I saw a buddy recently.
I haven’t seen him for a while.
One of the first questions
he asked was
“So are you retired?”
I had told him
decades ago
that I was going to retire
at the age of 35.
I’ll be 40 in a couple of months
and I continue to work the business gigs.
So I failed at my goal.
I hadn’t retired at 35.
However, I know
I’m closer to my goal
than I would have been
if I hadn’t set that aggressive time frame.
Goals are guidelines.
It isn’t the end of the world
that I don’t make the goal
as I originally set it.
What matters most is that
I’m working toward it
and WILL reach it
in some time frame, way, or fashion.
If you’re moving in the right direction,
don’t get discouraged
if you fail to meet your aggressive goals.
Revise them
and re-issue the challenge to yourself.