About 3 weeks ago Tim asked me to fill out a GAS or Goal Achievement Strategy. I looked at my GAS today and realized that my MAIN goal has not changed. The thing that has changed though is that I am finally taking steps to achieve my goal.
The question is what was my goal. Well its a hot subject in the “Forest fit” class as its the (TRIATHLON).
Now this has been a goal of mine for years but I never felt that I had time and as I never wrote it down or told anyone, it remained a goal……. A never-ending one.
Though after writing it down and realizing what I needed to do, it became more realistic.
Well where am I now, I have done the easy bits, bought a bike helmet, got my bike checked out and bought a new swimming hat and goggles.
Now the other bit, well I have cycled a bit but the weather has not been too helpful, running has not been very often excluding sprinting in forest fit and playing a bit of squash.
However swimming has started, I swam my first 1000 meters on Wednesday and was very proud of myself. It was 5 x 200 meters with a minute break between each one. Next week I hope to go again and then 2 x the week following with next week being 5 x 250 meters.
So with me finally talking about my goals, now I have found a lot of other people who would also like to achieve the same goals. This makes it a lot easier to believe that I will do it.
So thanks to me just writing it down in the Goal Achievement Strategy or GAS, I am really going to achieve my goal.
First the TRIATHLON then the IRONMAN,,,,, well lets just complete this one first
Leon
One of the GetFit Fundamentals is the Goal Achievement Strategy. It is a workbook and an on going strategy to go about setting and achieving some of your biggest wildest dreams. Each of my intern coaches must go through the workbook as part of their induction… Here is an account of one of their experiences with it…
“It was about three weeks ago that I completed the Goal achievement strategy, and i have to say I did not find it easy……so why did I find it soo difficult and was it worth it??
When I first read it I almost panicked and felt scared….
I had not asked myself these questions since probably when I was in school talking to somebody like the careers people and even that was not as in-depth as this. It took me a while to digest it and to get on bored with this line of thinking…….why??? well I think that I had fallen into the trap(unknowingly) that allot of women do when they have children
For the last 3 years I have been a housewife looking after my very energetic 3 year old and without really realizing it I fell into the trap of coming last, your child partner house stuff and everything else that is entailed with becoming a mother be it working or not always comes first. There is so much to think about and do that on top of that you never get round to or do very little for yourself.
So I slowly plucked up the courage to write down what I really want and what I want to achieve,even writing that with the words “I” in feels good. It was hard going doing it but it felt like a relief when i had written it all down , it wasn’t to be scared of anymore it was to be broken down into little steps that would get me to achieving my Goal.
So how am I doing 3 and bit weeks down the road?? Well I have taken some small steps towards my goal so, I’m on the right path. I had a very hectic and stress full week this week so when it came to writing about my experience of the goal achievement strategy so far I re-read it, which I am so glad I did!! it put things back into perspective and made me realize what I’m working for and towards, which of course in a way you could say is the moral of the story!!
The whole point is to be active on my goal. It can be so easy to let real life get in the way sometimes, you need to read your goals again and again, and do something about them.
In answer to my question above is it worth it???, Yes it is, I’m enjoying the journey so far and very much looking forward to achieving my goal, so far so good!!!”
