Small Goals

However, it is not hard to try self improvement if it is approached with a positive attitude. It would be better to setting a series of small goals in order to reach one larger goal instead of feeling overwhelmed just by looking towards the larger goal. Don’t smaller goals sound less intimidating than one large goal?

An Example

As an instance, consider someone who one day decides to quit smoking. She throws all her cigarettes and lighters into the trash and announces to everyone that she is quitting smoking right away.

Although it is true that this cold turkey method does work for some people, but for many others, this method simply does not work. Perhaps, it will not be long before the woman in the example is either purchase a pack of cigarettes or instead digging through her trash to retrieve the ones she threw away.

Instead, she might have set small, attainable goals which would lead up to get eventual quitting. Perhaps she could cut out one cigarette on the first day; maybe she joins an online support group for people who are trying to quit smoking on the next day.

The point is that everyday she does something which brings her just a little bit closer to reaching her final goal, and that the steps are so gradual that she does not feel all that deprived.