Good evening guys, now don't worry I'm not about to open with some lame ass joke about today being the New Year. On that note though, my biggest problems with those jokes is that there are really only 5 different jokes that people put a spin on and try to make their own clever version but its really just recycled garbage that people put on Twitter or Facebook to try and get a lot of likes and act like they made it their own. But that isn't what I came here to write about. What I wanna talk about is the act of looking into the future and how I see establishing different set goals and expectations.
Goals are something that define everyone and make a life worth living, I think goals are some of the most important things that we as humans can do and really should be something everyone should have. It doesn't matter if you have 1 goal or a thousand, a goal is something that steers you towards something bigger and give your life a direction. With the New Year upon us, everyone has their "resolutions" that they tell themselves that have to be accomplished in order to consider their year a success. I don't think this is a healthy way of living a life. Setting expectations for yourself is a very thin line that people often walk, and I don't see it as a bad thing to have them. But expectations can often lead to disappointment and self doubt when you don't conquer the expectation you set yourself. Your life should never be lived in the "have to" attitude, instead "I want" is a much more realistic way of approaching a goal. Want and desire are the most important things that help to conquer a goal you set for yourself. When you put yourself in the "have to" attitude, you start leading yourself to the "What if" thoughts. "What if" thoughts create mass amounts of stress that put you in a position to fail because putting stress on your body dampers your being and is a massive set back.
No one can avoid stress forever, but a simple change in mindset is one of the biggest things a person can do to succeed in the goals they set. If you have the simple want and desire to be the person your goals say you wanna be. Then do it, don't make an excuse one day and take a day off because "it's just one day." One day leads to a week or a month and before you know it you're thinking to yourself "What if I didn't take that day off" and it leads to disappointment in yourself and that leads to self doubt when you wanna set another goal. I often times catch myself saying things that would categorize myself as a "big talker." But each day I do everything in my power to make that goal a reality. And guys I absolutely mean it when I say that when you reach an ultimate goal that you set for yourself, or even a goal that maybe you thought was going to be a struggle, the feeling is to great to put into words. My ultimate goal my freshmen year was to win conference individually, and when I put that goal behind me and won an event at conference I cried. I got out of the pool walked over to the cool down lanes sat down and cried. A self victory makes a life worth living, and thats exactly what I want this post to try and tell you. Go out there and get what you want, it is always worth it in the end.
See Y'all later, Alex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ- I watch this video every week. I hope it helps you guys too.
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