Don't Let Worry Ruin Your Goals
By Catherine PulsiferA positive thought about worrying and attaining your goals. We hope you find inspiration in our writing, that you implement goal setting in your life, and move forwards towards your goals, and not spend time worrying. The time you spend on worry takes away energy from your goals.
Worry drains our happiness.Worry is an energy sucker.
I have a friend that no matter what happens she always worries about things, she never allows herself enjoy the moment. She is always concerned about tomorrow and what might happen. Her attitude is one that is based on a never-ending worry.
One example of this behavior occurred when she bought her first home. She had set her goals and saved her money for many years. When I visited her in her new home, I expected to see her very happy as she had achieved her goal of buying a new home. Instead, the conversation was filled with worry, not of satisfaction.
She was concerned about what would happen if she lost her job and couldn't pay her mortgage. She focused her thoughts on possible problems that tomorrow might bring.
She didn't allow herself to experience the joy in her achievement of attaining her goal; she was actually the catalyst for imaging unreal problems.
I quickly pointed out to her the success of reaching her goal - she did it! I also reminded her of the following quote by Epictetus:
"There is only one way to happiness and that
is to cease worrying about things which are
beyond the power of will."
Once I pointed this out to her she seemed to relax a bit and actually became excited about achieving her goal of owning her own home.
Don't let worry ruin the attainment of your goals! Enjoy your successes no matter how big or small they are. When you reach your goal you need to step back and pat yourself on the back - You did it!