Setting Goals

When you think of New Year’s, I’m sure you immediately think of New Year’s resolutions. A fresh start; a new leaf. An opportunity to grow and to be better than you were the year before.

It’s great in theory; but it doesn’t often have the expected follow through. Now, hear me out, I am all for setting goals. I set some each January, too. But each year I hear the phrase, “new year, new me,” and I think we do ourselves a disservice by waiting until the new year to work on becoming the best versions of ourselves. We miss out on the right now by focusing on the future. Each day we get a new opportunity to set and achieve new goals. Every morning brings a new chance to be a better version of ourselves than we were the day prior. So why aren’t we making the most of each day?

So, going into this new year, I am setting goals. But I’m trying to shift my resolutions from being a yearly thing, to being a daily one. I think simplifying this process for ourselves in the day-to-day will lead to greater success in the year-to-year. Let’s conquer 2018, one step at a time.

Post by Renee Gillespie, Short Term Teams Coordinator & Social Media Manager for United World Mission