1 Hung-Up-On Goals - It's easy to get plugged into a goal, and even though it's not working, you hang on to it out of sheer habit or willfulness. That sets you up for procrastination and frustration. Put things into a more simplified version by concentrating on big picture - direction you want your life to go - instead of specific way to get there. Maybe goal to own a Million Dollar house is about wanting freedom and autonomy. Maybe goal to write a NYT bestseller is really about wanting recognition for your talents. Focus on feelings that you are after instead of one-and- only way to get it.

2. Transparent Goals: If you examine your goals you may find that you have no *plan* associated with your goal. Generally mistake here is that 'goals' and 'actions' have become confused. Instead, think Goal, Strategy, Action. The Goal is objective, what you want. The Strategy is overall way in which you'll accomplish it. And The Action is specific activity that is required to achieve it (how you'll do it). Example: You might have big picture goal of a healthier lifestyle. The strategy associated with that might be to eat less and exercise more. The ACTIONS might be "don't eat after 6:00 pm", and "walk 30 minutes after 6:00 news every weekday".

3. Contradictory Goals. This is a common mistake in goal setting--two or more goals with opposing results. Marriage counselors see it a lot in people who want benefits of being married without giving up single lifestyle. Or maybe you have a goal to spend more time with your family, but you have a job you want to do well at that require a lot of face-time. Contradictory goals will frustrate you to no end, because you've given yourself an impossible task. Evaluate your goals in light of their relationship to each other.

In studies conducted, it has been found that writing events of day in a journal drastically increases your powers of recall and memory. It also helps to ‘unload’ all baggage you’ve collected during day. It helps you to remember all blessings you’ve been sent and new ways you learned to overcome an obstacle. It allows you to see all wonderful things that happened today and reminds you to be grateful.

Congratulate yourself on all good you did, lessons you learned and even just getting through day to best of your ability.

Journaling helps you to go back through each event that happened during day and analyze your reaction to that event. This way you can gain valuable information that slipped past in rush.

You see interactions with others (good and bad) and can learn from them. -Was reacting in that way best way to handle situation? -If you’d approached him from this angle, would a better result have been achieved for all parties involved?

You reinforce your memory by reviewing day’s happenings. -By going over day’s events your memory is forced to recall details that you would otherwise have forgotten. This re-enforces path of your memory and you’ll find it easier to recall specific events.