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How to Embark on Something New in Life

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We often set out to accomplish many things in life and find we fail miserably. We spontaneously decide what we want to do and haphazardly pursue it. Like everything else spontaneously deciding to do something takes a bit of planning.

Steps

1. Make a list of everything that you want to do. Obviously set your goals within the realistic realms of humanity.
   
2. Begin by eliminating the most short term goals. For instance watching the first season of Lost takes a lot less time than learning Spanish.
   
3. Schedule a time or times to accomplish that one goal. Do these one at a time. Unless one goal seeks to accomplish the other.
   
4. Cross off the item off your list.

Tips

• Organize activities in terms of difficulty level and timespan.
  
• Avoid some of the common pitfalls of goal accomplishment.

Warnings

• Try not to do more than 5 things at the same time unless you have had some practice.
  
• Do not be discouraged if you can't accomplish a goal. There is more on that list.

Related wikiHows

• How to Embark on a Journey of Self Improvement (josi)
  
• How to Not Be Bored
  
• How to Overcome Boredom

Sources and Citations

• Common Pitfalls of Goal Setting - http://hubpages.com/hub/Goal-Setting-Success-Strategies

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