Take one step At a time
How creating unachievable goals can create a problem
This post is in continuity to my previous post
I had decided a task for myself which was solving at least 20 problems of Data Structures & Algorithms. Unfortunately, I hadn’t solved even a single problem, maybe I have taken too much bigger goal for myself. I just wasted the whole 1st of July, didn’t do much except writing a blog, even I wasn’t able to do my office work. I kept thinking I will do in a while and just procrastinated, suddenly I realized it is the 2nd of July and I have to submit my office task also. I woke up at 6:00 am, after following my morning routine, I was on my work desk by 7:30 am to complete my office work, and my mind was fully charged I was working like super fast and was able to complete my work on time to submit. I was relaxed as I had finished my office work but somewhere upset as yesterday I wasn’t able to solve even a single question. But I can’t do anything time has passed. I can only do is not to repeat this kind of mistake again and decided to do the task today. I was able to solve around 10–12 questions, but 20 is still far, somehow this has demotivated me, not able to achieve the target even the second day. I don’t want to get demotivated because it’s a whole month left and it was just the second day.
I have decided to divide the task and will only solve 10 questions from tomorrow. Achieving goals motivate you. I have to make a goal that is achievable and within my potential. And try not to procrastinate, I think the main problem is with starting something new, ones you are able to start something with the time you will be able to speed up also. But the first task should be to start.
I can do anything that other great persons do, all I have to do is stop procrastinating and follow some discipline. Discipline is something quite important if you want to achieve something and just like discipline, consistency is equally important. Doing a lot more things in one day and procrastinating the other day will not take you anywhere.
Also, I realized one more thing, disclosing my goals before achieving may have created a problem for me. If you disclose your goals you start feeling like you have already achieved that goal and ultimately you don’t work hard for it, which results in failure and then demotivation. So I have decided I will not disclose my goals, but still, I will write my daily diary, daily achievements, daily realizations.
In the end, I want to tell myself, yes I can achieve what I dream of, I just have to do few changes in my daily life routine. COVID 19 has made each of us do work from home, but this work from home has turned out to be positive for me as I have a lot more time to give on self, to learn something new.
Happy Reading!!!
