How to achieve our goals at the start of a new work season.

Strategies to adopt routines that allow us to perform better when we return to work.

The end of the vacations does not have to be a bad thing; that temporary boundary that implies starting a new "back to work" season can be an element of self-motivation that, if well used, will make it easier for us to reach our goals (and to enjoy ourselves along the way).

Therefore, in the following lines we will talk about what are those key strategies and ideas that we can use to achieve our goals. strategies and key ideas that we can use to achieve our goals from a positive mentality..

Strategies to reach our goals in this new season.

It is clear that the simple fact of finishing the holiday period and returning to work will not make us perform better or improve our self-motivation; in fact, some people experience just the opposite, having difficulty adapting to the day-to-day work environment.

However, if we take the right if we take the right steps, we can make this change of routines work in our favor, making it a new experience for us.We can make this change of routines work in our favor, making it for us a new beginning in which to apply from the beginning all that we have learned previously, and a first step in a climb towards the goals we wish to achieve.

In this sense, we will now review these ways to take advantage of the potential of this start of the season after the vacations.

1. Make sure you get all the sleep you need the day before.

Start this season by making sure that you will not lack energy from the very beginning.If not, you will not only experience discomfort, but it is also very likely that you will become demotivated and give up on adopting a more efficient and healthy performance dynamic for you.

It is common that after the vacations we drag chaotic sleep patterns that make it difficult for us to start getting up early for the demands of work, so prevent that from happening to you by preparing for your first day.

2. Make a list of your goals and organize them.

First of all, it is necessary to move from abstract ideas about vague desires that you want to satisfy, to more defined objectives, which can clearly reflect your goals.that can clearly reflect what you want to achieve. Otherwise, you will not be able to clearly visualize what you want to achieve, and therefore you will not have the same motivation to achieve it and, on the other hand, indecision will paralyze you more.

To prevent the latter from happening, try to make a list of three to four goals you want to achieve, translating them into complete sentences with subject and predicate. Make sure that at least one of them can be achieved in the medium term, in a matter of months rather than years, and that another is long-term, in the time scale of semesters. Then, rank them from most important to least important, taking into account the degree to which you want to achieve that, and the effort it would take.

3. Visualize what you want to achieve

In this second phase, you must visualize in the most vivid way possible the goals that you have selected to be able to accomplish.. You must do it literally: close your eyes for about three to five minutes and visualize what it would be like to achieve it, with all the sensory details that you can recreate in your mind.

This can be the motivational starting pistol to push you to get down to work, but you can also repeat this experience several times a week, to help you reinforce your commitment to that goal.

4. Divide your goals into sub-goals

Following the line of specifying the objectives, make each of the goals be divided into very simple and relatively short units, to the point that in each of the working days that you dedicate to that project, you have several tasks that bring you closer to that end.

In this way, these very short-term goals (a matter of minutes or a few hours) will bring you the satisfaction of knowing that you have achieved your goal. will bring you the satisfaction of knowing that by working a little you can feel good about your progress..

In addition, so that you are not tempted to "procrastinate", use a type of resource known as action triggers: memorize key moments of the day that initiate the completion of a task, as if it were an automatic mechanism of your body.

To do this, associates the start of an activity with the combination of a certain place and a certain time.. For example: "When I get to the living room after breakfast in the kitchen, I will go to my desk and start testing myself on what I studied yesterday using test patterns.

5. Set your new schedule for this season

To maintain your work rhythm, combine the previous step with a weekly structure of tasks and routines.

That said, make sure that your schedule allows you enough time for unhurried meals and sufficient sleep.. It is better to dedicate your time to that during that part of your schedule than to waste it during the rest of the day because you can't concentrate due to hunger (or malnutrition) and sleep.

Do you want to count on professional psychological assistance?

As you have seen, achieving our goals is not as simple as having "willpower" or not having it. The solution is to learn, among other things, ways to relate to the elements in our environment that can bring us closer to or take us away from our goals, as well as to the people around us.

And to learn how to do it correctly, nothing is more effective than psychotherapy: psychologists work to train people in the adoption of these new habits and routines adapted to their needs, after analyzing the characteristics of the person and the goals they have set.

Therefore, if you have considered seeking psychological help to achieve your goals, we invite you to contact us. In Despertares Psychologists we attend people of all ages, and we offer the possibility of psychotherapy or coaching sessions in any of our centers located in Madrid, Getafe, Leganés and Móstoles, or online by video call.