1 reason why people don’t achieve their goals

Why do some goals feel more challenging than others?

Perhaps you’ve experienced this scenario.

You set a goal for yourself. You start to make changes in your life. Maybe you create a set of habits that will help you to make progress towards your goal.

But then, after a couple weeks, maybe even a few days, it all starts to feel like one big chore.

When goals start to feel like a chore, the problem isn’t you.

The problem might be with the goal itself.

When I started out this year, I set an intention to exercise more and to lose some weight.

To fulfill my intention, I wrote down a goal to go to the gym three times a week, to take some classes and to lift some weights.

But as I looked at the goal, here was my response:

“Meh.”

In other words, it didn’t feel exciting. I didn’t feel like it would motivate me to get up off the couch and get moving.

So I thought to myself, Okay, what motivates me?

I thought, I like doing things with other people. I like having a deadline of some sort.