The Power of Keeping Track
Author: Sylvia L. Rubalcava-Chavez

No doubt, by now many of us have read numerous self help books, attended seminars, and read dozens of daily quotes with the intention of becoming fully motivated and driven enough to full our ultimate goals in life. We’ve learned the latest techniques, mental attitudes, and physiological response to get there. However, somewhere along the lines, we still fall through. The reason for this may be not your motivation but rather the visual tools you used to help you fulfill your goals and track your progress. It can be that simple.

Over time, we tend to forget what we learned, that’s a fact. And our intensity to pursue our dreams can dwindle and become secondary to everyday stresses. We know this. What you need is a method of logging and tracking your efforts so that you can monitor your progress or lack thereof. That’s why I want to emphasize how vital it is that you get the proper tools that work for you.

The challenge to stay motivated enough to care to pursue our dreams is what we are really after. That is why the tools we use to monitor our progress and record our goals become critical to our life’s achievements. I challenge you to create your own Tracking Log to keep track of your goals.

I created a fitness log in which I stated my monthly goal and purpose at the top of the page. I then listed all the days in that month I would work out. I created a column for each date where I could check off if I worked out that day as planned and marked an X when I had failed to achieve my goal. This helped me tremendously because it allowed me to see my actual progress and commit to my fitness regime.

Once I started noticing this method work for me, I duplicated the system in other areas of my life.







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Sylvia L. Rubalcava-Chavez is a writer and poet. She can be contacted via email at chavezsl@netscape.net

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