Your "goal setting and accomplishing marathon" has begun, Kari! Before we start holding you accountable to your goals, you’ll need to set them and break them down into stages and tasks: month, week and day.

Start by setting the BIG goals you want to accomplish in 3 months. Then work them back to one month, then a week and finally day to day. For example, (and these are completely hypothetical), in three months you want to:

1. have a job
2. run 5 kms without stopping
3. lose 5 pounds
4. enjoy clear skin
5. spend quality time with friends and family

Once you have these in place, you can take one BIG goal and break it down further. For example, in order to find a job you have to do research, update your resume, volunteer, learn new skills and network. Then set monthly, weekly and daily goals on how to accomplish the BIG goal.

We’ll start this support process by having you set your BIG goals. Once we know what those are, we can help you break down the relevant tasks to achieve that goal, AND suggest ways on how to stay sane during the process – like getting dressed and out of the house almost every day.

So Kari, I’m going to hold you accountable to thinking about your BIG goals today. I shall be expecting you to report back on this thread tomorrow! Tomorrow, your task will be to break the BIG goals down to a weekly level. Once you have your weekly goals, we’ll break it down PER DAY.

Of course, this process is flexible and you can chop and change the modus operandi as you see fit because it has to work for you.

We are here to give you structure and keep you motivated because it’s hard to do those things on your own. It should be easier if you have to report back to YLF and big bad Angie daily :0)

On your marks, get set, go! And good luck!