Setting Travel Goals

You probably have career goals or savings goals, why not travel goals? If your kids are getting to the age where time away is getting harder and harder, then it's especially important to spend each vacation doing what's really important to you and your family.

My personal goal is to show my kids each of the seven continents before they are off to college.  So far, we've seen six continents together.  (Antarctica is the last one-- but is it pricey!) We have a great laminated map framed and on the wall in our house.  We have yellow flags on all the countries we've been to and blue flags on those countries that are our "goals".  If you've read The Secret, you'll be reminded of the vision board they recommend. 

Your goals might be very different. . .

• go to every famous beach
• see new animals on every trip
• learn to appreciate the environment and do green travel
• stay in every Four Seasons around the world

One goal I wouldn't recommend is trying to beat Starbucks around the world.  I had that as a goal, and have to admit defeat.  They're everywhere.  I decided if you can't beat them, join them. I bought stock.

Have fun setting your goals and even more fun achieving them. 

Comments

[harry]

Nice post.

One important thing for setting goals is to find the right tool that works for you.

You may also check out http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and has time tracking. It's clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.