The moment you set a goal you have plunged yourself into the messy middle. We stay in the messy middle of our goals all the way up to the moment we finally complete the goal. It's important to make plans for our goals, and at the same time, not get too attached to them. We often don't know what's around the bend for our goal. We don't know what we don't know. Often the best way to approach a goal like this is to take the next step, then check in, take the next step, then check in. What do you do if you're recording your goals in a goal journal and end up with a messy middle kind of page?
1. Permission to stop half way, declare it done, and move on to another strategy.
2. Permission to do things out of order. You can do just the parts you like or need.
3. Permission to miss a day and to fluctuate in the amount of effort you give to a goal over time.
Being in the messy middle of a goal can be fun when you know how to check in and navigate it.
