You’re probably not falling short on your goals because you're lazy.

You just need a SYSTEM to make your goals happen.

Here are 3 systems to help you follow through on your goals —without relying on willpower.

1) You want to spend more time with someone or do an activity more regularly.

Set a monthly calendar invite.

It reminds you that you've declared it a priority and to not forget about it.

Dinner with your grandma, calling a long distance friend, taking a day to do something fun.

Monthly (rather than daily, weekly, or quarterly) feels regular enough while also feeling attainable.

Be intentional about what it is to avoid everything becoming a priority (meaning nothing is a priority).

And hopefully it's something you can look forward to too.

2) You want to get up early and have a morning routine.

Set your alarm across the room

We can't always rely on motivation, especially when we are in our cozy bed on a crisp morning.

Setting your alarm across the room eliminates the hardest decision of the day of whether you're going to get out of bed right now

(unless of course you and the people you share space or walls with are ok with the alarm continually going off).

Getting up to turn off the alarm puts you into motion and builds momentum for all other things you want to do in the day.

Makes exercising, writing the book, starting the business a little easier.

You haven't done these things because you're lazy; you may just not have set up your environment for success yet.

3) You have a long list of books you want to read.

Schedule time daily to read.

10 pages or 1 chapter.

Habit stack or place it after something you already do to make the new habit seem less hard.

Even if you don't have a lot of time, this is a little thing you can do to level up and/or actually read & follow-up on a book someone has recommended to you.

Audiobooks in the car or while walking counts too.

You would be surprised how a few pages consistently can make a big impact on your growth.

You haven't done these things because you're lazy - you may just not have a system.