Over the course of this month, I’m going to sit down and set up several financial goals for 2007. Having goals is necessary if you ever want to have any sort of real financial peace. It’s important to have both short and long-term goals. Short term goals help keep you motivated and focused on the right now; the near future. Achieving your short term goals will keep you pumped about reaching your long term ones.
Your short-term goals should always lead up to your long-term ones; they should not be separate. If the small goals don’t help you reach your big goal, then you need to re-do your small goals!
Finally, remember to set attainable goals. It’s easy to set a goal of “Become a millionaire by June!”. But is that realistic? Of course not. If you consistently set goals that you can’t hit, you’ll become discouraged, and won’t try anymore.