Does this activity move me towards my goal
“Does this activity move me towards my goal?”
In every situation, I need to ask myself, “Does this activity move me towards my goal? If not, why am I doing it?”
I’ve found this to be extremely important, because I am easily distracted. Maybe it would be a small project where I could make some money quickly, which doesn’t move me towards my goals but it does help me pay my bills, so it’s acceptable. Or maybe I would get caught up in something because a friend needed help. That’s also an okay thing for me to do.
I frequently found myself doing projects because they were impressive, because I wanted to show off, or because I was bored.
As I started asking myself would this help move me towards my goals and my future, I learned to focus on what was important, where the priorities are, and removed a lot of distractions and unproductive activities.