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We are now in the New Year. I have posted about this for the past couple of years on my Facebook and Instagram pages. In addition to being a Certified Coach with FASTer Way to Fat Loss, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I talk frequently with my clients about identifying goals. I share this information from powerofted.com. “While setting goals can motivate you, they can also produce a feeling that what you currently have isn’t enough. A sense of unease can come over you if your goal-oriented life discounts all that is good in the present moment. Being intentional allows you to focus on how you want to be in the moment, independent of whether you are “winning or losing.” Focusing on intentions does not mean you give up your goals or desire to achieve. Here are three differences between goals and intentions:
Goals are focused on the future. Intentions are in the present moment.
Goals are a destination or specific achievement. Intentions are lived each day, independent of achieving the goal or destination.
Goals are external achievements. Intentions are about your relationship with yourself and others.
By setting your intention first, and combining it with goals, you will become a Creator who enjoys both the journey, as much as the destination.” And here is a metaphor “ Our goal may be to hike to the top of a small mountain with the wish to see the extraordinary view from the summit. It’s a worthy goal that gets us excited and motivates us to schedule a hike.
Before we begin the hike, we set our intention to be present to the sights and smells along the trail, noticing the beauty of the plants and unexpected vistas that arise with each twist in the trail."
What will be your intention(s) for 2021?
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