following through

Hey,
Despite suffering from depression, insomnia and nervous breakdowns for the past 4 years, I am still trying to make my life count. I've listened to countless seminars, read a great number of books on self-development, and I try to follow all the suggestions as best as I can. I write my goals down, create plans on how to achieve them, and try to review them as frequently as possible. At this point, it's pretty obvious that I rarely succeed in achieving them, otherwise I wouldn't be asking for help . The problem is not that I lack commitment to follow through. I concentrate way too much on the destination rather than on the journey. If I create a goal to get a black belt in karate, I soon start thinking how much my life after achieving this goal. Soon enough, I start living in this dream, and I start taking me getting a black belt as granted. This leads to lack of training motivation, cause in my mind I've already achieved the black belt. It applies to almost every goal I create - I decide to start a business, I start concentrating on the way I want my business to be, and I neglect all the steps that are necessary to get there. Any suggestions on how I can solve this problem?

Associate,


I can relate because I used to not follow through on my goals and dreams. Whenever I did, I noticed my life start to stagnate and find myself falling into a deeper emotional slum. What I have learned is though that constantly trying to live a better life isn't just a destination or journey, it is a better lifestyle all over. I feel content and confident in the steps I have taken toward what I want and getting to the finish line of one dream just means I am creating a greater structure to stand on and harder to fall through.
This can apply to you as well! Life moves forward, not backward and that is what should be important to you! Just remember what you did not like about you previous life and that will help push you to continue to grow and maintain the life you want! Envision your better life, and while it may not happen over night, it will come true. Remember, nothing easy is worth doing!