Single Parent Goals to Stay on Track
In Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People he says, ‘Start with the end in mind.’
People’s lives are so busy these days. The only way to accomplish half of what we feel we should is to sleep as little as possible and caffeinate as much as we can tolerate. But what are we really busy doing? Is it moving us closer to our goals? Do we even have goals? When I was married my goals revolved around my spouse and his career. Yes, I had career goals but they were expected to be put on hold when I got pregnant. Or when an elderly parent needed constant care. I was also expected to reconfigure my goals every time my spouse relocated us.
Being a single parent, it may be difficult to sit down and chart a direction for your life. A lot of emotion about the loss of your dreams from your past life may resurface. And a longing to have a partner to build new dreams with may hold you back from charting a future course as a single parent. It felt uncomfortable to set goals for myself without a partner but it really is important. It will help you to determine what you need to do to move you and your family forward instead of just doing the next urgent thing that pops up. And while you are focused on, and doing the things that move you closer to your goals, you’re more likely to meet someone who has similar goals. Think about that.
