(This
is another guest post from a mentor and good friend of mine, Andrew Muhimbise.
If you find it helpful, share with a friend and for any queries contact him
through email on the address muantus@gmail.com or Facebook; www.facebook.com/muhimbise.andrew)
Every
year gives you another chance to approach life in a different way, let’s not
waste this year.
By
now you have a clear and intimate understanding on: ‘What went well’ and ‘What
did not go well’ for the previous year, it’s from this very mine field of
feedback that you are going to decide on your Goals for the current year,
remember only the stuff that is important to us, turning monuments of
procrastination into actionable steps; abandoning unachievable and energy
sucking endeavors and building on the successes of the past year.
Through
my six years of writing goals I have realized that Balance in Life is of utmost
importance; you don’t want to make loads of money and spend it all on repairing
your health which was on line as you piled up the moneys!
I
have come up with a set of ten (10) goal setting areas which comprehensively
cover a balanced life and these are: Goal
Setting, Health&Fitness, Spiritual&Ethical, Knowledge&Enlightenment, Hobbies&Culture, Social, Education&Career, Finances,
Investments and Contingency.
Under
each of these goal setting areas, we have to breakdown action steps, and as we
go about that we have to ensure they are: be realistic- don’t aim to save Ugx400,000/=
per month on a Ugx500,000/= monthly salary; set a date for achievement or
measure- so you know when to accomplish the action; be flexible- don’t make a
rigid plan you will hate to live with as you progress in the year, you can
always change your plan later for any reason It’s yours love it; take baby
steps- breakdown them down into small manageable units as you go along slowly
but surely. Incomplete goals actions produce incomplete futures.
Now
take time to be quiet switch off all your mobile phones don’t rush let’s move
together through the 10 goal setting areas, the rational and benefit, as you
come up with what is important for you as the action steps to follow through in
the year, it could be just one or ten under each but have minimum of one on all
to achieve the balance
Goal Setting
This
is the very first goal to set, as its sets the pace and gives you the how of managing all the other goals. The objective
is to write, print and sign your goals for the year, in this case, 2016. The result therefore would be
a complete and detailed work plan for the year.
Action
breakdown could range from: reviewing the previous year’s performance as in in
Part I of this article, actually writing down your goals, selecting goals
reviewer or reviewers to enrich and critique your goals, putting in a provision
for review it could be monthly, quarterly or half yearly.
- What is in it for you or your benefit or the ‘nfuniramu wa’?
Health &
Fitness
The
objective of setting this goal is to simply care for and nurture your physical
and mental wellbeing. The result therefore would be a healthy and fit body that
is immune to disease.
Actions
breakdown could range from: specific exercise regime like swimming every so often, jogging,
blacklisting some food items or drinks, dental
visits, medical tests and checkups lined up in the year, vaccination (Hepatitis B) deworming, to even donating
blood. One of the most revealing medical
goal I set was to floss every night after brushing, the benefit has been immense
I practically kicked out the irritating tonsillitis
- What is in it for you or your benefit or ‘nfuniramu wa’?
Spiritual &
Ethical
The
objective of setting this goal is to attain a balance in body and soul while
being mindful of the afterlife. The result therefore would be peace of mind.
Actions
breakdown could range from: defining your ethical standard which could be
treating others as you would like to be treated, attending to the religious
houses, reading religious books to writing a last will and testament (ekiramo)
- What is in it for you or your benefit or ‘nfuniramu wa’?
Knowledge &
Enlightenment
The
objective of setting this goal is to: seek, comprehend and apply new and
historical information for self-betterment. The result therefore would be a
knowledgeable in this competitive and dynamic information age.
Actions
breakdown could range from: the number of books you will read, public seminars
you attend, consistency in reading newspapers, seeking out wisdom laden persons
and listening to them, to yourself writing.
- What is in it for you or your benefit or ‘nfuniramu wa’?
Hobbies &
Culture
The
objective of setting this goal is to pursue memorable enjoyable activities and
being conscious of your origins.
The
result therefore would be a happy memory filled fun life, in touch with her
origins.
Actions
breakdown could range from: hiking that mountain, vising your ancestors, taking
that spontaneous road trip to composing some music during your leave time
of-course.
You would refresh and reenergize and it keeps alive the child in you.
- What is in it for you or your benefit or ‘nfuniramu wa’?
You would refresh and reenergize and it keeps alive the child in you.
As
we proceed to the final sub-part of Part II, b, write out your action steps for
the above five goal setting areas, reference to your ‘What went well’ and ‘What
didn’t go well’ will come in handy plus remember to dream on What is important
to you, that which thrills you and makes life worthwhile.
End
of Part II-a
Next:
Part II-b
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