How to start doing your goals?
I promised myself I would write two articles every week for this blog. This is one of those promises. I can’t say that I will write the other. You can check in later next week and see if I have kept my promise to myself. It’s funny how we will pinky swear to a friend but never to ourselves.
I recently came across a video from Anna Howard 2026 creative impulsivity challenge: making art out of curiosity, not fear that describes how we let the acceptance of our creativity stop us from creating. In other words, if you have an idea that you don’t think will be viral online you cease to create it; because, why would you create a thing for no monetary gain? The overall perception is that people who post online are posting for monetary value even if they enjoy what they do.
I thought about her critics a lot. I thought about all things I held back because they didn’t fit in a niche that I wanted to be a part of. I thought about the time I spent not posting but trying to draft a brand image instead of allowing society to brand me. Why was I trying to do all the work? The hawk tuah girl will always be the hawk tuah girl. Creators can try to shape the way media sees them but once their brand is established by the public it is hard to revert the label placed on them.
Addison Rae comes to mind when I think about static branding. She has ventured into music but will always be seen as a TikTok dancer. Taylor Swift has been the most popular in her shift from country girl to pop star.
When I was younger I promised myself that I would start a Youtube channel. I would post not caring what people thought. I posted some videos but then my family found it and made fun me for it. I didn’t have the sass to tell them to go fuck themselves. I live a thousand miles away from my family now and I have a small amount of friends I still keep up with. There are not many people to judge me now.
But I wonder, have I allowed the receptiveness of society to cloud me from action? These fuckers have kept me from making money on shit I just enjoy doing. I always wonder where I would be if I posted the posts all those years ago.
So how do we do the thing?
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Don’t let fear be a factor
One of the main reasons we fail to start a goal we have set for ourselves is the risk of failure. The risk of not being good enough. We never want to be a novice. You need to love being a novice at your goal. We humans learn by failure. You need to enjoy the pursuit of being a novice.
Know your weaknesses
We all know where we tend to fail. Think of all the times you have in the past set a goal for yourself. List off what made that task hard.
I had a hard time taking my vitamins and sometimes my meds. I worked upstairs and my vitamins were always down stairs. I would find myself going to grab the vitamins in one room and my meds in another. Then I would realize I did not have water. Friction was the problem. To combat this problem I placed my meds all in one location near my water bottle at my desk.
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Be aware of your desires and passions
It’s important to know what is driving you when you are creating your goals. Think about why your want to acheive this goal. How is you life going to improve once you accomplish it? the more you are able to see it be real the more acheviable the goal will feel.
Start small
You dont want to set a large task for yourself. If your goal is to gain 10k followers in the year you want to break it down. A small goal is easier to consume than a large goal. You many want to bring it down to gaining 200 subscribers in a month.
A good tip if you have a reading goal is to set your daily reading goal based on the number of books you want to read a year. If you want to read 30 books a year you should set your daily page reading goal to 30 pages a day. I must give credit to Jack Edwards for that note.
Hold your self accountable with rewards
There is nothing like gifting yourself that $200 dollar skirt you have been eyeballing because you did the thing. Gift yourself a little treat when you finish the goal. Make it a desirable activity or item you have been wanting.
