set goals

I’ve slacked off on setting goals for myself and have found it hard to focus on working toward what I want out of life. Last year I re-set my goals on 43things and didn’t end up accomplishing as much as I wanted to. I think it’s time for me to re-focus and get in the habit of setting goals again and making checklists. I hate organization. It’s definitely not a strong point of mine, but in the past I have regularly reviewed my goals and kept track of my progress, so I know how beneficial it can be. My goal for 2010 is to set achievable goals and focus on taking the necessary steps to achieve them.

I’ve been shite about setting goals, so I’m trying to do the 101 Things in 1001 Days meme. Even if I don’t complete my things, just writing them down is a small step to setting goals.

I noticed that I’ve been gone from the site for a few months. Reading my goals didn’t motivate me any longer. A lot of them I let go by wayside, with more urgent things in my life taking priority. So I decided to delete all my goals. Thanks for everyone, who gave me cheers before! Now, I will do no more than 20 goals at a time. 5 for the next month, 5 for the next year, 5 for the next 5 years, and 5 for the next 10 years. I’m very excited about this! It doesn’t necessarily have to happen in that period of time, since Divine Timing takes over sometimes, but it’s a rough guideline for me about how urgent and how long-term the goals are! If I have more than 20 goals, I’ll have to decide which one is more important at the moment. I find that I can’t keep track of more than that. It’s easier to keep focused with a few well-defined objectives.

rough sketch done tonight, semi prioritized. violated goal two of spending less time on the internet at night but i think this is a step in the right direction. next, need to refine them. checkpoint i think will be in a week or so. chronic goal setter and list maker loving the motivation this is providing… for now. wish there was a place to add objectives to the goals…

Wow…I’m great at making excuses :S
I.E: The reason why I didn’t do this today, is because dot dot dot

Like asking myself in the morning, laying in bed.
Do I really need to go to school today?
Bed is so warm and cozy.
oh my! it’s sa- noh-wing…really really bad.
Oops…”I can’t go!”
or
I don’t need to do my laundry,
I still have plenty of clothes left. (a mountain of laundry piling up)
or
I’d tell myself, I should make my bed everyday.
Then after I wake up, more important morning rituals get priority.
Leaving no time to do literally a 10second chore.
And my favorite excuse for not doing my bed is,
why do it? I’m gonna sleep in there tonight.
What’s the point of making it all pretty and nice?
Then messing it up when I go back to bed.

At times I would think it was laziness, irresponsibility,
fear of failure or lack of motivation.
Or I’m just great at being a lawyer in my head
making myself believe my excuses.
Most of them are very logical…
But logic can be illogical.

hmmm…..i was just thinking…
i have all these things i wanna do..
but i don’t like putting dates on them..
like time limits…but then i’ll just probably
not end up doing ‘em or putting ‘em off…meh

I have many goals. Going in all directions. All over the place. Putting them down and seeing which one I want to accomplish is a different story. Following through with them is like the “never ending story.” Never ending excuses of why I haven’t done what I wanted to do. Maybe I should have put this one under “focus” instead of: set goals.

wellllll….the first goal of mine is…....(drum roll)
.............FOCUS (one down, 42 to go)

time to start this project to visualize dream…heading to flickr town

I need to get hair extensions and start using make-ups, and then i need to have confidences so i can walk in high heels. without chickening out and shits.

Identified a goal. I want to work with my idol. So I gathered together all the nonprofits and other endeavors I know him to be engaged with, checked current job openings – but as this is not an immediate shift I mostly signed up for newsletters and ruled in geographically attractive ones as I contemplate my move back north!