It saddens me the number of times I see people, who have been armed with the right tools, failing because they simply run out of patience. Those same people spend their whole lives switching from one method to another, and because they never give anything a chance to produce results, they rarely achieve their goals.

To get an insight into the average person these days all you have to do is look at how they approach the Christmas period. Most spend weeks looking forward to it and when it arrives it’s over all too soon for them. The result is that they are depressed again because the next big holiday or event seems so far away. Many have practically put life on hold, waiting for Christmas.

Imagine what if would be like if you were looking forward to every weekend like it was Christmas? Now imagine you have the same feeling when looking forward to each and every day! This is what started to happen to me and my fundraising, when I began to set smaller goals, that I knew I could achieve in a fairly short time period. Ok, so it wasn't quite the Christmas feeling every day but hopefully you can see what I'm getting at.

I slowly began to realize that the key to enjoying the challenges of fundraising (and of life) was to set a series of small targets and enjoy the victory of achievement, associated with each. This series of smaller victories eventually lead to me achieving my bigger goals.

I was no longer so obsessed with the big prize at the end and as a result I barely noticed the time flying by. In the end it turned out that the big prize was really just another milestone in a never-ending journey.