After Hours© 006

It’s the new year and everyone’s made their resolutions and set their goals for the year.

But did you know that 80% of New Year’s resolutions will fail by February?

Well around here, we aren’t the failing kinds of people.
So let’s figure out how to achieve the goals we set and avoid making the same resolutions next year.

Todays topic: Breaking down your goals into actionable steps
Estimated read time: ~3 minutes (Skim time: ~60 seconds)

What kind of problem is this?

Not achieving the goals you make is a Direction + Momentum problem.

Why do most goals fail?

• The dopamine hit comes from making the goal, so you don’t follow through.
• Goals are usually destinations, not journeys, so there’s no plan to get there.

How do we avoid goal failure?

• Make a real plan to follow.
• Integrate that plan into your daily life.

This week you will

Step one: Set your goals (resolutions)

Write out what you want to achieve this year. These are the “big picture”.

Some examples:

• Get ripped
• Make 100k per month
• Be more kind
• Get to 10k followers
• Make 50 dresses
• Take more risks
• Read 30 books

Now, write down your own 1–5.

Step two: Work backwards

Let’s start with just one.
The goal you want to achieve the most this year.

Turn your goal into a journey. A real plan to follow.

Get a piece of paper and write the goal at the top. Now work out how. Then how. Then how… until you have a daily, actionable step.

Example: Making 20k per month

20k months → 5k weeks → 2 x 2.5k brand packages per week → plan weekly content for ideal clients → daily LinkedIn/Instagram posting + outreach

Example: Writing a book

Write book → build characters → build world → map story → write 100 words daily at 8am

Example: Simpler goals

Being kinder → one good deed per week
Read 30 books → read every night at 8pm

Step three: Integrate it into your schedule

Add the daily action into your calendar and follow the plan.

The habit builds over time. The goal gets achieved organically.

That’s it.

Goal setting doesn’t need to be complicated or perfect.
Miss a day? Try again tomorrow.

The journey is what gets you to the destination.

See you next week,

Penelope
Co-Founder of Boring Studios, Writer, Goal-doer