Track Your Goals With Automatic Reminders
Sometimes we lose sight of the goal because it is not a priority, for example, when we make an impulsive purchase when we planned to save money. Create reminders that will keep your goals in mind, then automate them so you don’t even have to try to remember.
There are many reasons why you might have trouble reaching your goal, but LJ Earnest of the Simple Productivity Blog offers one simple reason: We have so many things that our goals are being pushed into the background. As soon as they are no longer in front of us, we simply forget about them, clearly and simply. If you have a goal that you want to stick to, find a way to keep it in mind and you’ll have a much better chance of achieving it.
You can even automate this so you don’t have to waste energy just memorizing. For example: set a location-based reminder using Google Now to keep track of your spending when you walk into a grocery store or mall, or post a note on your workstation to remind you of a promotion you’re working on.
It forces you to think about the future of your decisions, rather than look back at them in retrospect, because you are letting the goal slip out of your head in the moment.
The Reason We Don’t Reach Our Goals | Simple Productivity Blog