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Intermittent Goals: How Mini-Checkpoints Keep You Motivated

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Build a Bridge of Success Toward Your 2026 Lifestyle Vision

If your 2026 goal is a marathon — what gets you from mile 1 to mile 26 isn’t thinking about the finish. It’s the mile markers in between.

Research from American Psychological Association shows that people who track intermittent goals – smaller wins along the way – report greater confidence and are more likely to complete long-term behavior change programs.

These checkpoints create relief — because you don’t have to think about forever.

You only have to think about the next step.

Try building a three-checkpoint path:

1️⃣ Week 1–2 — practice

2️⃣ Week 3–4 — celebrate

3️⃣ Week 5–6 — evaluate and adjust

That last step — evaluation — is where growth becomes fuel.

Action Step (Today):

Choose one long-term goal and write three checkpoints leading toward it.

Put a date by each one.

Your brain loves deadlines — but it loves achievable ones even more.

Quote to Close

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” — Confucius

Thinking Out Loud ~ It Takes Practice, Practice, Practice

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Joseph Campbell speaks of the creative act in Reflections on the Art of Living. He says, “The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to new creative movements. Think, for instance, if someone is studying the piano. There is nothing worse than having somebody in the neighborhood, studying the piano, practicing their exercises. There is nothing at all beautiful about them. Their function is to give you facility, and presently there comes a point when you have the facility, It happens automatically, and you do not have to think this is true for everything. The one who attempts to be an artist and has not learned the craft is never going to be an artist. P. 262

Note: I read a book where the author says it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill. That’s why there are so few great ones. There is the joke where a reporter asks a virtuoso how they got to Carnegie Hall. The virtuoso replies, “practice, practice, practice.” It’s true in all areas of life. Do you want to be a good friend, parent, husband, or wife? Practice, practice, practice. And, one day it will happen, and you will not even realize it is happening,

Inspiring Quote of the Day ~ Success is in the Hard Work Before the Show

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“If you’re fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”

Mark Spitz

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