 Hi guys, my name is Shajji and welcome back to my channel. A couple of weeks back I made a video on how you can set goals and few of you asked me to elaborate on that and also to talk about how to track goals and stay committed to them. So this is what I am going to do in this video. Let's get started. So in April of this year I registered for a 10 kilometer marathon which was towards the end of May and my goal during that time was to run this particular marathon. And to run this marathon I split this goal of running a marathon into smaller action oriented steps. Remember I discussed this in the last video. So my sub goals were to run for 30 kilometers every day, to drink enough water, to eat clean food and to take my supplements and vitamins regularly. Now since I had just about a month to prepare for this marathon, I wanted to stay committed and also to track my progress. And according to me the best way to stay committed to anything is to put it on paper. So I printed these goals out on a sheet of paper with 30 days for each goal. This is the paper I will even put a picture of this on the screen and every day I would record my progress with respect to these goals with a tick or a cross. I even kept some notes and observations at the back of the paper. So what this did was it really helped me stay committed and focused on these goals because I was looking at them every single day and putting a tick or a cross. It also helped me visualize my progress. For example if there was a week in which I hadn't exercised, I could immediately see it by all the crosses in that week. Or if there was a week in which I had been very regular, there was a streak of ticks. And when you see your progress, it's extremely motivating and keeps you going. Once the marathon got over, I refined these goal trackers, yes that's what I call them and this is what I use now. I split them into simple cue card format. Not only is it easy and convenient to use, but it also allows you to focus on one particular goal at a time. So if you are somebody who's new to this entire process of setting a goal and tracking them, then I highly recommend that you start with just one card and one goal at a time. And once you get comfortable, you can always add more. Second is the time duration. So I've kept a time duration of 30 days in all these cards because I think that's the ideal time to follow a routine and to see results. So for the month of August, I'm using two of these trackers. One is an activity tracker and the other one is a water tracker. An activity tracker is something I use to track my workouts. So on this cue card every day, I enter the workout which I have done, be it running, gym, Zumba or any other things. And I also enter the time for which I have performed that workout. And on days on which I don't do anything, it is just a cross. So as you can see, this month is almost coming to an end and I can clearly see how regular I was in following this goal and I think I did quite okay. I did miss out a few things here and there but overall I think I was quite okay. The second one was the water tracker. So I'm quite bad at remembering to drink water. So this month I had a goal of drinking 3 litres of water every day and I tracked that on this water tracker. And as you can see, I can clearly see how much water I've had every single day. In fact, I can even calculate the number of litres of water I've had this month. In the end, I have two quick tips for you guys to get the most out of these trackers. Number one, come into a time and a place for filling them out. Because once you come into a time and a place, you will remember to fill out these trackers. For example, I keep mine by the side of my bed and fill them out every night before I go to sleep. So this is like a little end of the day ritual for me. And second, share your progress and journey with others. If you can find anybody to share your progress, be it your spouse, buddy, parent, then share it. Motivation comes more from teamwork and from sharing. So don't hide it in a corner of your room but take pride in the work that you have put in and share your journey with others. So guys, that's it for this video. I hope you found it useful. In case you want to try out these trackers, I will leave a link for them in the description box below. And if you have any more questions, do get in touch with me either via the comment section or via Instagram or email. If you liked this video, do give it a thumbs up and subscribe so that you don't miss out on any content. I'll see you in the next video. Till then, take care and bye.