Setting Yourself Goals, And Why Travelling Might Be For You!

The system

Step 1: How are things in your life right now:

a)      What are you not happy with?

b)      What’s amazing?

Step 2: What do you think is causing this difference between a & b?:

e.g. … Always thought you’d accomplish more … Hate your job …no family or friends near you … something has happened and made you deeply and happy … you haven’t pushed yourself enough yet

Step 3: Set yourself some goals:

e.g … Earn  £50,000 … Work from home/on the road …  Have a family in 5 years … Be happy! … Meet 10 new people in the next 2 weeks …   This really can be anything that you think is realistically achievable and that would help fill that difference between happiness and frustration discussed in step 1.

Step 4: Will any of the following reasons help bring you closer or further away from the goals you have set yourself:  

(They don’t have to solve every problem but this is more to give you a taster for some of the reasons people like to travel)

·         Freeing yourself from the world around you

·         A chance to start over (leave the past behind)

·         Meeting and experiencing new cultures and beliefs, and ways of living

·         Discover new and exciting places to live and work (or not one specific destination – just like us!)

·         To take a break

·         Seeing parts of the world before you are more limited by chia family and a house

-         Helping you realise better who you want to be as a person

My own example:

Step 1:

a) What makes me unhappy

I fear slipping into the routine of a 9-5 job

I want my own permanent freedom to make my own decisions

I am uncertain as to how I will make money and what my career will be precisely

I am scared to commit to things long term in fear that will disrupt me being able to do everything I want while I’m young

b) What’s amazing about my life:

I have a great friendship group, family and relationship

I’ve had the opportunity to go to university and experience freedom on my own

I am fit and healthy and have great aspirations for my future

Step 2

What are the reasons for this difference:

I don’t feel like I have seen enough of the world as of yet

I’m scared i will slip into a lifestyle whereby I can’t just up and leave at a moments notice (i love my flexibility in this area)

I feel like I’m meant for more, but in my current situation I don’t feel like I can reach that potential

Step 3:

Goals

• Find a way to continue to learn in everything I do at the moment, money isn’t everything at the moment
• Develop my understanding of online marketing and advertising in order to create a possible long term more nomadic working style
• Within 3 years be financially stable enough to work from any destination
• To be happy
• Many people have disagreed with me when I say this, because it’s too broad and in general breaks the rules of setting “SMART” goals. However for me I take this to mean that every time I make a mildly important decision i ask myself “will this make me happy?”.
• By the way the idea of SMART goals has been extremely helpful to me over the past few years, I strongly recommend giving the article a read here.

Step 4:

Can travelling help me accomplish my goals?

• It gives me the freedom to get away from home and create my own rules
• I can meet new cultures and experience new ways of life, which can help me decide who I may want to be as a person, as well as who I am now
• Allows me to start a travel blog and share my ideas and start discussions
• The ability to get some of this travelling out of my system before I settle down and start a family - which is very important to me

Again, i just wanted to reiterate that travelling isn’t for everyone and I am not trying to say that i think everyone should do it. But for those of you who have an incline it may be the right thing to do and who are keen to get away then i say “DO IT!” Why not while you have the chance!

I encourage you to share your thoughts below, and thank you for reading.