Getting from Global Intentions to Goals then Into Action Steps
One approach to achieving your goals this year is to start with your global intention or desire and then become more specific.
For example, you may state your global intention as a desire to be healthy.
Then you would expand your intention into a goal: “My goal is to continue to be healthy by remaining active, eating more healthy foods, getting back into exercise, and losing some weight.
Becoming more specific you would flesh out action items and a timetable for accomplishing your goal by saying,
“Starting in February, I will go back to the gym three times each week. I’ll work out a schedule with Pam so I can come home an hour later on those days, and I’ll offer to trade other times so she can also workout while I watch the kids.
I’d like to lose ten pound in the next six months and I know Pam would, too. I’d like to work out a shopping/meal plan with her that will help us both to reach this goal if she’s willing.”
For some intentions you may not be able to write a specific goal at first. And for some stated goals you may not know any action steps you might take today. Put them on your list of desires anyway. Over time you will add to your list on a regular basis—expanding your goals and accomplishing action items.
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