Big Goals Help Us Choose Our Habits, Small Goals Motivate Us to Do those Habits Today.

We tend to think of big goals as big motivations. And while they can be the kick in the butt that we need,  big goals only motivate us for a short time, and only when we’re being inspired by something around us. The reality is; we don’t always find our surroundings inspiring. Inspirations Come and Go Unpredictably. Inspiration can be Rare and Unreliable as a source of sustaining lifelong habits.

Motivation is Not a permanent state of being. Big goals only motivate us when we set them, or when we are reminded of their importance. We might not be reminded often enough to stay involved.

 Big Goals are; Us Choosing Who We Want To Be. The Purpose of having big goals; is to Align Our Habits with Who We Want to Be. Big Goals give us a Reason to Choose a Habit. The reason is; “I want to be       … ,And, So I want to live this way to be that.”

Big goals take a long time to reach. Unfortunately this is not good for our Daily Motivation. It feels like “I’m not getting anywhere.” Progress is slow, and it is Discouraging to Feel this way. Big Goals are not achieved on a regular basis, and are not updated on a regular basis. We can forget to maintain them at all. We can lose sight of them. Time passes and we find ourselves asking, “What happened to my goal? I was Inspired and Motivated to do this, and somehow I stopped.”

Healthy Habits Require Small Goals to Generate a Reliable Source of Motivation.

It’s the Small Goals that are Routinely Achieved and Routinely Updated. These are the goals that are maintained on a regular basis. These are the goals that Generate Inspiration on a Regular Basis. They Inspire us because we Commonly Experience Being Successful at; Reaching the things That We are Reaching For. 

Small Goals are Fresh, they are Currently Important in Our Minds. When we have up to date, small goals, we are not waiting around for some Outside Source to Influence us. Small goals can be adjusted Up AND Down to fit with our ever changing lives, week after week. For a Lifetime.

Small Goals give us the motivation to Do The Habit TODAY. In a way that is  Healthy for Our Bodies TODAY. Small Goals will do that again tomorrow and the next day…