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Post by DJ on Jan 27, 2010 10:55:56 GMT -5
was thinking about this with it being January and New Year's Resolutions and all that... then read TransformingMyLife's post and realised hers seemed to fit the mold of a SMART goal .. then thought about how when i DO actually reach goals they are SMART goals
S- specific
M- measurable
A- attainable
R- realistic
T-timely
specific, really nailing down the who whats when wheres whys and hows.. you can't really attain "healthier" whatever you do there's going to be a healthier next step, you never win and it's a big blob of undoable.. you can do a specific action like drink more water...
measurable, not just "i want to drink more water" but, "i want to drink 8 glasses of water a day"
attainable- probably not too many reasons that it's impossible for you to drink 8 glasses of water a day.
realistic, maybe it's not entirely realistic though and you hate drinking plain water and maybe you need to add lemon or lime to it or cut it with fruit juice or find a drinking vessel that encourages you to drink
timely, each and every day you have the goal....
anyway, this isn't meant to be lecturing others, more just a reinforcement for myself.. :> gotta love forums..
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Post by Chris on Jan 27, 2010 13:16:03 GMT -5
Hi DJ -- I like this - SMART - I hope I can remember it. It's neat because it can help us transform even a huge task into something doable. I've been struggling in my front bedroom and I can see that the first two: specific and measurable are two that right off the bat I hadn't given much thought too. I was busy looking at the big picture but in a vague way. I have to refine what it is I want from that room and make it more specific then I need to decide how I can measure progress. So far I have been doing it by the trash bags -- how much I remove by gallon based on the garbage bag size. I've run into some issues with "realistic" since DH and I still are at odds about the room - he wants to retain it 100% as his "moms room" even though she doesn't live here anymore and I want to make it into a craft room/guest room. I want to make sure we both are respected and it's a thin line to walk sometimes. This gives me a new way to frame a lot of projects. Thank so much for posting it.  |
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Post by creativechaos on Jan 27, 2010 16:12:03 GMT -5
dj;
thank you thank you for this! it helps more than you know. i had always wondered why so often i failed at goals, and have been giving some thought as to how to make goals more effective and attainable. i started setting much smaller broken-down into steps goals here, thanks to the people on these boards, and finally started experiencing some successes. now with this smart goal model, many more successes are imminent. it makes total sense!
this is the most exciting thing i've read in awhile. gives me hope and a practical way for goal setting. thanks for sharing what you know. i hope this doesn't embarrass you, but i really trust in what you know. having watched how you do things and process them, and knowing that you slog through stuff like anyone else, i've watched your commitment, consistency and perseverence and it has been so instructive. your generosity in sharing your process has made a great difference to me and to so many people.
luv, cc
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Post by fluffernut - now Jannie on Jan 27, 2010 17:05:18 GMT -5
I always heard you should clean a room from the top down, but I do the opposite. First clean the floor, declutter, get everything picked up and put away, then vacuum or sweep or wash. Then do countertops and dressertops and tabletops, the middle ground. Lastly get anything higher up, and probably the last thing would be to clean the top of the vfridge and the top of any tall cabinets. And my ceilings never need cleaning, just an occasional whisking away of cobwebs and dust.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 20:30:51 GMT -5
fluffernut, I also clean from the bottom up. Getting the floors clean makes the room look cleaner faster, I think. |
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Post by gifted on Jan 27, 2010 21:25:18 GMT -5
Sometimes I start with cleaning the floor, because I just cannot reach anything else.  . But more to the point: DJ, much of the time when I am posting, it is just as much to convince myself of what I am saying as to try to help anyone else. |
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Post by rickie on Jan 27, 2010 23:17:11 GMT -5
I learned SMART in a psychiatric rehab thingy I was once in. The "T" we did was "time limited" as in setting a specific date for completion of the goal (doesn't apply so much for drinking water, but works a treat if you're cleaning.)
You know I grew up never really knowing how to set goals. I had goals, but they were either vague or completely unrealistic, so it was easy to never accomplish them. So many people in the program were like that.... the most common "goal setting" technique was "I hope to... (get a job / lose weight / get my kitchen cleaned up.)" One of the therapists used to say "Hope is not a method. Ask anyone who's used the hope method of birth control." Haha. Whenever I catch myself saying "I hope to..." I realize I'm not really making a plan.
It also helps to write the goals, what actions you plan to achieve them, what obstacles you expect to encounter and how you intend to overcome them.
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Post by hopehope on Jan 27, 2010 23:34:39 GMT -5
Hey! Hope is pretty *** important!  |
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