Setting Goals and Managing Time

Goals can help us set a proper course in our lives and focus on worthy causes. The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way. With our goals in hand, it is important to use our time wisely. When we plan our lives and use our time wisely, we will be blessed and we will become better individuals.

Setting worthwhile goals gives direction to our lives

Goal-setting is absolutely necessary for happy living. But the goal is only part of the desired procedures. We need to know which roads to take to reach the goal. In many cases we set far-reaching goals but neglect the short-range ones. With such short-range plans, we need self-discipline in our actions – study when it is time to study, read when it is time to read, and so on – not permitting an undesirable overlap, but getting our full measure of rewards and blessing from the time we invest in a particular activity.

First, think about your life and set your priorities. Find some quiet time regularly to think deeply about where you are going and what you will need to do to get there. We need to do the same thing occasionally to rejuvenate ourselves. Write down the tasks you would like to accomplish each day.

Second, set short-term goals that you can reach. Set goals that are well balanced – not too many not too few, and not too high nor too low. Write down your attainable goals and work on them according to their importance.

Marathon runners set explicit goals. You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you want to be one year from now, five years, ten years, and beyond. Write your goals and review them regularly Keep them before you constantly, record your progress, and revise them as circumstance dictate.

Managing our time gives us control over our lives

Let us provide time for our family, time for work, time for service, time for recreation, time for self, and time for spirituality. First, we have a responsibility to our families. Second, we have a responsibility to our employers. Third we have a responsibility to ourselves.

First, it is imperative that you not neglect your families. Nothing you have is more precious. Your wives/husbands and your children are deserving of the attention of their husbands/wives and mothers/fathers. Together with them, determine how much time you will spend with them and when. And then stick to it. Try not to let anything to interfere. Consider it sacred. Consider it binding. Consider it an earned time of enjoyment.

Two, to your business or your employer, you have an obligation. Be honest with your employer/employee. Do not do other work on his time. Be loyal to him. He compensates you and expects results from you. You need employment to care for your family and for yourself.

Three, every individual has an obligation to himself. He must get needed rest and exercise. He needs a little recreation. He must have time study. He needs time to ponder and meditate and think by himself.

Mere ‘busyness’ is not necessarily evidence of the wise use of time. There should be time for mental and spiritual development as well as relaxation: time for worship and time to express our thankfulness for our ability to work, and think, and pray, and read, and help, and dream, and laugh, and plan, and learn.

It is important to use our time wisely. This does not mean there can never be any leisure, for there must be time for contemplation and for renewal, but there must be no waste of time. Wise time management is really the wise management of ourselves.

About the author:
Jerich Evans is an entrepreneur for one year now. He loves pushing his self to the limit and applying the principles that he writes in his life to further improve his career. Visit his site at How to Start Your Own Nursing Agency.