Day 18 - A Second Look at Goals

I have decided that maybe my initial goals were not well enough defined or too vague. Today I went back over them and modified my list.  

My new goals are more defined, more measurable and perhaps not as grand.  They are achievements that require specific actions on my part.  

I am still uncomfortable with the idea of listing five goals.  I argue that it would be better to select one at a time and focus on completing one, yet today I can see that my life is not single dimensional.  It is more compartmental.

Sure, some of the goals overlap.  Learning Spanish is necessary to work with the families in Los Arcos.  Writing and blogging is advantageous for promoting online sales of products.  Yet each one has incremental steps needed daily and warrants tracking separately. 

In the past, there have been times when I have been guilty of spending too much time on trying to organize my day.  As a result, I achieve nothing but creating a tracking sheet too complex to keep up.

I am working on finding the balance between random productiveness and bridled creativity.

I am moving forward on the premise that starting each day in meditative prayer will point me in the right direction for that day.

Writing out my goals gives them concreteness, like looking at the end of a line when drawing and cutting.  Seeing where I want to end up will direct my steps in getting there.  I won't always know what the next step is, but I will know where I will end up.

 

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