How to achieve our goals when starting a new work season

The end of the holidays doesn't have to be a bad thing; that time frontier that implies starting a new season of “back to work” can be an element of self-motivation that, well used, will make it easier for us to reach our goals (and to enjoy for the way).

Therefore, in the following lines we will talk about what those are strategies and key ideas that we can use to achieve our goals from a positive mindset.

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Strategies to reach our goals in this new season

It is clear that the simple fact of ending the vacation period and returning to work will not make us perform better or improve our self-motivation; in fact, some people experience the opposite, having difficulty adapting to day-to-day work in the workplace.

Nevertheless, If we adopt the appropriate measures, we can make this change in routines work in our favor, making for us a new beginning in which to apply everything we have previously learned from the beginning, and a first step in an ascent towards the goals we wish to achieve.

In this sense, below we will review those ways to take advantage of the potential of this start of the season after the holidays.

1. Make sure you get all the sleep you need the day before

Start this season by making sure that you will not lack energy from the first moment; Otherwise, you will not only experience discomfort, but it is also very possible that you will be demotivated and give up adopting a more efficient and healthy performance dynamic for you.

It is common that after the holidays we drag chaotic sleep patterns that make it difficult for us to start getting up early due to the demands of work, so avoid that happening to you by preparing for your first day.

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2. Make a list of your goals and organize them

First, it is necessary to move from abstract ideas about the vague desires you want to satisfy, to more defined goals, that can clearly reflect what you want to achieve. If not, you will not be able to clearly visualize what you want to achieve, and therefore you will not have the same motivation to achieve it and, on the other hand, indecision will paralyze you more.

To prevent the latter from happening, try to make a list of three to four objectives that you want to achieve, translating them into complete sentences with subject and predicate. Make sure that at least one of them can be achieved in the medium term, in a matter of months and not years, and that another is long term, on the time scale of the semesters. Then, order them from most to least important, taking into account the degree to which you want to achieve that, and the effort it would take.

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3. Visualize what you want to achieve

In this second phase, You must visualize in the most vivid way possible the goals you have selected to be able to fulfill. You have to do it literally: close your eyes for about three to five minutes and visualize what it would be like to achieve it, with all the sensory details that you can recreate in your mind.

This can be the motivational kick-off to propel you to get down to business, but also You can repeat this experience several times a week, to help you reinforce your commitment to that experience. goal.

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4. Divide your goals into sub-goals

Following the line of specifying the objectives, make each of the goals be divided into very simple and relatively short, to the point that in each of the work days that you dedicate to that project, you have several tasks that bring you closer to that end.

Thus, those very short-term goals (a matter of minutes or a few hours) They will give you the satisfaction of knowing that by working a little you can feel good about your progress.

Also, so you don't fall into the temptation to "save it for later," use a type of resource known as triggers. action: memorize key moments of the day that start the accomplishment of a task, as if it were an automatic mechanism of your body.

For it, associates the start of an activity with the combination of a specific place and time. For example: "When I get to the living room after having breakfast in the kitchen I will go to my desk and test myself on what I studied yesterday using test models."

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5. Set your new schedule for this season

To maintain your work rate, combine the previous step with a weekly structure of tasks and routines.

Yes indeed, make sure your schedule allows you to take the time to eat leisurely and get enough sleep. It is better to dedicate your time to that during that period of your schedule than to lose it during the rest of the day because you cannot concentrate due to hunger (or malnutrition) and sleep.

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Do you want to have professional psychological assistance?

As you have seen, achieving our goals is not something as simple as having “willpower” or not having it. The solution is to learn, among other things, ways of relating to the elements of our environment that can bring us closer to or further away from our goals, as well as with the people around us around.

And to learn how to do it correctly, nothing is more effective than psychotherapy: psychologists work to train people in the adoption of these new habits and routines adapted to their needs, after analyzing the characteristics of the person and the goals that have been proposed.

Therefore, if you have considered seeking psychological help to achieve your goals, we invite you to contact us. On Psychological Awakenings We serve people of all ages, and we give the possibility of conducting psychotherapy or coaching sessions in any of our centers distributed between Madrid, Getafe, Leganés and Móstoles, or online by video call.