How to Move Ahead: Forget About Your Goals

It’s almost the end of January. All our goals and dreams for 2021 have been set. If all is going according to plan, we’re well on our way to make those goals and dreams a reality.

Does that idea stress out anyone besides me?

I’m really good at setting goals. I’m even better at dreaming dreams and picturing exactly how I think things will (or should) turn out in the end. But that’s usually where I get stuck.

Massive goals overwhelm me. I set a goal, and I even know all the steps it will take to get to the goal, but if I focus on all of that, I become paralyzed.

It’s too much. I’ll never be able to make it. What was I thinking?

I’m here today to help you and me get past that thought pattern and move back into doing the work. It’s so simple, that I always forget what to do, but here it is:

Do the next step.

That’s it. Stop looking at the giant mountain ahead of you. Stop looking at the finish line which could be so far away. Just look at the next step, and complete it to the best of your ability.

There are many clichés and sayings about this.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Do the next right thing. (Frozen II, anyone?)

And they’re all true. Set your goal, then essentially forget about it. Put all your energy into the next step. When that is done, move on to the next one. Over and over, until you find yourself looking back and seeing that you crossed that finish line a while ago.

You can do it.

What is one next step you can take toward your goals and dreams today?