REFLECTION
2. How were your goals modified? Why?
The reasoning behind my old goals was too informal and complicated, which confused me on what the status of my goal was. I decided to focus on more long-term goals that force me to challenge myself and also has a good rationale behind why I’m actually doing it. My first goal changed completely. This time I stated my goal more specifically by stating a current time and the time I want to achieve. This gives me an incentive to workout. My old goals were not specific enough therefore I didn’t find the reason to do it, which wasn’t effective. Secondly, my old goals were focused on things that were immeasurable. For instance for my old SMART goal, I stated that I wanted to improve my back strength, however I didn’t state the ways I was going to do it. For my new goals I state the way I’m going to monitor my progress, which would motivate me more to work hard on each goal, since I actually know what I’m doing. Lastly, my old SMART goals consisted of things I was uncomfortable doing and things that I didn’t have equipment for. For example in my old goal I stated that I was going to use the leg extensors, however I didn’t have it at home. Therefore my excuse for not doing it was that I didn’t’ have it. This also made me lose motivation to workout at all, eventually making my goal useless. For my new goals I made sure I had the equipment. For example I have a weight at home for my bicep curls. My other workout option can be done at home manually. This gives me no excuse to why I shouldn’t workout especially during summer.