Why You Need Goals to Achieve Your Dreams
Do you have dreams? Of course you do! During at least one point in your life, you envisioned something amazing. Was your dream owning a big house with a pool? Was it going on your dream vacation getaway? Did you envision having a most successful career?Did you dream of having a great relationship with your family? Was it something personal, like being healthy? Your dreams are your own, and they can be as crazy or as far-fetched as you dare to imagine.
A dream is the most irrational, improbable (but not impossible) goal that you imagine. I'm a big believer that your goals were at its purest during your childhood because that's when your expectations haven't been hindered by negative life experiences. You might've dreamed of being a superhero, a world explorer, a creative inventor, or something that wouldn't cross the minds of most adults.
Goals are like dreams, but a little different. One isn't necessarily more important than the other. A goal is a dream with a plan. Goals have realistic expectations. Goals have deadlines, and even an organized timeline of deadlines. Goals have action steps to strategize what to do in order to meet each deadline. Action steps should have measurable progress to show how close you are to reaching your deadlines and your goals.
For example, if I want to buy my ideal house in my ideal city, I can't just wish it into existence. I need to figure out how much it would cost, save for a down payment, get a home loan, talk to a realtor, and more. Each step is its own goal that needs to be done in order to achieve the overall dream of owning that home. The thought of doing all that may be overwhelming, but it's doable.
A BIG factor into achieving your goals and dreams is hope. Hope is what motivates you to move forward, especially when you want to give up. When faced with a challenge or temporary failure, hope helps you overcome them. Hope keeps your dreams alive. If you lose hope, then your dreams die.
May you live with hope each day as you move closer to your goal of living a life of your dreams.
Roderick Conwi writes about personal and professional development at Nourishment Notes. He is also the author of The Procrastinator's Quick Guide To Getting It Done. To get powerful insights to enhance your day, join his FREE newsletter.
