 Hello everyone today. I want to do a video because it's that time of year I wanted to talk about New Year's goals. I'm preparing mine right now So I thought it would be a good time to talk about them. And yes, you heard correctly I didn't say New Year's resolutions. I said New Year's goals and that's on purpose and So, yeah, let me get into that. Why don't I have New Year's resolutions? I used to set up these New Year's resolutions and now I don't I always set up New Year's goals and there's a big Very significant difference between the two, at least to me. New Year's resolutions, you've heard them all before They'll usually be something like I want to quit smoking. I want to go to the gym every day. I want to Go on a diet, not eat meat anymore. Do this, do that, whatever it might be You have all these New Year's resolutions that everyone comes up with and maybe you decide I'm gonna quit smoking and then you don't smoke except one day you go out with your friends and you're drinking and then You do smoke and then maybe a week or two later you get very stressed out about something You're like I need a cigarette need a cigarette and so you do have a cigarette and then by February mid-February Something along those lines. You're pretty much smoking again. Same with the gym You decide I'm gonna go to the gym three times a week And so that first week you go three times a week the second week you do as well But then later you're really busy with work so you can't do it. You're like, okay, it's Wednesday I won't go today. I'll just go tomorrow on Thursday you go on Thursday But then that's it so you went twice that week and then later and something else happens or you're hungover this that and the other and then By mid-February once again, you're not going three times a week and that's the problem with resolutions as soon as you fall off the wagon As soon as you drop the ball then all of a sudden That's it no more New Year's resolution and the reason I like New Year's goals is that you have a goal to shoot for Which doesn't mean that every single day you need to do that and Otherwise that's it for the year But it means that you can still shoot for your goal and if you get a bit further behind or if you don't do something today That's okay because tomorrow you can work twice as hard and still try to achieve that goal and So for example, let's say you're a freelancer and you're starting out and you're saying, okay Then by the end of this year, I want to be earning. I don't know two or three thousand dollars a month from freelance Translation that's my goal. So you get starting You start work now and you start creating your profile and online presence trying to find clients trying to pitch new clients here there and try to get as many as you can and try to make them recurring clients etc etc and Try to see how you can achieve your goal Now if you have one day where you're too busy to do something or too hungover or whatever it might be That's fine. You just go back into it with double the energy the next day And to me this has always worked a lot better than New Year's resolutions this idea of goals And in fact you later what I'll do is I don't have only these goals for the whole year But I will divide them up and so I'll have 100 day goals 200 day goals And these are certain goals that I want to get done within the first 100 days And I recommend this just because if you set a goal for the end of the year And then you forget about that goal because suddenly you get distracted suddenly you get sidetracked Suddenly you have to work on this that and the other and then December rolls around and you're like oh wait I had that goal there and completely forgot about it. It's a bit too late at that point But if you give yourself intermediary goals like every hundred days Then it helps to keep you on track. In fact, I do even I have these hundred day goals But then I divide it even further and I'll have monthly and weekly goals I try to divide it up as much as possible For example, let's say you want to be earning three thousand dollars a month by the time December rolls around right this doesn't mean you're earning three thousand dollars every month But it means that by December you'll be earning three thousand dollars a month. That's the goal. So how do you divide it up? Let's say by the first hundred days you want to be earning a thousand dollars a month How do you go about that? It won't be easy. The first thing to do would be to well Actually, I have a very good I have some very good advice there because there's this course that I know online Link in the description below with a discount where it teaches you step by step how to become a freelance translator and So you can decide to do what's there and you can decide, okay? I'm going to follow this course and say by the first week I'm going to have an online profile by the second week. I'm going to be sending out. I don't know one or two Applications a day and by the third week. I'm gonna be sending three applications a day plus one cold email to a cold Company somewhere there by the fourth week I'm going to be sending five applications a day You know something like that and you come up with a plan so that you can be earning X amount by the first hundred days And if you want divided up divided up even more by the first month You'll have one client or two clients or something along those lines And then it's a more manageable timeline that hopefully can then bring you to your goal So I tend to do this I tend to do this with with business stuff So if you're becoming a freelance translator, then that's your business stuff I think I try to do it with health as well and I try to see what once again not a resolution I'm gonna go to the gym three times a week, but what's my goal? What do I want to have achieved by the end of the year? What do I want to weigh? Do I want to have a six pack? Do I want to run a 10k? Do I want to do whatever it might be and again if you decide I'm gonna run a 10k by the end of By the end of the year then what's my hundred-day goal? Maybe a 3k I'll find and the best way to do this is to find a 3k in your neighborhood in your town in your city and Sign up for it right now say, okay. I'm committed to this 3k. So now I need to figure out how do I do that? Well, 3k how long does it take me to run a 3k? I don't know 20 minutes half an hour. Let's say, okay Let's see how long I can run now and you start running. You're like I can do 10 minutes before I take a break Okay, so I know that I have 10 minutes now within a hundred days I need to be able to run 30 minutes so I can run my 3k and So let's get into training and figure that part out So all of these become a lot more manageable when you set a goal and then you divide it up And this is just what's always been working for me. I tried to do something for once again for business something for health I try to do something for edification and this means education like learning a new language or getting a certification or something along Those lines and I try to do something along the lines of fun and entertainment as well because why not? But you can divide it up however you like what I find is that if you create this goal and then you divide it up however you see fit I Do 100 day goals 200 day goals, but then I divide it up even further just so I can achieve that 100 day goal So the division by month is just for that 100 day goal and then I reevaluate and see where I am so I can keep going on from there and Another thing that I try to do is keep myself accountable. I will tell other people about it So I will tell My friends about it. I'll tell my family and that way it kind of keeps me on track because I know other people know what my Goals are and so they might be asking so how are you going with that goal? Are you earning enough money? Are you do you have that six-pack yet? Can you run a 10k? How's your race gonna be etc etc? So see what you can do see if you can do something along these lines So see what you can do and see if you can do something similar along those lines And if it helps you with this new year in 2018 and my plan is to do exactly this I'm creating mine now and I'm hoping that I can share it with you guys and That way you guys can hold me accountable for my goals in the coming year So anyway, let me know if you have what your goals might be for this coming year because it'll help you as well if you can write it down in the comments below and Let me know if you've come up with any already or if you're working on some or something that you would like to Have accomplished think about it to yourself. What would make 2018 a great year? What will I have accomplished by the end of 2018 that'll make it a good year a great year that I'll be happy with and Try to work toward that goal Once again, if you found this video useful if you like it Please don't forget to click thumbs up because that's the best way that I can tell which videos work and which don't and don't forget to Subscribe if you want more videos for freelancing for being an entrepreneur for working online for working for yourself and obviously for Being a freelance translator and otherwise. I'll see you on the next video. Thanks. Bye. Save Doom