Setting Goals

I’ve never been much of a goal setter and it’s probably caused some issues in my life.

I was reading on a career site once that one of the top 10 reasons why people get fired from their jobs is that they don’t have any goals. That’s me. I’ve been fired several times. Not because I wasn’t doing a good job at what I was doing, but I didn’t really have any aspirations to do anything else. I’m not saying that’s the only reason why I got fired, but it could have been a determining factor in how my managers saw me.

In my new(est) job I had to fill out this form at the beginning of the year for my manager that stated my goals in my position. This was SO difficult for me! It took me days of thinking and racking my brain. Finally I came up with some ideas and got them on paper, and sent them away. It totally sucked though. And of course now I have to be accountable, or face the consequences: guilt.

Maybe that’s what it’s really all about though. Being accountable or being guilty. It’s much easier to play each day by ear. That way I don’t have to feel badly if I neglect something.

I was at weight watchers last night and my leader had us write 5 things we wanted to accomplish before we die. I didn’t want to do it, thinking if I write these things, and then I do them, then I’m good to go… as in die. I like what my friend Kathleen did once though, 50 things before 50. Although that’s more goals, it at least doesn’t have a death sentence tied to it.

So I’ve been thinking of making a list, and setting some goals. I don’t know though, old habits are hard to break.