13. "this don't seem organic at all. your life sound like a chemistry project..." In response to In response to 12 Tue Dec-23-14 10:06 AM by deejboram
>religiously sticking to a goal for a single year is like >running a marathon without training. You are bound to hurt >yourself and become deeply disappointed. > >The year can be conveniently broken up into quarters and so I >have a hierarchy of goals because of the way a year can break >down. > >1 year: satisfies major themes, large abstract concepts, think >more abstract while being less specific (long distance) >3 months: attainable, potentially challenging tangible goals. >this is where the work happens with making BIG goals happen >(middle distance) >1 month: very short sprints (short distance) >Weeks: micro sprints. > >Day by day stuff is kind of done while you live your life but >an interesting thing happens when you have a quarter goal in >place; you start to focus your daily energy into completing >the goal. > > >So the nuts and bolts of it is that I have my life divided >into a few preselected channels that I focus on currently my >channels are: > >*Previous Quarter reflection (what happened, what worked, what >didn't work) > >*Finance (money stuff, obvi) > >*Home (status of the house I live in, is it stable? is it not? >what big ticket items might I want? what needs work?) > >*Social (just making sure I'm reaching out to old connections >or building new ones) > >*Organizational (work, work and work stuff, what do I want to >accomplish? how will I accomplish it?) > >*Enrichment (the mind, the body) > >Up coming Quarter projection (where MIGHT I want to go after >this quarter wraps up?) > > > >At the start of every quarter I have a text document that is >created where it is "living". When a fresh quarter begins I >outline where I've been, what I am going to do in the quarter >and where I might go with the next one. >I mention the "living" aspect of the document because it is an >ongoing process of looking back and forward in time to make >the most informed decision. > >another aspect of this exercise is that it acts as a safe zone >to try out potential moves/ideas/decisions because you are >forced to think things through before doing them. > > >The written word is very very very powerful. I believe in it. >Just about everything I have written HAS HAPPENED. It is so >powerful that I have actually been a bit hesitant about >putting the next phase in motion because Im having a good time >being lazy. Once you start the process the ball just picks up >speed quickly and before you know it you are doing things you >never thought you would be doing. > >