Improve Your Concentration By Writing Your Goals Down
Mindset is everything, and that includes improving your concentration. You can
accomplish anything you want when you are fueled by a positive, inspired
mindset.
On the flip side, life becomes hard when your mind is
unfocused and clouded with negative thoughts. You feel like the world is
against you and that you can’t do anything. We’ve all been there. Many of us
deal with this daily.
By Sonny Arvado
The challenge lies with minimizing those times of extreme doubt and maximizing those instances where you’re in the zone.
Improve your concentration by writing your goals down every day
It’s not an effortless task by any means. We are all busy individuals with jobs or school. We all have financial obligations and various responsibilities. The time in our daily lives is limited, and it’s easy for us to go through the motions of our daily routine.
It is difficult to take a step back and assess where we are in life. As a result, if you want to develop a focused mindset, you must take action and dedicate a specific time to it.
The time right before you go to bed is crucial. Your day is finished and you are about to go to sleep.
People use this important time differently. Some people read books or watch television. While others browse the Internet or play games on their phones. Some people say their nightly prayers.
In reality, this is your time to plan. This is your time to dream big and visualize. Visualize all of your hopes and dreams coming true. You can look at this as a form of prayer because you are expressing faith in yourself.
The mind is a powerful tool and the old saying “thoughts become things” has always rung true and will continue to do so.
However, we live in a different age now. Our lives have become one big distraction because of our increasing reliance on technology for stimulation. We are simply too distracted now to rely solely upon the power of thoughts and internal visualization.
Improving concentration with one simple practice
As a result, you must take things a few steps further by physically writing it all out. Here is what you do:
Before you go to bed, get a few blank index cards and write exactly what you want in life.
On one index card, write what you want to accomplish soon. Write what you want to accomplish years down the road on the second card. On the last card, write your dream lifestyle.
Make these cards as specific as possible. Some people like to read prayer cards. You can call these your “positive visualization” cards.
These cards are extremely important. Every night before you go to bed, your job is to read and reread these cards repeatedly.
Turn off your smartphone. Turn off your television. Leave your laptop and tablet in another room. This is not a time to browse videos on YouTube or Snapchat with your friends. This is not a time for anyone else, it is your time!
Everyday Power
Read your cards. Visualize all of your hopes and dreams coming true. Picture yourself accomplishing everything on your lists and living out your ideal lifestyle.
Do this every single night before you go to bed.
Over time, you will notice some big changes within yourself. The distractions will disappear from your life.
Your mindset will become more focused. Your time will become much more valuable because you will only have time for the tasks that will bring you closer to the realization of your hopes and dreams… the very words on the cards that you read every night before bed.
You will have a much more positive demeanor because you realize that every day is a chance to win. Every day is a chance to inch closer towards your long-term goals.
There’s always work to be done. As long as you think big and remain focused, big things will happen if you believe they will happen.