When you set a goal, are you creating a vision in your mind of where you want to go? Goals give us something to aim for; they provide us with opportunities, feedback and growth potential.
Imagine getting into a car, putting it in Drive and not having a destination in mind. You would probably get nowhere fast and waste a lot of expensive gas!
 

We often go through life making a series of personally meaningless daily task-type goals. They appear to move us forward and give us a sense of accomplishment but we may sometimes feel like we’re only treading water not swimming forward.
 

The everyday maintenance goals are the ones that our heads say we have to get done but the goals that give us a sense of meaningful accomplishment and meaningful forward motion are the ones that come from the heart.
What does your heart say it wants? What lies at the summit of the mountain? To avoid being discouraged, what small achievable goals do you want to set to start climbing that mountain? What is your level of commitment? What is your plan? By when do you want to reach the first leg of the journey?
Your goals are not the end result they are your steps to what your heart envisions. Create an action plan. A plan of action gives you direction, confidence and momentum.

 If you really want to live, you’d better start at once to try. If you don’t, it really doesn’t matter, but you’d better start – or die.
 - W. H. Auden, poet

Start your climb!

How will you feel when you’ve reached your heart-driven goal?

-Lesia S.