We're three weeks into the New Year. How are your resolutions working out?

Goal setting reminds me of eating at a cafeteria. All those choices and, as my grandmother would always say when I could barely lift my food tray--my eyes become bigger than my stomach.

That happens with setting goals. We're so energetic and eager to <em>start over</em> after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season that we overextend. We set our expectations too high.

If you're like most of us, those good intentions for a new start to the year are slowing falling away. Why? I think it's because we set vague or unattainable goals like these.

<a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/medium_new_year_comic_for_writers.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4085" alt="medium_New_Year_Comic_for_Writers" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/medium_new_year_comic_for_writers.jpg" width="410" height="480" /></a>

So if you're feeling down because your resolutions aren't happening, look at your goal. Have you set the standard too high?

Adjust and move on.

If you're a writer, take to heart the advice in the poster. I bet you'll discover your eyes aren't bigger than goals.