visually show how you are spending your time (e.g. work priorities, family priorities, personal time, etc.)
3. Step back and look at what you’ve added so far. Where do you have gaps in your time that you can start dedicating to your goals?
4. Take a test run! Check-in throughout the week to make sure the priorities you’ve set for each block fit within that time frame. Just as you did with your routines, be prepared to adjust as you go.
Step 9: Reflect on your goals Progress every month.
It is critical to review your goal progress every month with measurable metrics. Review each category’s goals and track them, how far you are moving forward.
If you have reached your goal for the month, you reward yourself. it will be more motivating for next month’s goals
If you could not reach your monthly goals, revisit your goal and the action steps you took. you can change or adjust them to be more realistic.
Final thought of setting up intentional goals.
We all have goals and wish to accomplish them. However, most people cannot accomplish their goals and give up because they don’t set the goals intentionally. Consider why you want to achieve the goals, and visualize your ideal outcomes.
For the most important things, the goals you want to achieve should have a supporting system to move forwards to progress.
Know yourself and your motivation, and do life assessments. So you can have your vision of goals.
Also, goals are not a one-time project. It is a lifelong project. Therefore, you can have short-term and long-term goals.
I hope you can set your goal intentionally this year to achieve your dream life.
For more about Yearly goal planning and 10 habits should try, please read the post here.
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