Good Habits to Help You Track Your Improvements and Your Success

 When you’re working toward self-improvement of any kind, it’s always a good idea to keep track of milestones. Doing so lets you know if you’re making progress or whether you need to make some adjustments to your activity. In A Pilgrimage to Self Lifestyle Coaching Membership, we talk about making SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely). This is a great habit to get into no matter what type of positive behavior you’d like to keep tabs on. It could be a large goal or simply a minor area of self-improvement. There are lots of ways to track your progress. Here are just a few:

Calendar

Write your goals out on a calendar and mark time frames in which you check your progress. You can also jot down in advance the progress you hope to make so that you can compare when the date rolls around. In the membership, we use a planner to help keep track. This method works well for all kinds of activities and is quite convenient because most of us keep a calendar of some sort.

Lists

As I noted earlier in this series, a to-do list can work wonders when it comes to keeping you accountable and helping you to make progress. A list also gives you a boost of confidence because it provides evidence of your hard work. Break larger goals down into steps and make a list each day of your action plan. Because some people go overboard with "to-do" lists and become overwhelmed, I suggest you keep the list, but pick your top three...begin by getting the top three most productive items done first. Then mark each task off as you complete it. You’ll reach that goal before you know it.

Journal

A journal is much like a list, as it allows you to write down your goals and to have visual evidence of your progress. However, journaling gives you so much more space to process your thoughts, feelings, and ideas regarding the actions you’re taking. If you want to monitor your progress across the board, a journal is a great place to do that.

Apps

Technology is great. There are tons of apps today that help you to keep track of your progress in a variety of areas. You can find them for both iPhone and Android devices. Apps exist to serve lots of specific purposes, so you’ll surely be able to find one to suit your purpose. Look up “productivity,” “goal tracking,” “progress monitoring,” or any other particular term that fits your needs into your app store’s search bar. Then you can look around until you find the one that’s most likely to work for you.

These ideas should give you a start when it comes to monitoring your goal, behavior, and action progress. No matter what you’re working on, keeping track of your milestones is a good habit to get into if you want to accomplish more. Get together with an accountability partner or group to help you stay on task and accelerate your progress towards your goals.

Until next time...

Cheers!

Lisa

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