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As a former teacher, I have a ton of ways to plan and reach an end goal. It's really a core component of teaching, and I know there is no reason that those methods cannot transcribe to my coaching and to my own life.
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Start at the end.
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I know it sounds counterintuitive, but if you know where you want to end up then you can plan out the smaller steps and goals along the way to get to that BIG GOAL at the end.
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After you have the BIG GOAL, then skip to your five years from now goal. After you have a goal for five years out, then think of what goals you would need to accomplish over the next five years to get to that point. Don't worry about the day to day small things yet, just the larger benchmarks that you need to accomplish to get to that five year goal. You can do one per year or every few months. Whatever works best for you.
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When you get to the one year out goal, then you need to worry about the small things. What series of small things will you do to reach that one year out goal. One small thing per day with bench marks along the way to mark progress. Little things you can accomplish and when they're all added up they'll work together towards that one year goal.
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The plan should look like this outline (feel free to steal it and use it)!
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BIG GOAL
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FIVE YEAR GOAL
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Benchmark to 5 year
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Benchmark to 5 year
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Benchmark to 5 year
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Benchmark to 5 year
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ONE YEAR GOAL
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Benchmarks to 1 year
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Day to day to get to Benchmark
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Benchmarks to 1 year
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Day to day to get to Benchmark
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Benchmarks to 1 year
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Day to Day to get to Benchmark
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You can adjust this to be as many or as few benchmarks as you like. It might be different with different horses, and don't get so rigid in your goals and planning that you're not flexible or you make decisions that aren't the best for you or your horse.
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But the most important part is making those small day to day goals and checking them off. This will allow you to track your progress and for me, it helps me not get discouraged because I can see the checkmarks on my progress sheet. This is especially helpful on those days when you feel like you're not getting anywhere; you can look back and see how far you have progressed. Videos are also a great way to do this. Keep a video diary, even if it's just for yourself.
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I am considering opening up a paid online coaching which would focus on the mental aspects of this. I would also do run reviews based on videos. I am still working out the logistics, but please let me know if that's something y'all would be interested in! It would be fairly inexpensive as well. And we would learn anxiety control techniques, preparing our mind, staying positive, and more goal setting things.
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