Tomorrow or Carpe Diem - which one are you?

 
Tomorrow, tomorrow, you’re always a day away!
 
Annie’s anticipation of a better day in tomorrow is evidence of her optimistic outlook on life despite her dreary circumstances.
 
And there’s nothing wrong in being optimistic, but when it comes to setting, planning and achieving goals in life, tomorrow can turn out to be our nemesis.
 
Tomorrow holds idyllic promise and implies future.
Tomorrow does not call for commitment and action.
Tomorrow invites avoidance and delay.
 
Carpe Diem!
 
When you are really committed to change in your life, rather take up the call of “Carpe Diem” – Seize the day! Get stuck in there making consistent, sustainable change day after day until the change you wanted is part of your life. Start today!
 
This every day thing is not the easy path but then again, nothing worthwhile just drops from the sky. Actually, when it is harder to get something, the achievement is all the more satisfactory.
 
But, how do you get from where you are now to where you want to be?
 
One way is to start with GROW, a model created by Sir John Witmore in the 1980s. The acronym stands for:
 
Goals – start off by defining what you want to achieve, SMART goals obviously (Specific, Measurable, Achieveable, Realistic and Time Bound, and writing in the present tense)
Reality – look at where you are today and identify obstacles preventing you from achieving your goal
Options – brainstorm different solutions to overcome the obstacles in your reality
Will – what do you need to do to take action and implement a plan (specific, detailed planning is not an option!)
 
In summary,

• Identify what you want to change
• Define your goal using the SMART approach (other blog articles go into detail!)
• Be honest about what is required to get from where you are now to where you want to be – what can stop you, who can stop you and what can you do about it?
• Commit by plotting out the actions that are needed from today (seize the day, remember?), step by step until the day that you plan to achieve your change

 
How can a Life Coach help, you might ask? Firstly, a life coach will guide you through the process that I’ve outlined above. More importantly though, a life coach will be your support, your cheer leader, your adviser and your partner from start to finish. How can you be without one?