UrbanSnake
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- Jul 10, 2024
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When talking about productivity, creating daily goals is basically one of the most popular tips.
It makes sense, because we need to pursue some objectives and stabilishing a priority or daily goal can be a good idea.
But in my experience, it can be frustrating, because there are some days that are harder than others.
There are some days that something out of our control happens and we need to spend time with that.
For example, in the past, I had a daily goal of walking 13k steps per day.
But sometimes, there are external factors that can ruin our daily goals, such as: family, work problems, personal troubles, some kind of disease, internet problems, your fridge is not working for some reason, anyway, tons of potential unexpected problems to delay your goals.
In the end of the day, you may not reach your daily goal and you'd feel frustrated.
So, what is my idea? Weekly goals. Replace daily goals by weekly goals.
Why? Because the chances of problems ruining your final goal are way lower. It's unusual to see problems appearing every single day, at least in my life.
In my example, there are days I don't have time to walk 13k steps.
So, I can walk ''only'' 8k steps. But maybe tomorrow I have more spare time and I can walk 20k steps.
Same applies for everything: work, learning a language, studying, dates, whatever.
Maybe today you are too busy, you need to focus in solving a problem. Then, tomorrow you have more free time and you can do more.
So, instead of establishing a 13k daily goal, I replaced it by a 91k weekly goal. Some days I walk 18k, then 15k, then 21k steps, others I only walk 6k.
Weeks are way less volatile than days. So, your goals will be much more achievable.
It makes sense, because we need to pursue some objectives and stabilishing a priority or daily goal can be a good idea.
But in my experience, it can be frustrating, because there are some days that are harder than others.
There are some days that something out of our control happens and we need to spend time with that.
For example, in the past, I had a daily goal of walking 13k steps per day.
But sometimes, there are external factors that can ruin our daily goals, such as: family, work problems, personal troubles, some kind of disease, internet problems, your fridge is not working for some reason, anyway, tons of potential unexpected problems to delay your goals.
In the end of the day, you may not reach your daily goal and you'd feel frustrated.
So, what is my idea? Weekly goals. Replace daily goals by weekly goals.
Why? Because the chances of problems ruining your final goal are way lower. It's unusual to see problems appearing every single day, at least in my life.
In my example, there are days I don't have time to walk 13k steps.
So, I can walk ''only'' 8k steps. But maybe tomorrow I have more spare time and I can walk 20k steps.
Same applies for everything: work, learning a language, studying, dates, whatever.
Maybe today you are too busy, you need to focus in solving a problem. Then, tomorrow you have more free time and you can do more.
So, instead of establishing a 13k daily goal, I replaced it by a 91k weekly goal. Some days I walk 18k, then 15k, then 21k steps, others I only walk 6k.
Weeks are way less volatile than days. So, your goals will be much more achievable.
