Volume 14: March 12, 2023
Written/Edited by: Fidha, Mana, and Remi
Unrealistic Goals
Everyone has goals that they want to achieve in the future. These goals can vary for all people. Whether your goal is to bake a cake or to exercise an hour a day, you should make sure your goals are realistic and not too much to handle. Unrealistic goals can sometimes become dangerous if you do not recognize that it is impractical. When you set these types of goals, you may get easily burnt out or bored because of how unattainable it is. Goals can become unrealistic when your goals are more based on your wants and desires, rather than what can be achieved. Basically, you set these unrealistic goals when you aim for what you want instead of what you can do or have. Examples of unrealistic goals can include trying to do something you may dislike or hate, and trying to achieve a high goal when going through a tough moment. There are questions you can ask to check if your goals are realistic. These can include:
Do you have everything you need to accomplish this goal?
Is every step of your goal clear and reasonable?
In addition, there are also other factors that can make your goals unrealistic such as some possible external life circumstances. Whatever the reason, make sure to go easy on yourself no matter the situation. You can do this by setting more efficient goals, which this next paragraph will explain more about.
Efficient Goal Setting
When making goals, it is important to be realistic with time and with the demands you are asking of yourself. Ways to be realistic may include sectioning out small, yet frequent, times to work rather than saving it to be completed in one night. Further, you can prevent burnout through these smaller and frequent work sessions, as less is demanded of you per session. As an example, if you have a large project due that you must do well on, and it is due in two weeks, it may be easier to work on the project for 10-15 minutes everyday for 14 days rather than 203 hours the night before it is due. Furthermore, it may be easier to make many small goals rather than a few incredibly large goals. This can make achieving your goals much less daunting.
Data
1) Never feel bad about not being able to achieve your goals, as only a mere 20 (twenty) percent of people even begin to set them up.
2) Within that percentage, approximately 30 (thirty) percent of people actually end up succeeding with said goals.
3) Taking all of this into account, a grand total of 6 (six) percent of people accomplish their goals. Everybody has the capability to do so, yet this percentage is so small due to the reasonings that we delved into above. Let’s all work together to raise this number and work towards a healthier/happier life by following through with the steps of efficient goal making.
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