{"id":49109,"date":"2015-01-01T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/01\/resolving-the-right-resolution.html"},"modified":"2015-01-01T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:02:48","slug":"resolving-the-right-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/01\/resolving-the-right-resolution.html","title":{"rendered":"Resolving the Right Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cool article here … "Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead" – http:\/\/jamesclear.com\/goals-systems<\/a><\/p>\n

… about (for purposes of this brief discussion), resolutions. To wit, don't set a goal,<\/i> set a process \/ system.<\/i> Don't say "I'm going to lose 20 lbs." Say, "I'm going to track all my meals in a calorie tracker."<\/p>\n

What's the difference? The process is something you can actually do,<\/i> immediately, and get the reward of accomplishment. It can have faster effects — it might take me several months (hah!) to lose 20 lbs., but if I start noting each week, "Hey, I did what I said I was going to do," I'm an immediate winner. Better yet, losing 10<\/i> lbs. is a success from the process, not a falling short of the goal.<\/p>\n

Yes, you do have to be sure that your process is going to lead toward a goal you want. But you were going to have to do that to reach the goal anyway, right? The difference is focusing on fulfilling the process, not attaining that distant brass ring.<\/p>\n

So, let me think about some processes<\/i> that will help me achieve goals I want achieve, rather than just think about those goals.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cool article here … "Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead" – http:\/\/jamesclear.com\/goals-systems … about (for purposes of this brief discussion), resolutions. To wit, don't set a goal, set a process \/ system. Don't say "I'm going to lose 20 lbs." Say, "I'm going to track all my meals in a calorie tracker." What's … Continue reading “Resolving the Right Resolution”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Yoiks-and-Away.gifimgmax=660.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8706,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/09\/01\/two_steps_forwa.html","url_meta":{"origin":49109,"position":0},"title":"Two steps forward, one step in place","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Sep-05 9:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"The good news: I've cracked the 1,000 mile mark in my \"Walk to Nowhere.\" I will probably not make my 1,500 mile goal, but it's going well all overall. 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