Eliminate Excessive Obligations

Are you making things more difficult than they ought to be because you juggle too many tasks at the same time? If your answer is “yes” to the foregoing question, then you’re not alone! I must admit that I have been doing this for a long time. Let me tell you how it all started: 

The truth is I didn’t know the value of having written goals or their vital importance as ingredients toward achieving what I want. I spent my time doing unimportant and unnecessary things for long hours during the day when I was a teenager. For example, I could spend about 6-7 hours a day just playing video games! 

However, my life changed when circumstances forced me into a great aloneness in my late teenage years. Gradually, I turned my attention from playing video games to reading books, and it was during this time that I learned the art of goal-setting. In addition, I learned that in order to maintain balance I had to set goals in every area. So, I started listing many goals in the following key areas of life:

Business/ Financial / Career
Physical / Health
Family / Social
Personal / Fun/ Adventure
Mental / Emotional
Spiritual / Ethical

The problem is I got very excited about using this new skill and started setting too many goals for myself in every area. Also, I tried to take too many steps toward my goals every day because I wanted to get results quickly. However, I soon realized I was becoming overwhelmed with too much to do. 

Furthermore, as time went by, my determination, excitement, enthusiasm, passion, and motivation began to falter because I had too many obligations. I can tell you, from experience, that if you take on too much you’ll lose you motivation, even if you’re a very determined person.


As a result, I started seeking for a solution to this problem. Here are three things you can do if you struggle with excessive obligations:


1. Put your goals down on paper. It is important that you keep all your goals in one place so I suggest spiral-bound A4 papers or something better.

2. For each goal you set, indicate the level of priority so that you not only avoid doing the right thing at the wrong time, but also avoid feeling overwhelmed with too much to do. 

3. Focus on one goal at a time, one activity at a time, one thought at a time, one action at a time, one day at a time, one week at a time, and one month at a time; the more you concentrate, the less time you will have for frustration.

If you are feeling overwhelmed with too much to do, you will end up feeling uninspired to do more than you absolutely have to. Analyze your daily and weekly schedule. Are there obligations that you'd rather not do? How can you prioritize your work in order to do what you should be doing at the right time? As I mentioned before, having written goals helps you to prioritize your work. 

Stay motivated and positive

Gerard L. Ndzebir

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