Comments on: Meeting Your Goals #3: Tracking and Measuring Your Progress

By: Conquering Your Impulses to Reach Your Goals — Aliventures

Conquering Your Impulses to Reach Your Goals — Aliventures — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:26:31 +0000

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By: Meeting Your Goals #2: Making a Commitment — Aliventures

Meeting Your Goals #2: Making a Commitment — Aliventures — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:27 +0000

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By: jonathanfigaro

jonathanfigaro — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:49:03 +0000

Ali, thanks for the info.
I’m going to begin reviewing my monthly goal from now on.
I need to do more of that! Thanks!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:53:15 +0000

Good question, Jonathan! I track daily habits that I’m trying to build (using Joe’s Goals at the moment) on a daily basis, and my daily “to-do” list is also a form of tracking.

I tend to measure how I’m doing on my bigger goals and life in general (!) by doing a monthly review of things I’ve achieved each month.

I’ve used more detailed tracking for weight loss and money saving in the past, and I’ve also found time tracking (writing a time log of what you do and how long it takes throughout the day) a great way to get into good habits. All of those are techniques I tend to use for a short time, though; they’re a framework that help me until the habit is a bit more engrained.

By: jonathanfigaro

jonathanfigaro — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:30:43 +0000

Do you track you progress on a daily basis or at the need of the week?

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:29:16 +0000

I’m with you there, Jonathan … though I have to admit, I do tend to dream big and then not want to knuckle down to the realities of daily action! Tracking and measuring progress has turned out to be my best way of staying consistent on the little steps needed.

By: jonathanfigaro

jonathanfigaro — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:37:05 +0000

Daily progress is the only way to reach our dreams. Its great to think big and positive but with daily progress then success cannot be attained. Thoughts with action becomes a delusion within your mind. So take those bite size step to success and you will achieve your goal.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:09:23 +0000

Thanks Kaizan! I’ve had similar experiences with time tracking – it always sounded like far too much hassle, but I was surprised (and a little shamed!) by how much more productive it made me: like you, knowing that I’d be writing it down discouraged me from things like “looking at LOLcats” and “seeing who’s Twittered recently…”

It’s not something I do all that often – usually when I feel I need a bit of a boost or extra accountability – but it does help me get into good habits.

By: Kaizan

Kaizan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:09:32 +0000

Excellent post. A very thorough summary. One of my major goals was to become more efficient in my use of time. I had read many times, how it was important to keep a time log, but always ignored it, since it seemed like a bit of a hassle.

Anyway, I finally got around to it, and more than just the effect of knowing how I was using my time, it actually made me more efficient. Just knowing I would have to write down what I had done the last hour made me try harder.