09/03/2026
James Clear from Atomic Habits targets my issue of trying to start goals on a “special day” only, such as weekends, a new month or a new year.
“You can’t start last week, but you can start now. Stop dwelling on what you should’ve done or ruminating on the mistakes you made. Channel that energy into the next good choice you have today and you can try again.”
When I start and stop a serious and hard to-commit goal, success is delayed for months, maybe a year or more. I often start moderately important goals but never complete them. Yet I will and have accomplished goals major to my livelihood. Often through sheer grit and hard work, but those goals which I believe I can’t afford to fail, I won’t.
Therefore I’m passionate about studying the mindset of completing goals… and the reset tools helpful to deploy.
There are many goals I never committed to completion. Yet on the flipside, I struggled and worked hard to get the goals so very important to me, done.
Reflecting on my experiences, I’ve documented my mindset- a “should do” goal vs a “must do” goal- the important first steps, and the commitment, energy and resets needed to get that goal done.
Most importantly, I have experienced the joyful payback in the life when those goals most important are accomplished.
If you would like to join an interesting, informal group discussion of goal setting and accomplishing your really important goal - especially when you reach mid age and need additional, helpful tools- reach out to me- [email protected] or text 763-458-5834.
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