Target Tuesday
So here we are in June. Blimey, where did the first five months of the year go? It only seems a couple of weeks ago that I was drinking festive egg-nog, wearing my Christmas sweater and humming ‘Sleigh Ride’ too loudly in line at the supermarket.
It’s kinda scary to think that there’s just seven months of 2009 left to run. So how’s the year gone for you, so far? Was it what you expected?
Most importantly, what do you want the rest of the year to be about? To help you get clear on the rest of your year, here’s what I want you to do,
- Take a moment to think about the last five months – January to May. Think about everything you’ve done, the opportunities that came along, the tough times and the fun times, and think about where you are now having gone through the last five months. Give 2009 a rating from 1 to 10 – it could be a big-grin scale, a temperature scale or a fulfilment scale. How would you rate your 2009 so far?
- Now go forwards in time seven months, and imagine yourself on a crisp December morning (or warm if you’re somewhere hot!). You’ve put effort into moving things forwards and it’s worked – things have progressed in some important ways and you’re seeing results and reaping the rewards. Using the same scale as before, what rating do you want to give to June to December? What rating represents how you want to feel about the next seven months?
- Imagine that it’s still that December morning. You wake up, your eyes flicker open and things are different. Things have moved on, you have more of something and things have changed for the better. What one thing would make the biggest difference to you? What do you want things to look like or feel like on that December morning? Be as specific as you can be (close your eyes if it helps) and write down what comes out for you.
- Don’t stop there – create another two things that would be amazing to have, do or be on that December morning. What’s bugging you right now that you’d like to change? What would make a huge or powerful difference to you? Again, be as specific as you can be about what you want to have, do or be on that December morning and write down your ideas.
- You’ve just created three goals that you can achieve within the next seven months. Keep them somewhere close to you and be sure to pay positive attention to those things as often as you can. Feel good about them and imagine yourself there with all three in place – pretty darn good, right?!
But it doesn’t stop there. Each and every week from now until that December morning, dive back into your goals and feel what it would be like to have them, then ask yourself ‘What’s one thing I can do this week that will move me forwards?’. Each week, think of what decision you can make or what action you can take that will be one step forwards, no matter how big or small.
Simply by paying positive attention to what you want all kinds of things can fall into place, but there’s nothing like quite doing something about what you want! Be excited about the rest of the year because it truly can be extraordinary – you just have to make it extraordinary and allow it to be extraordinary. Yep, we’re nearly half way through 2009 already – but the best can still be to come.
Thinking about 43 things / 101 things / bucket list may help. Read my post here.
If you’d like to join in with Target Tuesday – make a blog posting on the subject each Tuesday, linking back to this post and show a link in the comments. Every Tuesday, we’ll all make a posting that focuses on us moving one step closer to our vision of what December 2009 will be like. It could be simply a thought, or something you’ve made or an action you’ve taken.
Previous Target Tuesdays:
Be a resolute success in 7 steps
How many days can you afford to live, if you lose your job
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