Is there such a thing as having too many goals? Every year, I contemplate over what I would like to accomplish and what steps I will take to get there, but most recently I’ve started wondering if I have too much on my plate. Is it best to focus on one goal exclusively or to have a few going on simultaneously that could potentially coincide with one another. Last year, I found this wonderful app “Habit Factor,” and it focuses on how in order to reach goals in life, you must develop good habits that are in alignment with those goals.
For instance, I want to become fluent in Spanish, so I have been completing Rosetta Stone lessons, listening and repeating the audio on my drive to work or wherever, playing the games, even reading “Love Poems” by Pablo Neruda which has the Spanish on one side and the English on the other along with watching a few shows or movies in Spanish and conversing in Spanish when possible.
Learning Spanish is just one of my goals. In improving my writing skills I have enrolled in an MFA Creative Writing Program which I just started, and it is certainly intense to say the least. However, I know I will reap the benefits of blossoming as a writer by the end of the program. Staying in shape is always at the forefront which involves more than just exercising but eating healthy, meditating regularly and channeling positive energy.
I’ve been married for a year now, and my husband and I moved into our new home a few months ago, and there are several DIY projects I want to tackle. Starting a family is one of those projects.
Is this all too much while I am in my fifth and last year on the tenure track at my college preparing my portfolio and letter to be presented to the board? Some people say, “I don’t know how you do it” or “When do you relax?” I’m not sure if I am taking on too many goals, but I do it all not just for me but my family too, and I am excited about where these goals will take me in life.
I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
All the best,
Tanya
Journey of Anonomz 
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