I am a short term focused when it comes to setting up my own goals. When I set my own goals, I would set up my own time frame that I would need to achieve this goal. Most of the time these goals would be unrealistic to reach. Every time I set a unrealistic goal and I couldn't reach that goal this quote would come to my mind. "Once again, they found that the more time passed without reaching the target, the more time people thought remained until they’d get there." Another example of me being short term focused is when I set up my own goals. One of my goals was running back in high school.
I set up an unrealistic goal for myself back in my senior year of high school. The goal was at the end of the month was that I would be able to run four miles within forty-five minutes. I didn't run for months and, when I first started out I could barely finish two miles. When a month passed I was able to run four miles in a hour and twenty minutes. The first thing that I did wrong was I didn't even set up a good time schedule to reach my goal. After the month passed and I didn't reach my goal I was so frustrated with myself that I quit all together.
I completely agree with you. I feel like even though they are short, they are more realistic. With short term goals, you can slowly but surely get to your long-term goal. Just like in "You're So Self-Controlling" how the writer talks about the subway running late, and whether you ditch the subway station or you wait for the subway that just might not come. Whether you wait there, or you leave, the point is to get from point A to point B. You will get to your destination either way. It's about taking action and not risking being late to an interview, or getting late to work.
ReplyDeleteSame as trying to lose weight. You can just say "Oh, I'm going to look good this summer, I will have lost 20 pounds by June" It doesn't really work that way. The more realistic way to get to that long-term goal and breaking it down, my maybe setting weekly goals. So yes, I really believe I am a short-term focused.