I used to be reflecting on my previous couple of posts about goals and goal-setting when a thought popped into my head. I really feel like a few times a yr, I get fixated on goal-setting and self-improvement. It’s a mix of reflection and idealism. I attempt to suppose up higher methods for my objectives and methods to attain them. On the identical time, I do know that there are a lot of circumstances that get in my means, a few of that are of my very own making. However there’s one other facet of goal-setting that I solely just lately found and that’s what I’d like to speak about at this time.
Psychological well being, like many issues in life, has its ups and downs. There are some weeks after I really feel like all the pieces is working in my favor; my schedule has a stream, and I do know what I’m doing. Different weeks…not a lot. There’s combine between order and chaos, busy and bored, with most of my time someplace in between these extremes.
I’ve gained a fairly first rate sense of after I’m within the midst of an up or down, however there are occasions the place issues really feel tough. One in all these occasions (that I’ve been capable of determine ) is after I really feel like issues could possibly be on an upswing.
There are a lot of the explanation why an individual may really feel like they’re on an upswing. Perhaps you’re doing properly at work, or having fun with a newfound relationship with somebody. You may suppose you’re getting into a brand new part of life and hoping to settle in to what’s to return.
There’s nothing inherently flawed with considering I could possibly be on an upswing. It’s occurred earlier than and I do know it’s going to occur once more. Typically it’s due to what’s happening round me. Different occasions, it’s merely a sense and that’s the place I run into hassle.
Once I’m on the verge of being on this upswing, I really feel like something I do this get’s in the way in which of success is an enormous highway block. I’m nearly afraid to set a objective due to the likelihood I received’t obtain it. Typically it doesn’t even matter how huge or small the objective is; it’s the worry of not attaining it that will get in the way in which.
Setting and attaining objectives doesn’t should have as a lot weight as I give it. Each objective I make doesn’t should make-or-break my psychological well being, my psyche or my wellness. If I attain my objectives I ought to revel within the accomplishment but when I fall quick, I don’t wish to be so dejected that I surrender. Getting on an upswing isn’t nearly what I do; it’s about my way of thinking in doing it. The extra I can change and enhance this strategy, the extra doable and customary these upswings could be.
