Your jour­ney to opti­mized dia­betes man­age­ment and bet­ter health begins with set­ting a S-M-A-R-T goal: Spe­cific, Mea­sur­able, Achiev­able, Real­is­tic, and Time-oriented.  You want the “right” goal, but you’ll also want to “write” your goal.

The truth is, a goal that exists only in your mind is not as effec­tive as a goal that is writ­ten down. This is one of the Means for achiev­ing your goal: write it and post it where you will see it.

The adage is true that we learn bet­ter what we write and read and say and hear.  A goal in your mind tends to become dif­fused and gen­er­al­ized over time.  A goal that is writ­ten down and posted where it will be seen is rein­forced and remem­bered.  So after set­ting your goal, as the first of your means, write it down.  Go ahead and do that now.  List three impor­tant rea­sons WHY you want to achieve your goal and write those down as well. (You don’t remem­ber them? That’s why they must be writ­ten down!)

Pin up a poster of your goal.  Paste or draw pic­tures, clip­pings, pho­tos and other artis­tic dec­o­ra­tions onto your poster to make your goal spe­cial and mem­o­rable.  Make smaller signs or notices and post them where they will be seen reg­u­larly.  On the refrig­er­a­tor door or next to the bath­room scale, for instance.  When you see them, say them aloud.  Rein­force your goal and your deter­mi­na­tion to achieve it.  This helps main­tain the right atti­tude to per­se­vere every day.

Estab­lish the “right/write” mind-set for your Spe­cific goal, and you will have begun the jour­ney on the “right” foot.

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