Tag Archives: setting goals

Goal Setting and Marriage

It’s always interesting to hear or read about other people and what works in their marriages. We can often pick up tips and ideas we can incorporate to improve our own. Yesterday I read a blog by the wife of a footballer, talking about goals, not the goals scored in football although that did come into it a little, but setting goals in your life. Goal setting is something she said she learned from her husband who is big on the idea of goal setting. It gave me something to think about. Often when we get married we set goals … Continue reading →

New Year, New Decade, New Goals

It’s resolution time of year again. Every time New Year’s rolls around, I start off with a list and a plan. But it doesn’t take long for the plan to fall apart and the list to fall right out of my head! As noble as my intentions often are, I have two big problems that keep me from succeeding with my healthy goals: I generally don’t like exercise (with a few exceptions) and I really like junk food. Or maybe just one big problem: I’m good at making excuses. 2009 ended for me with the revelation of a health issue … Continue reading →

Impossible Goals can Hurt You

Setting goals can be an important way to encourage yourself and build a business. Many of us need those goals to dangle like carrots and keep us moving forward and staying motivated. Setting goals that are too lofty, however, or ones that are overly-ambitious or impossible can actually hurt us—they can keep us from moving forward and growing our business operations. Setting reasonable goals—ones that require us to work and stretch in order to reach them, but not work endlessly without getting there—can be an important motivator. It is encouraging to be able to check things off our list and … Continue reading →

Journal – Kick Off

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I mentioned yesterday that I would be publishing my July journal to the fitness blog. It’s my way of demonstrating how you can keep a journal that promotes your own personal fitness. First and foremost, my journaling motivates me. It inspires me to keep going – even when I’m tired, discouraged or otherwise out of sorts. Journaling is methodical and it actually soothes me as well as inspires me to do more and to reach farther. It’s also a learning experience. Through my journaling, I discover things about myself that I didn’t know or I figure out what parts of … Continue reading →

Every Workout Has A Purpose

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Every single workout you do, whether it’s the hundredth time you’ve gone for your walk or the first time, has a purpose. You have to be sure to give every work out you perform a purpose whether you imagine it’s there or not. Life Has Meaning If you’re thinking that a workout means just that – some physical exercise that stresses your muscles, burns fat and more. This is a valid point of view. But that’s not all there is to a workout. The simple truth is that life has meaning and so does every single workout that you perform. … Continue reading →

Setting Goals for Your Christian Journey

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The following is a personal scoring chart for you to use for yourself to mark your own progress in your Christian walk. Just circle between 0 to 10 depending where you fall on this spectrum; 0 being not at all, 10 being always. Perhaps set some goals for yourself based on the answers you give today and check back again in six months or so. This isn’t to make anyone feel inadequate in any way. None of us have “arrived” at complete holiness but we should all desire to grow in our faith. My church attendance is regular. 0 1 … Continue reading →

Planning Ahead – Want to Walk a Mile?

There are all kinds of reasons you may want to walk a mile. According to my grandmother, if you wanted to walk a mile then you should just put your shoes on and start walking. In this case, she’s not wrong. Walking is one of the easiest of the cardiovascular activities and can be performed by just about anyone, from the most sedentary individual to the most active. I like to tell people, if you can walk out your front door and get to the mailbox. You’re already making your first strides towards good exercise and good health. So you … Continue reading →

Fitness Tips: Mental Preparation Exercises

Here are some exercises in preparing yourself mentally for fitness and exercise. These tips are designed to help you overcome the hurdles of sticking to an exercise program. These three tips are more to do with the psychology of exercise and fitness than actual exercise. Trust me though, when you take these tips to heart and use them to help promote your own fitness and exercise program – they will help improve your personal success. Understand how fitness and exercise benefits you personally Perfection is not the goal, satisfaction is This isn’t a contest, a personal win is quantified only … Continue reading →

5 Steps for Setting Savings Goals

Recent studies show that the rate of savings among Americans is at an all time low. In fact, not only are we not saving, but we are spending more than we earn as is evidenced by spiraling credit card debt, bankruptcies and foreclosures. If your spending have gotten away from you don’t despair, you can rein it in. Fiscal health comes with planning and purpose. Following are five steps to put you on the path to a sound savings plan. 1. Set a goal It is easier to save when we have a purpose for our savings in mind. Generally, … Continue reading →