Goal Setting

With significantly more time on my hands than I would like, I have to focus.  I start graduate school in a month, which is exciting and alarming.  I have so much to accomplish before then and get myself ready to dive in completely.

It has been proven that a majority of people do not set goals and those who do seldom review them.  The people who do regularly set goals and review them tend to be the most successful.  I think Teux Deux helps me keep track of my goals most.  I have huge goals and dreams and most of the time I don't have to means to accomplish them easily. 

What I have to do is make sure that I am always moving in the right direction.  This reminds me of Neil Gaiman's commencement talk where he talks about the mountain.

"Something that worked for me was imagining that where I wanted to be (...) was a mountain. A distant mountain. My goal.

And I knew that as long as I kept walking towards the mountain I would be all right. And when I truly was not sure what to do, I could stop, and think about whether it was taking me towards or away from the mountain." -Neil Gaiman

As I go into the next stage of my life of adulthood and graduate school with all the joys and terrors it brings I cannot waste time.  Life and opportunities are precious.  I will set goals and review them as often as I can so that I may do it all!

Goal setting

When I graduated college I bought a book about where I wanted to be in 5 years. It made a comment about how the majority of people say they have zero goals. Others had some but didn't know really what they are. Most of the ones left knew their goals but seldom reviewed them. Less than 1 percent of people reviewed the goals they made and they were usually the most successful.

With all the time I can save not making plans and just living my life, it gives me great opportunity to set goals and review them. The closer I am with my goals the easier I can meet them.

Plans... More or Less

I'm bad at doing things in just the right amount.  I can either do everything or nothing.  However, I love plans and lists!  Once again I either have pages of lists or won't touch a list for days.  There are times when I love to leave my day completely open and just wing it.  Those days can be just as productive as my list days. 

So here is my plan, have an adventure and go about my day unplanned.  The requirement being have an adventure.  The other option being make a list and do damn near everything on it. 

If I don't I'll waste my days watching movies and feeling guilty for not working.  Anyone who knows me (aka my 2 followers) knows that is how I spend most of my days.