The goal I set was to use my paycheck to buy food and basic needs.
In Step 3 Perspire of the Changeology 90-Day Action Plan you use 4 techniques to carry out your goal:
Rewarding.
You reward yourself for having achieved what you set out to.
To do this I bought myself a Revlon lipstick.
Countering
You do the healthy opposite of the negative behavior.
To do this I have cut down buying extra things.
Controlling the Environment
“Out of sight out of mind” sums up this approach.
When I wanted to stop wearing jeans to my job all the time I took the jeans and placed them in an out-of-the-way storage rack.
Today it’s easier to achieve my current goal because I’m not shopping in stores.
Enlisting Support
You ask people to be part of your support team. They can help you stay on track with your goal.
One of my friends and my therapist I talk with every week.
I have the goal of publishing a book about personal finance. I will write in this blog and in the forthcoming book about setting a financial goal like the one I’m executing now.
Living through the pandemic is the perfect time to cut down on spending.
A lot of us are forced to conserve cash because we lost our jobs. For others we’re at the time in our lives where we’re able to shift our focus to a goal like this.
I will be reporting back in the coming weeks how I’m coming along in Step 3.
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