[OLD THREAD] Project Achieve Your Goals - 18+
Setting goals is the easy part...reaching them can be more challenging!
Having someone support you in reaching your personal goals can be incredibly helpful. Today, wed like to announce a new community program aimed at helping you reach your goals.
Well need both listeners & members to make this happen! Here is how you can get involved in this project:
Members:
Step 1: Post a goal youd like to work towards in this thread. Be specific! Goals work great when you can make them measurable. Usually that involves a time period and a number of times. Additionally, you want to start by making goals achievable. Do not make your goals too hard or you will grow frustrated and not be able to reach them. Much better to make them easy to accomplish to build your confidence right from the start.
examples:
I want to cook dinner for myself 3 nights per week
I want to go to the gym 1 time per week
Take 3 growth path steps every day
Step 2: Specify if you'd like a listener to check in on you 1 or 2x/week.
Step 3: Wait for a listener to reply to you! They will reply and let you know they will support you reach this goal.
Step 4: PM this listener to get going! They will not be able to support you by checking in on you if you do not first PM them. If you find that a listener has not followed up, then please post again and request another listener.
Step 5: Post your progress each week in this thread and also on your feed so more people can support you in achieving your goals.
Step 6: Once you have achieved your goal and the new behavior or habit has been consistent for 21 days, then apply for the Goal 1 Badge. We'll likely have several goals, so there will be Goal 2, Goal 3 etc. (Feel free to help us come up with better names!)
Listeners:
Step 1: Wait for members to share their goals in this thread! When you see a goal/member youd like to support, reply to their forum post and let them know!
Step 2: Once this member has messaged you and established connection over PM, its your job to better understand the members goal, why its important and what you can do to best support them.
Step 3: Make a commitment! Check-in with this member twice per week and enquire about the goal!
Step 4: Let us know how you and your member are doing! In this thread, we will track your progress as team. Post here to let us know how it's going!
Step 5: After your member has reached their goal, let us know and apply for the Coach badge. More details on this soon!
I decided to take a break on life to get to know myself better. I realize now, to do that, I'd need to live. It would be nice to have some parts of my life back, but not everything. Not so sure if this is the kind of goal I'm supposed to be having here.
Hi everyone.
My goal is to be positive and learn how love myself. I want to learn how to deal with feelings as well as learn how to deal with situations that happen in my life. Im having a really hard time with things and sometimes i really feel lonely and need someone to make me smile.
I wish everyone a great day. Thanks for reading. 
I want to start my own business private social work and movement classesJust went for a job and didn't get it again! Going to get a venue and think of advertising on the weekend
@conscientiousScarf5008 I'd love to help you to start a business. I am a business student and believe the experience will benefit me as much as it benefits you! But alas, I'm a teen listener. Do you think we can communicate later? I would love to help you!
Hi everyone.
My goal is to be positive, stronger and learn how to love myself abit more. I want to learn how to deal with my feelings and things in life and how to make the right choices . Im having a hard time and sometimes i really need someone i can talk to and make me smile.
One of my goals in life is to be carying with everyone and be a good person specially for the ones i love, it makes me happy when i know i can make others smile.
HEY! MY AIM IS TO GET IN SHAPE BY NEw YEAR!
@mysteriousIcicle73 I'm here and I would love to help you with that! 😊
@NadineH HEY I'LL PM U! THX!
@mysteriousIcicle73
i'm down to help with this!
@TurqTheBear THX! I'LL PM U!
Hi :) My name is Ella and my goal is to find out what I want to do with my future. I would like to start studying in october of 2016, but I don't yet know what subject or what university to choose. I feel quite overwhelmed by this task and I have trouble picturing myself actually reaching that goal. This big project makes me feel quite anxious and worried.
I would love to take this task head on together with someone else :)
@Ella3141 Hi! I'm not a listener so we can't chat but I relate to your goal so I just wanted to wish you good luck on reaching it
@Cheeney Thanks so much :)
@Ella3141 Hey Ella 
Great goals. I wish i had that figure out when i was younger. I am 31 years old and i still dont know what to do with my life, so. We are always in time to do the things that we love most, it could be so many things, not just one. Good Luck! It can be scary but in the end you will be so most stronger, and you will make a lot of friends, some of them for life. You can bet. Lots of hope for you.
@MissHope31 Thank you for your encouragement, it means a lot to me :) And I'm definitely glad to hear I'm not alone in this maze of confusion :D
Dear Ella I was at the same stage when I was a bit younger, I was confused too but someone then told me what I wanted to do, what was my dream and I was like I don't know...then the person suggested try different things or think what interests you the most and that will be your future! Honestly it took me a month to decide...I hope the best for you and go for something that catches your attention! Good luck! :)@Ella3141
@lovelyDew79 Thank you for your encouragement lovelydew! I'm glad you've found your calling and I agree with you, I have to be patient. You've really given valuable advice :)
@Ella3141
I would love to help you with reaching this goal! :D
@Brightheart993 Thank you, you have no idea how much your offer means to me! Unfortunately, I just tried to send you a message and you are a listener for teens, so I fear I can't pm you. I'm sorry, and a little disappointed. Thank you for your support though, it brightened my day :)
@Ella3141 i would love to try and help you with this, feel free to pm me if youd llike :)
My goal is to try and fix my relationship.
@ValerisShade I heartily support your effort. You can message me here. www.7cups.com/@soulsings
I have been working 27 years to fix a relationship, so in some ways I have a good background for this. But I will give you advance warning that the biggest thing I have fixed is my attitude and emotions and acceptance of what I cannot change.
But I feel better than I ever have. :)
My goal is to clear the jee with high scores so that I can make my mom proud of me! :)
@greenTortoise1175
hi,
i am from India...so I know how jee is. I am here for you, but I don't think you can pm me, I am an adult listener.....I would like to wish you best of luck though. I am sure you will do well.
ps: I am sure your mom is proud of you either way:)
I WANT TO BE MORE POSITIVE, AND HAVE A PERFECT ATTENDANCE WHEN I START MY HSC NEXT YEAR.
@Blueberree I would be more than happy to help out with this!! If you are interested, shoot me a PM so we can work on this together!!
All the best,
@Dillion
hey my aim is to become a happier and healthier person
@oliveBranch4370 Hi there. I am here for you if you want to explore options. You can message me at www.7cups.com/@soulsings
I am a person that is big on self care in terms of exercise, diet, mindfulness and expressing the inner joy.