Be clear with yourself and what you want to do. The goals you are trying to reach won’t just show up and succeed on their own. Know what your goal is, how you’re going to go about achieving it, and putting action to your plan. Let’s see how you can go about simplifying this objective.
You must know what you’re going to do. It could be easy or hard, but the starting point is to clearly know and define what you’re doing. “I’m going to build a bike from scratch,” is a clear start. “I might try to put two wheels together and see if it moves down the street,” is a thought, but it’s not clear. The language is not positive. Be definite about what you’re going to do. This type of language gives you the illusion of giving up, before you begin – that’s not good. Know clearly what you are doing.
Create a plan or blueprint. You need to see where you are going and how you will go about getting there. Keep it all in your head and it will get lost. Write down how you will maneuver through this goal. Who will you contact? What will your research consist of? Will others be involved? How much time will go into completing this project? What’s the deadline? Go over the details so that you can guide yourself on what needs to be done. You may find that your plan won’t work during a certain season or you may need to start sooner, rather than later. That’s the point of writing down the path to your goal. You need to know where you are going and how you’re going to get there.
The last step is probably the hardest to do. Take action. Do something. No matter what your plan says, you will need to take some sort of action and make some moves. That’s the only way your goal will come about. The action you take may push you in another direction, but that’s fine, you can always turn around and go another route. Just because something stops you doesn’t mean you have failed. You don’t have to stop, just adjust and keep moving. No matter what happens, always keep moving.
This is the process of being clear on your goals. There may be other ways to do it, but it boils down to the basics of knowing what you’re going to do, making the plan, and taking action. Don’t sell yourself short by using fuzzy and confusing language. That just gives you a reason to quit as soon as there’s a challenge. It may take a long time for you to accomplish, or it may not. Adjust and pivot as much as you need to. Your mission is to keep going until you have achieved your goal. Drink some water. You got this.