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Are you in your twenties and feel that something is missing from your life? Are you not sure which direction to take, what to do next? Well, there are very many people, even older than you are who have been having the same problem. We don’t go through life as empty shells, we create us, our universe and relationships every moment. Have you ever thought that perhaps your life is missing one big picture? That you have not set personal goals the achieving of which would actually give you a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction? Don’t let fear, criticism or negative attitudes set you back, action is the best solution!

Without personal goals one may easily end up with a feeling of failure or pointlessness, and that will surely not make life seem any more interesting than it already is. Therefore, you should take a bit of time off from whatever it is that you do and think about what you want to do with your life. Take each of the fields that you might set personal goals in one after another and analyze yourself. These fields of activity or of interest may differ from one individual to another, yet they may include art, family, career, health, finance, education, behavior and attitude, fun, etc.

Ask yourself whether each point is important for you, feel your way and understand what you would like to achieve. First ask yourself what you would love to be like from the perspective of those personal goals in ten or fifteen years? time. And after setting long term goals, break them down into smaller goals that are designed for shorter periods. You can break these long term personal goals down into monthly or weekly or even daily goals if you practice enough patience and offer dedication to this process of life planning.

It is again very important that you decide on these personal goals by taking into account 5 criteria such as specificity, measurability, attainability, relevance and time. In one word, make sure your goals are SMART. The theory of the smart goals has been developed and widely used in personal counseling and training with great results so far. It is very important that you do not set goals that are too hard to achieve. If so, and if fulfilling one hard goal has taken longer than expected, next you can establish goals that are a little easier to achieve, and the other way round.