Living your best life requires growth
When you set and work toward goals together, you move from settling where you are today to pioneering your way to your best life.
By the end of 2017 we were both out of shape and busy busy busy rushing from work to home, to bring the kids to practice, to meetings… It was never ending. Clement saw how unhappy I was with my physical appearance and energy levels. So together, we did something about it.
We decided to run a half marathon.
Neither one of us had ever been a runner. In fact, we both HATED running. At the beginning of 2018 we committed to a training schedule. We encouraged each other and helped each other carve out time to run 5-6 times a week. It wasn’t fast and it wasn’t pretty, but in June we completed our half marathon! That’s something to be proud of, and we did it together.
As we approach our goals for this year, we’re taking the same basic approach
1- Putting our SMART goals on paper (SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timed)
2- Mapping out a plan, just like our training plan
3- Encouraging each other
4- Celebrating when we reach our goals
It’s still early in the year. If you haven’t already set goals together, take some time to map out your goals.
Converstation Starters
- What goals have you set for yourself in the past? Which have you achieved and which have you struggled with?
- What goals do you have for yourself? What goals can you set together?
- Is there an area of your life you’d like to improve?
- How can you support your spouse in achieving his or her goals?
- What goals can you set and work on together?
