In this week's episode, I want to talk one-on-one with you about setting goals, and I hope that by sharing my story, it might help you with yours. I open up the episode by recalling my decision back in January to start running again and to write a memoir. Giving myself attainable weekly milestones gave me incredible momentum to help me achieve my goals. I found that setting smaller goals was not only more sustainable, but also more effective to achieving my larger ones.

I go on to talk about the importance of setting the right goals. In order to do this we have to ask ourselves the right questions. Does the pursuit of this goal make me unhappy? Does this goal align with my priorities? By interrogating ourselves like this, it helps us make sure we are pursuing the right objective. I draw this episode to a close by reminding you all, and myself, that it's okay to change our goals when our priorities do. After all, life is an ever changing process.

The Finer Details of This Episode:

• Running marathons again and starting my memoir
• My experience committing to my goals
• The importance of setting reasonable goals
• Asking yourself the right questions
• Why it's okay if your priorities change

Quotes:

"Oftentimes, we pick goals because we think we're supposed to go after them, and then later realize, we don't freakin' want that."

"My point in sharing this is that along the journey, we have a lot of self-doubt. We have that narrative like, 'I can't do this. I'm not good enough. Who do I think I am? I should just quit. This is too hard.' Right?"

"The strategy, the plan, all of that was the same so that I could make small, significant progress."

"We do a really good job of assuming people have expectations of us. But you know how the world is, everybody just cares about themselves."

"What's the new goal? Or maybe you're fine, right? Where you're at, and you've achieved so much, and you're like, 'I'm good.' This is perfect. We don't always have to be in the pursuit of something."

"I think we put so much pressure on ourselves to show up and be seen in a certain way and often we forget what we actually want."

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