Bismillah

Personal goals are an important part of our lives. They motivate us towards improving our lives, and help us straighten our priorities. They allow us to feel better about ourselves when we achieve our ultimate goal, and push us to aim higher. They can be goals to better our health, to improve our family life, or better our prayer; but somehow any area we push to better always revolves around the betterment of our deen. And that is something that we should keep in mind, as that will give us the ultimate push that we need to accomplish what we want, with Allaah’s help.

Personally, I love giving myself goals. The problem is that I don’t reach the end the majority of the time. I’ll hit a moment where I have an incredible high, write a list in my journal, and back down I’ll go. It is at that moment that my goals no longer seem realistic and I decide to put them aside for another time. But is that how important these goals are to me? Isn’t the point of setting goals for ourselves, to better our lives in some way or another?

How can I accomplish what I want? I want to fully understand the Qur’aan one day. I would love to only shop organic. I really want to start walking every single day. I need to drink more water. I desire to pick up every book in my library again. I… need to stop typing my goals out like this!

S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Attainable
R = Realistic
T = Timely