As I prepared to set my own goals for this year, I looked around to see what some other people were doing. It was interesting to see the many variations of the SMART goals.

A SMART goal is a fantastic tool that helps you set goals that are immune to self-sabotage, fear, and procrastination. It helps you break down your goals into manageable chunks that are realistic and achievable. Below is an example of a weight loss goal.

Ali Brown, Founder and CEO of Ali International LLC, referenced adding an energetic aspect to the goal setting process on her podcast and I totally agree with her.

Everything is energy, “the things you want to manifest” are already here in energetic form and it is your beliefs and actions that bring them into your experience.

First dream

What do you want? A Put on inspiring music, take out a notebook and pencil, and write down all the things that come to mind. Do not judge or edit, let your imagination fly and write it down. ** Disclaimer: I’m sure this goes without saying, but of course you don’t want to wish for something like your friend’s spouse or something that could harm someone else just by saying it.

Now know that if these desires arose in your heart, they were meant for you to experience them. So allow yourself to believe that you can be, do and have them.

Then take that list and put your items into categories and choose 1 for the activity below.

INTELLIGENT OBJECTIVE PLUS

Smart lenses are great, but AIM SMART lenses are even better. Here’s what’s short and sweet:

A – Minimum acceptable “- What is the minimum that can be done or will you accept?

I – ideal ” what is your ideal? If you could have exactly what you want, what would it be?

M – Medium ” What is a realistic stretch for you? Take what you can do and stretch. Or what is half of your ideal and acceptable goals?

S – Specific ” What do you want specifically? Or what exactly is the first step / action you need to take?

M: measurable ” what is the quality or quantity you want?

A – Achievable ” Is this goal possible or possible step / action?

R – Reasonable ” are you going to do this How reasonable is it for you to do this?

T – time ” By when will you reach this goal (full goal) or complete the first step (not full goal)?

Examples of

• Goal: I want to lose weight. It is too vague; How much weight? When
• SMART OBJECTIVE. I want to lose 30 pounds in 6 weeks for my high school reunion.

FOR – The minimum I want to lose is 1 pound a week minimum.

I – My ideal would be to lose 5 pounds per week.

M – A realistic stretch for me would be 3 pounds per week.

S – Lose 30 pounds

M – In 6 weeks

FOR – It is possible to lose that much weight with healthy eating and exercise.

R – It is reasonable for me to lose weight because I have excess weight on my body and I will stick with it.

T – In 6 weeks for my high school reunion.

You see how easy that is. You can do this with all the goals you have, including healthy eating and exercise goals to go along with the SMART weight loss GOAL above. I intentionally wrote the above objective in a simple way, but they can be done much more elaborate.

** This tool is also great and great for step-by-step goal setting.

What AIM SMART goals do you have? How will AIM SMART help you set and achieve your goals?