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session, I can’t not write. I’m genuinely fearful of the day I won’t be able to anymore.<h1 id="bc25">My goals for the next 5 years</h1>My plan for the next 5 years: pay off my mortgage, quit my job, write on the internet full-time, buy a small plot of land and start a camping business.I like to work in 5-year time blocks. It’s quite impressive what you can achieve in that amount of time. Rewind 5 years ago I was working in a job I hated, had made no serious steps towards starting a business and had very little in the bank.Today much of that has changed.And in fact, my whole thesis on work has changed.<h1 id="ba6f">I dialled it up this year and it’s really changed my life</h1>This year everything changed. I went from mild ambition to deciding that I was worthy. I decided that remarkable people are not remarkable, they just do the ordinary stuff really well.I decided I could do that.So I did do that. Every single day. I showed up. I tried.I pushed, I believed, and I created stuff. And honestly, it’s opened my eyes to what I’m capable of. If you want to build a big life for yourself, you can. I’m nothing special, and I have.But you’ve got to really want it.For more content like this, join the Part-Time Creator Club. It has grown by 296% in the last 6 months. It’s fast becoming the go-to newsletter for creating alongside your 9–5. <a href="https://part-timecreatorclub.ck.page/9e9d8538b9">Join 15k+ brilliant minds here</a>.This article is for informational purposes only. It should not be considered Financial or Legal Advice. Not all information will be accurate. Consult a financial professional before making any major financial decisions.</article></body>

I Survived 6 Months Relentlessly Pursuing My Goals (And It Changed Everything)

The power of small goals

There is psychological safety in big goals.

I used to write down astronomically big goals every new year, little did I know it was the reason I failed over and over. Making your goals so big means that you fail before you get started and that ruins any confidence.

It’s the sadness that keeps you stuck.

It’s the habit that will destroy your life if you let it. If there’s one habit you must break to live a big life it’s to stop letting yourself down. It’s to take the promises you make with yourself seriously.

And that’s why you should make smaller goals.

The definition of madness

Look closely and you see it everywhere. The definition of madness that nobody bothered to read: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

But yet, I did this year after year after year.

Every single New Years was exactly the same:

Feel like cr*p.
Decide this year was the year.
Write down audacious goals I had no hope of achieving.

It was only when I stopped in a pit of misery that I realised that I was destroying my own confidence and getting nowhere fast. So instead, I switched the script I tried something nobody talks about.

I tried writing down small goals instead. And that is when everything changed for me.

The problem with small goals

Most people think they are admitting defeat if they write down small goals. They don’t understand the power of compound interest. It’s not the goal you write down that matters, it’s actually achieving them that does.

The key skill: the habit of doing what you said you would.

The reason you should start with small goals is because it encourages you to actually attempt to reach your goals. If I said make $100,000 this month, the size of the challenge scares you into paralysis.

You can’t move.
You have no idea where to start.

It’s crippling. You end up giving up.

Now if I said make $100 this month, likely your mind doesn’t spin into a frenzy, rather you have some ideas of where to start and where to focus your effort.

The funny thing is, the key is to just start. If you make $100 this month, you will likely make $100,000 by just never stopping and being consistent for 10 years.

Small goals get you into the habit of doing what you say you will. Then you build trust with yourself and then that’s when things get interesting.

My goals 3 years ago

Goal 1: to write on the internet consistently.

Nothing else. No money targets. No follower count. Nothing. Just to write on the internet, to learn and to not give up. The goal was so small: just show up, that I got into the habit of doing it.

And after a few months, that habit felt like second nature. After a year writing felt like part of me. After three years it’s my obsession, I can’t not write. I’m genuinely fearful of the day I won’t be able to anymore.

My goals for the next 5 years

My plan for the next 5 years: pay off my mortgage, quit my job, write on the internet full-time, buy a small plot of land and start a camping business.

I like to work in 5-year time blocks. It’s quite impressive what you can achieve in that amount of time. Rewind 5 years ago I was working in a job I hated, had made no serious steps towards starting a business and had very little in the bank.

Today much of that has changed.

And in fact, my whole thesis on work has changed.

I dialled it up this year and it’s really changed my life

This year everything changed. I went from mild ambition to deciding that I was worthy. I decided that remarkable people are not remarkable, they just do the ordinary stuff really well.

I decided I could do that.

So I did do that. Every single day. I showed up. I tried.

I pushed, I believed, and I created stuff. And honestly, it’s opened my eyes to what I’m capable of. If you want to build a big life for yourself, you can. I’m nothing special, and I have.

But you’ve got to really want it.

For more content like this, join the Part-Time Creator Club. It has grown by 296% in the last 6 months. It’s fast becoming the go-to newsletter for creating alongside your 9–5. Join 15k+ brilliant minds here.

This article is for informational purposes only. It should not be considered Financial or Legal Advice. Not all information will be accurate. Consult a financial professional before making any major financial decisions.