Goals, Resolutions, and Mission: An Evolution
I read somewhere recently about how many of us struggle with goals because of how we approach them. I know that for me, goals were heavily influenced “should” statements. They were things that to a large extent were externally driven, things that I thought I needed to do and be because of the way I interacted with my culture. It’s not that I wasn’t taught how to set goals. Mormons are big on goals overall, and I spent over 6 years from the age of 12-18 specifically setting and working on goals in a church program for young women called “Personal Progress.” But goals weren’t enough for me to make the kind of progress I really needed. Take for example these goals that I found recently. Based on a few items included on the list, I assume these were set sometime between 1998 and 2000. I’m also including some information about how I did with those goals. 5 year goals Begin concert career—Didn’t happen. Full-time job with benefits—Nope Or enou...