This year started differently. Unlike other years when the beginning of each year meant making a resolution, I didn't. I just wanted a few things accomplished for the year while hoping to discipline myself. My goals weren't written; I already knew they were things I needed to accomplish this same year, whether or not I wanted to, provided I needed comfort for myself. These goals were: "renovating a house, finding a new job as another means of income, and buying and saving some tokens." Unfortunately, only one among the three has been accomplished, while I'm working on achieving the others. It's already July, and I'm hoping there's a possibility of meeting the goals before the year comes to an end.
What had discouraged me in setting goals is previous experiences. Each year goes silent without a single goal accomplished, and this had repeated over the years. I felt like doing something different—just allowing life to lead the tide. It felt like a huge risk, but past experiences had demotivated me from making new goals. Instead, I chose to live life and do what the tide says at the moment. Somehow this had worked to a certain percentage, but yet it's not productive. Life just seems to respond to goals differently, especially in a state when one is not in control of what happens.
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Recently, I got a new job—the only thing I've accomplished in the unwritten goals I set for myself. I applied to different organizations and finally, out of many, got called for an interview and was selected for employment. This new accomplishment would be a gateway for the other goals because they all require money to fund them. I may not have achieved all I planned for the year, but I've achieved the major one that may fund the accomplishment of the other two.
If we are to discuss what stopped me from achieving the other two goals before the quarter of the year, I'll say it's putting expectations on what doesn't hold water. Yeah, I had expected some funds that never came, and this is what I learned: I had been setting goals on things that weren't in my power to make come true. Goals should be set on things that require hard work and a certain level of discipline, not expectations that leave one at the edge of disappointment. To set any financial goals, one should be working and earning, at least; else it would be a wish that never comes true.
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