Draw up a roadmap for where I want my life to go so I don't lose focus and get lost along the way.

This is my last semester for my study and i want leave it everything and need to start new goal and life.Need new perspective of this world

Started a job which I am very happy with FOR NOW…but about an hour into day one I realised that I am totally doing jobs I am qualified for, not that I really WANT to do. Must fix this!

The problem is I am all over the place. I have all these random, disparate ideas. But I suppose what links them is that they are all creative. I have definitely been neglecting that side of myself!

Help!!!

me, I am overloaded with daily tasks at home and at work. I feel that I am running in an endless circle that never stops at a point. I am tired from doing the same thing everyday, I feel that am not living but functioning like a robot… I don’t want to be pessimistic but it’s not that easy to set goals and achieve them because it’s not pending only on you but on others with who you share your life. BUT I should draw my life’s road map not to get lost more than I am now. I will start by sitting with my self and figure out what I want and things that annoys me in my life and try to find a solution to it.

i feel like i’ve done this. Maybe not by a strict standard, but roadmaps and plans are always on the forefront of my thinking. I am very clear about the the things i want it my life. For me it’s always been much more about figuring out how to obtain them. (Ah! there’s the Rub !!)

For this year, i have 2 main goals on my agenda. And everything else i am doing is in support of those goals. A tougher part for me is setting AND making timetable / deadlines. I generally just slog away until until i get what i want to manifest or accomplished. I’ve always been lousy at “finishing something by some set date”. It will be tricky this year, because i do have deadline for the degree imposed by the University, that is unchangable. (Even right now in May, it makes me nervous to think how quickly dec 2008 will be here, and how much i’ve yet to do…)

And i guess there’s a 3rd main goal for this year: losing the weight from the last medication. I’d LOVE to weigh under 160 lbs by xmas, but thats not a do or die milestone for me. It’s more important to me figure out daily what steps or actions i can take toward that. I’ve been checking into dance classes for the past few months, found one that works for me schedule & money-wise, and signed up today. I’m saving up to get my bike fixed so that i can go biking again. I continually look into other things, activities, events that i can get involved in that will help me toward this. Which is how i approach most everything in my life—i just keep digging around until i find the answers that work for me.

My only deficit (as i see it) is the timeline factor. My brother, some years ago, declared his intention in the next 5 years “to be married and own his own home”. And yes, five years later, he was happily married and they had bought their first house. I’ve never been able to do that. When someone asked “Where do you see yourself 5 or 10 years from now?”,,,,i honestly draw a blank. I have a vague sense of the things i Want to have in 5 years hence,,,but no real sense of conviction that i will be there by that time.

So the roadmaps are well-drawn. But are timelines imperative to avoid getting lost….?

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I don’t know if I’ll find my way back to my road, but I think finding this goal (I spotted it through VioletDreamer, thank you!) will help me to at least try now. I’m off in the bracken and stuck in thorn bushes…but I’m going to try to visualize what the road looks like and maybe by seeing it in my minds eye, I will be able to guide myself towards it.

I’m giving up on this. I have some goals: to become a college professor, to write some wonderful books, and to enjoy female companionship as part of the adventure. But mostly I am open to going wherever the adventure takes me. That’s really my goal for the rest of my life: to explore and enjoy the unknown terrain.

The main focal points would be:

• marriage

• children

• finishing degrees

• satisfying work

...and the more tricky part, is 3 & 4 are totally up to me, but 1 takes someone else (special), and 2 is somewhat in the hands of the gods. So how do you map out plans for things that involve others ? maybe a roadmap is only possible for one’s career goals…

I think I will draw the road map literally. I could make it with small goals or larger ones. While I am at work during lunch I will make a timeline. Has anyone else made this map? I would love to see theirs.

What happened? I have found myself just living in the misery of now rather than trying to push forward anymore. I used to strive to become and now I seem to be running to stay put.

The grad-school counteroffer has gotten me re-focused on my top career priorities. Those are: writing lots of interesting non-fiction books aimed at a wide audience, teaching, and research. (I’ve written one book, but it’s esoteric and not really the kind I want to write.)

Ideally, I would dive straight into writing interesting books right now. However, I’m finding myself skittish about money. Yep, I know, going after money is a terrible reason to delay your dreams. I’m earning some good money right now, though, and finding it that it’s feeling really, really good to relieve my financial strain. I’ve been offered a six-figure income. Taking that for one year is sounding really good. I’m good at saving, so that one year of dollar-seeking would pay off all my debts plus save up enough to live comfortably for a couple years in grad school or just writing books.

There is much danger right now of losing focus and getting lost along the way. Time to brainstorm to think of how to balance money with these callings.