You Are Allowed to Change Your Mind About Your Goals

We talk a lot about setting goals.

But, we don't talk nearly as much about changing them.

Maybe you set a goal six months ago because it mattered to you then. Maybe your circumstances have changed. Maybe your interests have changed. Maybe you discovered that the goal you thought would make you happy doesn't actually feel meaningful anymore.

You are allowed to adjust.

Changing a goal isn't automatically giving up.

Sometimes it is a sign that you are paying attention.

There is a difference between abandoning something because it became difficult and thoughtfully deciding that your priorities have changed. Both can look like “quitting” from the outside, but they are not necessarily the same thing.

Your health goals should support your life—not trap you in an agreement you made with yourself months or years ago.

Maybe you once wanted to run a race and now you would rather hike. Maybe you wanted to lose a certain amount of weight but have become more interested in feeling stronger. Maybe you used to love a particular workout but now find yourself dreading it.

Those changes are worth listening to.

You don't need to prove that an old goal was worth pursuing by continuing it forever.

October is a good time of year to take inventory. Not just of what you have accomplished, but of what still matters to you.

What are you working toward because you genuinely want it?

What are you continuing simply because you once said you would?

There is nothing wrong with commitment.

But there is also nothing wrong with evolving.

Your goals are tools for helping you live the life you want. They aren't contracts you can never revise.

Adam