How to Find Long Term and Short Term Goals in Life Part 2

We always question ourselves about our goals in life or rather… what if I don't know what I want? There are many question and confusion around your mind as well as many positive and negative thoughts are disturbing you.

As in our previous article HOW TO FIND LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOALS IN LIFE PART 1 we have already discussed - How to Set Goals for Successful, The Mistake, Goals for Life, some basic stuff. In this article, we will be discussing a little bit of advance and deep information.

First of all, you need to know that people who set goals are much more likely to produce the results they want than those who just “work hard”. Whether you are young, old, unemployed, or disabled, you are affected.

Understand the 6 areas of life goal by Ritu Singal

Life Coach India explains that we are all made up of several big “categories” in our life. Combine several goals in one category.

Ritu Singal says, to be “balanced” you should diversify your goals a little, and not just focus on one area. Don't let anyone control your goals.

Here it is not simply a question of cutting a cake and putting equal parts in each section, but indeed of making your choices according to your life. The important thing is to not completely neglect apart, but some may be more important than others depending on your values.

These objectives from different from each other but somehow all are connected to our prime goal of life.

Let’s know the 6 important areas of life goal

1. Professional Career goals
2. Financial objectives
3. Personal goals
4. Physical/health goals
5. Spiritual goals
6. Relationship objectives

Professional Career goals

Professionally career goal is the most important aspect of everyone's life. These are the first things that come to mind when you think about your professional career. What are your short term and long term goals in your profession?

Here are some example of your long term and short term goals:

• Get promoted
• Change position in the same job
• Change career
• Improve your communication
• Obtain a specific prize/reward
• Start your own business
• Find a small secondary activity to earn more money
• Become an expert in the X or Y branch
• Increase your creativity
• Make more money for you and your business

Financial objectives

Here is another well known area. Many people want to make more money and are willing to take their time to make it happen. To reach your financial goals, you will need to budget, you need to take a good financial corporate counselling , change your spending habits, save as much as possible, and luckily make more money.

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• Contribute for retirement
• Become owner
• Pay off your mortgage
• Any major purchase
• Have money on hand for emergencies
• No more debt
• Save enough money to for a big change and do what you love (even if it pays less)

Personal goals

Personal goals are what make you a better person. It is not a value judgment.  There are many things to do in personal life apart from professional if you want achieve your personal goal you should set your long term and short term goals in your life.

For example, knowing only one language is not a problem. But if you feel that you need to learn another language, then that will become a goal that will allow you to improve yourself.

Understand that this is about evolving in what you want to evolve, not following standards.

Life coach India recommends as personal goals:

• Learn a foreign language
• Write a book
• Learn to read faster
• Learn new skills
• Read more books/articles on a topic of your choice
• Create a blog or an online course
• Improve your body language/self confidence
• Start a morning routine
• Improve behavior in certain situations
• Traveling / Visiting certain countries or destinations

(Educational objectives)

Educational objectives are linked to learning. When you were in the school/university curriculum, learning is essential to be able to embark on the career you have decided. Later in life, it doesn't seem as important.

However, you are mistaken if you think that at 50, you have nothing more to learn in your industry. 

Educational goals often intersect with personal and career goals. But the after school educational goals focus mainly on what you need to know for your career/job/future job.

As this can vary greatly depending on the careers pursued, I will not list the various educational objectives that you might want to achieve.

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Physical/health goals

Health is wealth is important for everyone. You should make yourself health and fit. Set your health goal like take healthy food and drinks routine health checkups.

Common objectives of physical/health goals are:

• Keep your vital signs average (blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.)
• Stay slim and active
• Do sports regularly
• Achieve a fitness goal
• Maintain your immune system to its fullest potential
• Get enough sleep at night to be fit during the day
• To live forever. Or at least live healthy until you die

Spiritual goals to (Dealing with Depression)

What can you do to make sense of your life? These may be dealing with depression goals, or making ourselves calm, peaceful, religious goals or contribute to society or the world at large. This can include anything beyond yourself and those around you.

Tips for Dealing with Depression:

• Volunteer regularly
• Praying in a place of worship
• Giving lessons to a student
• Meditate daily
• Give money to the needy
• Take a closer look at your impact on the environment

Relationship objectives

The relational goals are clear enough for everyone, to finish Relationship Problems and be happy. These are the goals that you set for your friends and family mainly.

Some Advice on Relationship Goals by a family counselor:

• Meet friends / Hang out with friends regularly
• Save time for your children/spouse
• Have more free time
• Spend more time with family
• Find your other half
• Have children
• Save for your children's goals
• Maintain good relationships with your parents

The final word

Now you know a little more about your different types of goals, and maybe even that has lifted a cover on what you would like to become.

Take a moment to take stock of your 4 types of time based goals as well as those in the different areas of your life. I repeat myself, but it is essential to take the time to clarify your objectives. They should not be vague or vague in your mind, but precise and fixed in time.

Thanks for reading the article I hope you’ll find the right conclusion to your Career problems and solutions by the life coach Ritu Singal