Setting small goals and meeting them is one example. However, setting big goals also can be helpful.
Setting large goals for the year, for example, can help you to think
about the big picture. And, once you meet those goals, it can be useful
to think about all you have done so that you can develop motivation to
move forward. The trick is to set reasonable goals and reasonable expectations for meeting them.
The end of the year is a great time to go back to your big goals and see all that you have accomplished during the year. As I was looking over what I did for last month, I was a bit down
because most of what I did was to continue to revise works in progress.
It can be hard to see the progress I am making when all I have to say
for November is that I revised a chapter and an article and they are
still unfinished. To pull myself out of that slump, I decided to look at all I have done
over the course of 2013. And, it turns out I have some major
accomplishments to report.
I find looking back over my accomplishments to be rewarding. It also
gives me energy to move forward and keep up momentum for next year. “People are working a little longer at their primary career, and even in
retirement they’re saying, ’I could have 20, 25, even 30 years in
retirement,”’
