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How to Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals (And Accomplish What You Want in Life) Chance are, you have dreams, a to-do list, and maybe even a rough list of goals. Or maybe you're a bit more organized and you have your goals divided up into days, weeks, months, and years. Even better, you've managed to cross off some of these goals because you've already accomplished them and you're heading on towards the next task at hand. If so, that's great. But, have you ever had goals and dreams that you have written down but never ended up crossing off, even to this day? If you have problems achieving what you want to accomplish in life, learning about how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals can help you finally make your dreams and goals come true.  What are S.M.A.R.T Goals? Significant Manageable Advantageous Rewarding Timely What does this mean in terms of accomplishing goals? Your goals should be  Significant  in that they will solve a problem, add substance to ...

How to Procrastinate on Procrastination: Reasons we Procrastinate & How to Avoid it We all have lists of things we need or want to do and deadlines we should or would like to complete them in. How often is it that you fold that laundry after it's done instead of waiting until the dryer empties itself piece-by-piece by becoming a temporary dresser? It's a rare thing and we all know how much our lives would improve if we could  just learn how to stop procrastinating. Instead of checking off tasks from our to-do list and completing goals when we're supposed to do them, we talk ourselves out of our goals and do things we'd much rather be doing, like watching Netflix or browsing social media. But, how do we expect things to get accomplished if we're self-sabotaging ourselves before we even start?  The first thing we need to do is take a step back and think about why we're procrastinating in the first place.  We know what need to do and in what ...