Realizing Goals

Earlier today, I was thinking about goals... as I usually do when faced with the prospect of eating food that was ordered in, or ordered in a resturant. At the beginning of September, I set a goal to lose 8 pounds and as a reward, I would get the patent red leather shoes I happened across while in Macy's. It also meant, I was giving up my 1-2 times a week eating lunch out.

We are 20 days into September, and as of this morning, I have achieved 50 percent of my goal; which when you consider that 8 pounds, for my weight, it pretty significant, I'm delighted to have achieved 4 pounds in 20 days. Those shoes will be mine before too long.

Achieving goals means choices. It doesn't just apply to weight loss; it is across the board in both personal and professional goals. The choices we make help us to achieve or not achieve our goals. Of course, nothing is that entirely simplistic; there are other factors, but I am of the firm belief that it is our overall choices that influence our successes.

Now, how you measure success... that is an entirely other thought for an entirely other day.