How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals

Another post from ZenHabits.

I've been goal setting recently, the one goal that I have decided to give 90% of my attention to is to gain MCSE* certification by the end of December 2008. This is a big task as to be fully certified takes about 7 exams, which means a hell of a lot of study, something that I haven't done in a long time.

It's been a month and i've devoted myself to about 1 hour of study 6 days a week (sometimes I do a bit more during the week to cover for Saturday. Doing such a small amount in the initial stages of a goal is crucial, the reason is that it builds up a habit. Once I had formed the habit (about 30 days) I could then go up to 2 hours a night (having the time of course) and the task doesn't hit you as hard.

Start small and work your way up. Great key to living life easily.

Anyway, check out this article from ZenHabits, it's about making the time to do those goals. Pay special attention to points 8, 9 and 11.

How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals

[ZenHabits]