I’m over at the Hello Mornings Blog this week, sharing two tips to help you actually keep the goals you set.

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Two Tips to Help You Actually Keep the Goals You Set:

Have you ever planned to make a change and then failed to follow through?

Most of us probably have more times than we’d care to admit. We have the best of intentions but then something happens and we don’t make good on those plans. Sometimes, the reason for this lack of follow through is because we set our goals too high.

We know how important it is to start our day with the Lord, so we plan to jump in full steam ahead and read 4 chapters each morning. By the end of the month, we realize we are about 20 chapters behind, so we just give up altogether.

Or maybe we want to start living a healthier lifestyle, so we plan to workout every day. At the end of the first week, our bodies hurt so badly we think a healthy lifestyle just isn’t in the cards for us.

The problem with these goals isn’t that they’re bad goals. Quite the opposite, in fact. The problem with these goals is that they’re too high.

One of the keys to setting a goal you will actually keep is to set a realistic goal. 

A second key (and one that isn’t as well known) is to couple your goal with something you already do. Hang with me for a minute and I’ll explain what I mean by that….

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