Goals: are we really trying to reach them?

I have had so many goals in life. Have I hit many of them? Maybe a few, but I usually stop in the middle and do something else. Is anyone else like that or is it just me? One of my goals, though, is to inspire and encourage. I would love to be possibly even be a motivational speaker or writer! It’s funny too, because I absolutely hate speaking in large groups of people. I’m okay in smaller groups, but with practice, I would get better and more comfortable with it. Right!?

So many times we’ll see posts about someone trying to reach a certain goal or trying to encourage someone to not be afraid to even have goals. But do you ever wonder if that person is really doing their own work to reach their own goals, or do you feel like they are only posting to get seen and the “likes” of social media? In all honesty, I can probably say that I’ve been both. I had intentions to reach my goals, but I also made unreachable goals for myself, knowing that I probably wouldn’t make them, so I wouldn’t feel so bad about myself when I didn’t make them. But you got to start small. With everything, really. Then you can move on to the bigger goals. Have big goals for yourself, yes! But start small, so you don’t overwhelm yourself and then get down in the dumps to where you don’t want to do anything anymore.

Trust me. I’ve been there. When I make posts about goals and reaching your goals, I am 100% backing myself up too. I am working on reaching those goals. Right now, they are mostly financial goals. Trying to pay things off, raise my credit more, so that we can be more “relaxed” financially. So we can actually do things and go places with the kids! We want to be the ones to take our kids to their first trips to wherever it may be, the water park, amusement parks, the movie theater even. 😛

I have these financial goals so that I and my husband can be better parents for our kids! We feel like failures as parents because we can’t afford to go anywhere with them. Yes, you can always make more money, but right now, it’s still super tight even for that. I’m back to work now, but it’s still only part-time because it works with my husband’s schedule and we definitely cannot afford daycare/childcare. So we are doing what we have to now, so that we can do more with our children. We wish we could do that now, but unfortunately we can’t. We have so many plans for next year, we are hoping and praying that next year will be our year! We are working on our financial goals now, but it takes time. And hopefully by this time next year, hopefully sooner, we will be at least be in a lot better place financially than we are now! ❤

What are the goals that you have for yourself? Do you have any? I encourage you to write them down! Put them on sticky notes/post-it notes, and put them on your mirror, on your walls, on your refrigerator so you will see them throughout the day. They can be a reminder for you! You can even put your why for those goals! Such as, your family, or whatever it may be.

My WHY is my family 110%!!!! I want to BE better for my family, I want to DO better for my family. I want to GIVE better to my family.

What is something that you can do better for yourself or your family?! I would love to hear your thoughts, your goals and your why!!!!!