Skip the Small Stuff: Why I Chose Hard Goals 🌠

Recently I've watched a videos on calisthenics. People who can work with their body weight develop massive strength. It looks very impressive for me. And it is hard.

It made me think about big goals.

If you set a big and far-reaching goal, you will make better progress.

For example, I wanted to learn how to do pull-ups, so I skipped most of the weight training at the gym and started working with my body weight right away, and as a result I can do about 7-8 pull-ups (YES it took a few years) and I consider that my back muscles are pretty strong.

Another example is trail running - I wanted to be able to do multi-day routes, so I immediately decided to try a 7-day route with overnight sleeping points. With no previous experience of running in the mountains, but hiking.

It was a big goal, but it allowed me to progress quickly. Now, running for entire day in the mountains do not scare me.

We choose easy, visible goals and that is right on one hand, but challenging goals give us a huge boost in skills and put out of the comfort zone.

Choose big and long-term goals and then set small intermediate goals. Don't go from easy to hard. Use the easy ones to get to the hard one.

🎯What are your big goals?

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