{"id":6984,"date":"2015-06-04T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2015-06-04T09:06:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:06:12","slug":"50-done-2015-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/50-done-2015-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You 50% Done With Your 2015 Goals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5020840511_013bf66db9_z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6985 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5020840511_013bf66db9_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"goals\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5020840511_013bf66db9_z-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5020840511_013bf66db9_z-573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5020840511_013bf66db9_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you can believe it, 2015 is almost 50% over already! Yowza!! When did that happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are anything like me, you set some lofty <a href=\"http:\/\/shoeaholicnomore.com\/2014-results-2015-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">goals for the year<\/a>: for your life, your finances, and everything else.<\/p>\n<p>My goals list for 2015 included things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay off $5,000 of debt (principal).<\/li>\n<li>Reach $1,500 of emergency fund savings.<\/li>\n<li>Attend FinCon15 and pay in cash.<\/li>\n<li>Paint my home office.<\/li>\n<li>Declutter some books.<\/li>\n<li>Limit my spending on clothes.<\/li>\n<li>Quit my full-time job by the end of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even with some pretty exciting, fun, and scary goals on that list, I still had a lot of other things in mind that I also wanted to accomplish in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them are little things which is why they didn&#8217;t make it on the list, and others are things like have more time to spend with my family, friends, and pets, which is part of the motivation behind me accomplishing the goals on my 2015 list.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think goals are great to have. They keep you motivated and focused on what matters, at least as long as you go about <a href=\"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/big-hairy-audacious-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">setting them correctly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes goals have to be changed before they are met. For instance, last year I had to reduce one of my goals because there was NO WAY I was going to make it, which made it depressing instead of motivating. This year I had to scratch one off the list. (If you can&#8217;t guess which one, you must be living under a rock, haha.) After only about 3 months I had already completely failed at my goal of limiting my clothes spending for the year to a certain threshold. But ever since I scratched it off the list, I&#8217;ve actually done better at limiting my spending on fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the point of this post isn&#8217;t to argue about if you should set goals or not (which you totally should in my opinion) but instead to point out that we are nearly 50% through the year. This means you should be nearly 50% through your goals.<\/p>\n<p>If you are way too far ahead or behind of the 50% mark, now is the time to re-asses not only your goals by <a href=\"http:\/\/clubthrifty.com\/question\/\" target=\"_blank\">why<\/a> you set them in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>When you asses your goals and progress and you find you are way off, here&#8217;s what you should do:<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Too Far Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>If you happen to be one of the lucky people who are 75-80% or more done with your yearly goals, you should take this opportunity to make them bigger.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, this year I&#8217;m going to crush my debt payoff goal. Since I already know this, I&#8217;m going to re-set my goal to a higher amount so I&#8217;ll still be challenge and have to stretch to reach my new goal by the end of the year. This will keep me motivated and working hard.<\/p>\n<h2>Too Far Behind<\/h2>\n<p>Womp womp womp! Sometimes we fall too far behind in our goals. That&#8217;s ok, it happens. Instead of wallowing and feeling bad about it, use this opportunity to figure out why you are behind.<\/p>\n<p>If the only reason you are behind is because of an un-foreseen circumstance or because you set your goal too high, simply adjust it down to just outside of reach and keep going!<\/p>\n<p>But if you find that you are no longer motivated to reach your goal because you no longer care about it, you should abandon it now. There&#8217;s no sense in striving for something you don&#8217;t care about. Instead you should set a new goal in it&#8217;s place to reflect your new direction.<\/p>\n<p>No matter where you are at when you asses your 2015 progress vs. your 2015 goals, there&#8217;s still time to rectify the situation and make great progress the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where are you at with your 2015 goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can believe it, 2015 is almost 50% over already! Yowza!! When did that happen? If you are anything like me, you set some lofty goals for the year: for your life, your finances, and everything else. My goals list for 2015 included things like: Pay off $5,000 of debt (principal). 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