Goal Setting
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Big Projects, Big Freakouts
I used to struggle with Finishing Things. I would get really great ideas, start to act on them in the thrill and excitement of starting something new, then I’d get distracted by a new shiny object, and the original project would slide by the wayside. Every once in a while I’d pick it up again and examine it. wondering whether I should start the work on it again, which I might do for a day or two, but invariably just as I was nearing a good completing point I’d quit. This became so much a part of who I was that I knew before I even began a big project…
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Mid July Check In
Well, Dead Reader, after a small lull in which normal life seemed tantalizingly close, I am back to checking the worldometers numbers each day for Spain. Fortunately for us right now here in Andalucia, most of the cases in Spain are up north, and we are relatively unscathed. But who knows how long that will last? It feels so similar to the feeling I had towards the end of February, watching what was going on in Italy, and wondering if and when it would hit Spain. Of course, now we have masks, and gloves, and everywhere we go there are buckets of hand sanitizers, so hopefully it won’t catch us…
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Newton and Goal Setting
Isaac Newton is the symbol of an enlightened 17th century scientific revolution, having codified the laws of physical and motion to the extent that humans were able to observe them. Newton’s Laws of Motion only work on Earth, and it wasn’t until Einstein, 300 years later, when we began to understand the forces working on bodies in space, and where earth’s gravity isn’t applicable. But Newton’s Laws are perfect for studying motion on our planet. I also extrapolate them out to help me understand why achieving goals can be so damn hard. So let’s look at Newton’s Three Laws, and how they can relate to setting and achieving goals. The…
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Living a life worthy of the $75 journal
Yesterday my kiddo and I were talking about taking the easy route. She is a bright little girl, for whom most things come easy. Consequently, she can get by with little effort, and those activities that do require effort get put aside. I was sharing with her how I used to be much more like that – I still am, to a certain extent – but that with age I learned how good it feels to stretch yourself, and have a feeling of pride in learning something new, or accomplishing something that seemed impossible. Around 2009 I bought a gorgeous leather journal with beautiful narrow-ruled paper and a leather tie.…
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Blog Post Day 2: In which I chop beets, and set a micro-goal
One of the things that is so difficult about reaching goals is that big goals are scary. How on earth am I going to start a consulting business this year? Or lose 60 pounds? I struggle to lose five! How can I do 60?! And this is why, my friends, I am setting micro-goals each week. Because they are way less scary. Take it one step further, and you will notice that I am setting micro-goals about things related to my big goals, but not directly tied to them. So I’m not setting a micro-goal to lose 2 pounds this week. Why? Because that reminds me that my goal is…
