Why We Give Up On Goals And How To Achieve Them

When you’re going down this path of financial independence you will have moments of frustration and feeling overwhelmed.

It’s okay, this happens from time to time. You may experience some anxiety that you’re not doing enough or you’re doing it wrong. Take a deep breath and slow down a little. This is a get rich slowly game and you can’t sprint when you’re in a marathon. You can only go at full speed for so long before you tire out and give up. Most people set a new goal and go full force for that goal but seem to never finish it. Take for example your local gym on January 1st. Memberships skyrocket and for that month, the gym is overcrowded. You go down to the local GMC or Vitamin Shoppe and get all your pre and post-workout supplements. You get new shoes and clothes. You download a work regiment or plan and walk into the gym. You start out great! Getting every rep of every exercise in that workout program. You go every day the first week. Then week two comes, you are tired and sore everywhere so it’s okay to skip a day. Then the days you show up you skip exercises you don’t like and that last rep isn’t that important. Week three is here and you skip more days and you’re not full commuted to your workout supplements or you’re cheating on your diet. That hour-long gym session is now only thirty minutes. Week four is here and you see no results from that gym so what’s the point right? You decide to skip the week but you promise yourself next month you’ll be back at it with full intensity! But week five comes around and those new shoes haven’t been touched, there’s actually dust starting to gather on them. You cancel your membership because you’re too busy to go anyways. Why do we fail things when we start them? Why do we give up on our goals so quickly? Well like I said before, you can only sprint in a marathon for so long. Whenever you are starting a new goal or making lifestyle changes you have to ease into it. Start small and slowly work up from there. In terms of financial independence, track your spending and look at it and ask what’s one thing I can change in order to save more? Look at your utility bills and see why your electric bill is as high as it is. Are you leaving lights on when not in the room? Are you using the dryer instead of hanging your clothes to dry overnight? What about those pesky electronics sitting idle sucking pennies out of your wallet? This is an example of small things you can change without dramatically changing your lifestyle and causing a shock to you or your family. After the water has settled from that small change we then look at the next thing to focus on getting us closer to financial independence. There is no point in drastically changing everything in your life to save money if you are only going to keep it up for a few weeks. You have to look at the big picture and slowly dip your toe in the water before jumping all in.