In this second step, we're going to be talking about how to set goals. Everybody talks about goals. I'm sure you've read tons of books. And you've always heard, let's set some goals. But it's pretty difficult sometimes to understand what is my goal? So I like to bring it back to an author called Dr. Zeus.

And he wrote a book called, oh, the places you'll go. And in that book, he really talks about, you're off to great places. Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way. What's he mean about that? He means you're going to do great things.

You just have to know which mountain you're going to climb and where you're going to go. So I want you to think about where do you want to go? How do you want to feel? And what exactly do you want to do? Now these are really big, deep questions. You could dive down a rabbit hole for sure.

But what's really important is that you start thinking about those goals as it relates to how you feel in your space. So what do I mean by that? Some people don't actually realize that they could Have a learning style. And that helps set up the space around them. So for example, I'm a really visual person. So for me, I really like to see nice things in my space.

I like to have nice pictures on the walls, I like to have plants. But also when I need to get work done, I need to see a physical calendar. Some people don't need to have a physical calendar, they do really well with something on their cell phone. Or maybe it's just something abstract that they just know in their in their mind. But for me, if I need to be somewhere on time, I definitely like to write it down in a physical calendar. Because I'm a visual learner.

There are other people who are more auditory. So to them the sound and the space is really important. They don't like to have background noise happening or they always want to have music on in the background. So understanding your learning styles and reading a little bit about the different ones on the slide that we're showing you can really help you when you're about to set up your space. All of that is important for us. Understanding your goals because it's like a staircase, you're gonna start at one level to get to the next level that hopefully is always going in an upward fashion.

Sometimes we go down, and it's kind of a wave, but eventually you're going to get there. So let's talk about what a great goal is going to be. I think it's really important that we remember that we want to describe goals as much as possible. And if we can, we can use the acronym smart. You want to be specific, you want to make sure it's measurable, you want to make sure that it's attainable. Is this something that I can actually do?

Is it relevant to me? Is it really important? Or is it what someone else wants me to be doing and doesn't have a time bound? So that means you're setting a timeline for yourself to say, you know what, I need to have it done by next year for sure I need to get this done. So let's use an example of clearing out your office. Your goal could be you know what, I need to have a clean and clear office.

That's a great goal, but it's not where we want Want you to stop? We want you to dive deeper into that reflection. Okay, you've identified the room, you want to get your office in order. But what more can we dive out from that. So take it a step further, you want to put a time bound on it, I want to have a clear and clean and clear office by November this year. Okay, now we've got a time sensitivity by it.

If we don't have it done by November, we know that we're not exactly reaching our goal. And we're also able to schedule our time better. But I still don't really know how to achieve what it is just by reading my goal. So if we dive a step even bigger, I'm going to go into that office. And I'm going to say, I want to have a clear desk with a filing system set up by November of this year, and I want to schedule a day, two weeks later that I'm going to go back and see if the system the new system is working for me. So you can see now I'm able to pull out a bunch of the tasks just from reading my goal.

I know that I need to clear off my desk and sort To the things on top of it to be able to make it clear, I need to be able to set up a filing system. So if I don't have one, I need to get one, I need to organize the paperwork inside them and figure out how I'm going to store them in the filing cabinet. So all of this I'm pulling out the small tasks just because I really started to describe more specific, measurable, attainable actions within the goal itself. Okay. We can do one more example. For someone who's just living at home and wants to change what's in their home space.

The goal could be I want to feel better at home. Now I kind of want to leave it to you to be able to dive deeper. How could this person describe better the goal that they want? Maybe they want to organize their kitchen at home. Okay, so now they're getting more specific. They're telling us the more specific space it's not the whole house, it's the kitchen, but if they wanted to go even deeper, they could say I want to clean and organized all the food in my fridge and pantry before March 30 of Next year, and I want to have clear counterspace Wow, that's getting more specific.

Now I'm able to identify what it is that I need to do to achieve my goal, it's very clear that I need to go through the food in my fridge, I need to go through the things in my pantry. And that's going to help me break down the tasks so that I can achieve my goal. The next step that you want to do once you've realized your goals is really work on that scheduling piece. So again, because I've said I'm a visual learner, I, we've given you a template that you're able to draw your week, identify the time slots that you may have, and start to realize when is it that I'm actually going to achieve what I'm setting forth? So the goal is going to take a certain amount of time? Is it going to be two hours?

Is it going to be 30 minutes, you kind of estimate and whatever you estimate at a couple extra hours because we tend to underestimate how long things take and then look at your calendar and say when can I block that off. If you can do those things with your goals, you're going to be able to To achieve them a lot faster. Also placing it in a visual place in your home is going to give you that kind of daily motivation that you need to be able to move forward. And even if you get stuck, you might be able to come back to it. So that's an overview of step number two. Once you've reflected now you're setting your goals and you're being specific, you're using that smart acronym.

Use the exercise below and fill out that worksheet so that you can start to look at what's your ideal space. Going to be