As we draw near to the end of summer, I see a clear decrease in the number of attendees at my gym and #NewSeasonNewMe #GetItRight #GetItTight posts on my timeline. This decrease may have something to do with our declining days of summer and the minimized window period to finally attain that #SummerBody2016. Just as the seasons come and go, our goals are sent packing only to be revisited (yet again) at another opportune time.
A lot of people (myself included) create goals with “hard” deadlines to be achieved in a certain season. However, if we only possessed an “arrival” mindset instead of a “transformational” mindset, once those goals are achieved we will see ourselves slowly backslide into those same bad habits that we thought we overcame in that particular season.
A goal is defined as “a destination of a journey” (New Oxford American Dictionary, 2001). Goals are things that we aim for, but the process in which we go through to attain these goals are the most important part of the achievement. TD Jakes often says “it’s not about the destination, it’s a about the journey”. During the process, is where we discover the major keys to our successes through trial and error. What #MajorKeys�� are you picking up on your journey towards achieving your goals? These are the things that you want to hold on to for a lifetime because they will help unlock the doors to future road-blocks.
Lastly, if all you gain from achieving your goals are limited to external attributes, lacking any form of internal transformation, those things will vanish eventually (and quite easily). The push to maintain your achievement, especially during tempting and trying situations, will not be there. But the things that you engrain in your spirit will transcend with you through seasons, hard-deadlines, failures, and successes. These major keys attained through the process of attaining your goals will last a lifetime.
Transform that hard-deadline to achieve your #SummerBody2016 goals (or any other kind of seasonal goal that you recently set for yourself) to a lifestyle geared towards becoming the #BestYou!✨
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#MessagesOfMotivation #Goals #Transformation #TotalFitness #ShesAMotivator
