Mark important dates and deadlines on a calendar.
Learn to control goals instead of letting the worry about needing to accomplish them control you. Working from home has many benefits that can help you achieve your goals, but home offices can also have downfalls if you struggle to stay on task. Setting and sticking to goals is not always as easy as it sounds, however. Organize goals into groups, use calendars for each goal and maintain daily and weekly checklists to help you keep up with goals you've accomplished. And don't stress all weekend about goals you didn't get to during the week -- simply make them the number one priority for the following Monday.
Instructions
1. Picture yourself actually doing one of your goals, either long or short-term.
Visualize your goals as you work toward achieving them each day. Using visual techniques will help relax your mind, boost your self-esteem and draw you toward your goal faster.
2. Weight loss may be one goal set group.
Organize your goals into groups. Write the goal sets on a piece of paper. Goal-setting topic headings may be Financial Goals, Physical Goals or Emotional Goals. For example, if you work from home, you may separate your goals the following way: Save 10% of my income for vacation (Financial Goal Set), Work out Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (Physical Goal Set) and attend each meeting during the eight-week Bible study (Emotional Goal Set). Each goal set may have many goals listed. Begin with the most important and work your way down.
3. Keep one calendar for bills only.
Choose a calendar to represent each each goal set. The calendar must be meaningful to you in some way. Don't choose a plain, blank or black and white boldly scripted calendar; instead, find one with pleasing visual images that promote positive feelings. If you have four goal sets, you need four calendars.
4. Hang as many calendars as you need to achieve your desires.
Write your goals into the calendars. This may take some time at first, but once you get the initial information down, it will go much more smoothly from there. Part of the reason people don't achieve their goals is their inability to put time and effort into achieving them. Take the time to write goals into each corresponding calendar each week. Hang the calendars near your desk in your home office or in a location where you can easily see the calendar and mark off events as you accomplish them.
5. Keep file folders to organize paid bills, receipts and other paperwork.
Mark off each event as you accomplish it on each calendar. Keep track of accomplishments each week. An event left unattended to one week should be moved to the next week.
6. Partner with a friend who challenges you to achieve goals -- and celebrate.
Reward yourself for sticking to goals each week. Decide upon a reward system that works for you. Reward yourself for each goal marked off or for each five marked off. You get to choose. Soon you will enjoy the feeling of simply marking off accomplished tasks.
