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Are you in your twenties and feel that something is missing from your life? Are you not sure which direction to take, what to do next? Well, there are very many people, even in mature adulthood, whohave been having the same problem. A human being needs to constantly create and define himself/herself in relation to others, the environment and the universe, which is why we so desperately need personal goals. Have you ever thought that perhaps your life is missing an essential element? That you have not created some personal goals the achieving of which would actually give you a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction? Negative attitudes, fear of criticism and failure are the greatest dangers: look them in the eye and face them in action!

In the absence of personal goals, the meaninglessness of one’s life could be not only troublesome but over-burdening. Therefore, you should take a bit of time off from whatever it is that you do and think about what you want to do with your life. Take each of the fields that you might set personal goals in one after another and analyze yourself. These fields of activity or of interest may differ from one individual to another, yet they may include family, career, health, finance, social position, education, entertainment and lots of others.

Ask yourself whether each point is important for you, feel your way and understand what you would like to achieve. First ask yourself what you would love to be like from the perspective of those personal goals in ten or fifteen years time. And after setting long term goals, break them down into smaller goals that are meant to reach sooner. You can break these long term personal goals down into monthly or weekly or even daily goals if you practice enough patience and offer dedication to this process of life planning.

It is again very important that you decide on these personal goals by taking into account 5 criteria such as specificity, measurability, attainability, relevance and time. In one word, the long term projects have to be smart. The theory of the smart goals has appeared and became widely used in personal training and counseling with great results in practice. It is very important that you do not set goals that are too hard to achieve. If so, and you find it more challenging and time pressing to fulfill one, next you can be more indulgent with yourself and set a lower goal level.