make 2008 a pivotal year

The goals that I feel need to be completed to make this a pivotal year are

filing bankruptcy
being at my appropriate healthy weight
accomplishing 15 goals on the clean sweep
being caught up on my bills
finding a therapist and working on some issues to make my life bettergoing back to school, if only for one class
finishing the scarves
meeting my brotherpassing my motorcycle license course

I wish I had not deleted some of my previous goals because so mnay of them are coming to pass. I wonder if I kinda put it out there and life brought it to me. I think so.

I had deleted the goal of finding my brother who was put up for adoption and here it is that we found him.

I had deleted quiting my second job and I have left for a long term leave of absence.

I had deleted the goal of buying a Zune and I just got one.

I had deleted quite a few goals that seemed to have come back into focus and had to add them to my list again because I realized that they were now going to happen anyway, like claim bankruptcy, learn to ride a motorcycle, fly a kite. That is a good thing.

So I see that 2008 is inevitably going to be a better year. I see a lot of changes and a lot of goals that will be accomplished this year. I am very optimistic about how this year will end.

I make goals every year, in fact it is one of my favorite things to do at the end of each year. My intentions are always good and my enthusiasm high. I sit back in awe at my list, proud and hopeful. Yet the year often ends and the goals on the list remain uncompleted. I have read those old sayings, look five years inot the future and see what where you want to be and then work backwards to what you need to do now. That is where the problem begins. I like my day to day activities, or at least they are familiar to me. Making changes to my day is not easy. I don’t think it is easy for anybody, but in all reality that is what needs to happen for me to move forward.

So I am going to try and make 2008 a pivotal year by making the changes in my daily life that will enable that to happen.

There are some items that are not happening because of fear, some because of financial contraints and some because of time. Others are not happening because they are either just not important, frivolous goals or out of sight. First question teh goal, what is the limiting factor, what can I change to make it happen and how and when am I going to do that. Follow the flow chart at work, Plan, Do, Check, Act.