Quit Moving the Goal Posts

Back in January we discussed a variety of barriers that can slow down your boating adventures. Now let’s look at how we derail our boating before we even get started. We all know it as “Moving the Goal Posts”. A technique we employ from time to time to avoid making decisions. Owning a boat is a dream for many folks and no one wants to give up on a dream. Instead, we just move the goal posts. I will buy that boat when the kids are older! And when that milestone is reached it is, When I have a bit more money! And when you achieve that we switch to, When I have more time! And you keep moving the boat buying goal posts further out. I completely understand the process of looking at boat ownership, doing your investigation and then deciding it is not for you-that makes complete sense. But year after year of promising yourself you will take that step and never doing it takes up too much of your bandwidth. Bandwidth you could be using on something you actually can or will do. I am as guilty as the next goal-post-mover and had to recently pull the plug on a decades long goal. It was tough, but ultimately a relief. So stop moving the goal posts and decide. You might discover it a bit easier to focus on what you really want to be doing… or you might find that this is the year you start boating.