If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time now, you probably know that I’m currently undergoing a lot of self-development and change in my life.

I am working on building a life for myself that I love, and to do that I have set a lot of big goals that I want to achieve.

Now, this idea of setting goals is nothing new, but I have always struggled with following through on the goals that I set. This is definitely a personal thing, but I’m sure there are plenty of other people out in the world who also struggle.

I want to share an idea that has helped me immensely these last few months while I’ve been working a lot of big changes.

So, part of the reason I was never able to stick to my goals is because I could never see any progress. As a result I would become disheartened and annoyed, and find myself wanting to give up.

This time however, I’ve been able to conceptualise my goals within a much larger picture.

I’ve had decades of growth and experiences that had formed me into the person that I was. How could I expect to change that in a few days, weeks, months, even a few years? Patience became fundamental, rather than a nice addition.

Now, it scared me to think that it might take me the same amount of time to change again, but people are always changing. I certainly wasn’t anything like I was two years ago, or ten years ago. I needed to give myself time, yes, but I didn’t need decades either.

I don’t have the magical number of months or years that is required for change, but from seeing so many other people online ‘change their lives in six months!’ I decided that I could and would too.

As a visual and creative person, I began to picture my dream life as a huge glacier. Daunting at first, but beautiful and intriguing.

In this illustration though, my goals (which all led to my dream life) were part of this glacier. Every step I took towards making my goals a reality was like chipping away at the ice, and advancing to the top. Every little thought, plan, action, and word became another step up, and another piece of ice sloughed away.

It might take me ages to reach the top, and discard any bits that don’t serve me. And who knows, my goals might change and a new, larger glacier might take the first one’s place! I don’t have all the answers, but right now I know where I want to be heading, so that’s my target.

I feel so much better knowing that I do have a big goal that I’m working towards, and now the progress doesn’t feel so small or insignificant. Now, everything is working together, and I can already tell it’s going to be great.

So my question to you is this?

What goals are you working towards in your own life? How are you planning on getting them?