Food therapy...
Jan. 1st, 2009 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpFood therapy is not the best course at the present moment, but I allowed myself this slip as (a) it's not as if I'm stuffing myself silly, and (b) the holiday season will be over soon. Granted, neither is a particularly good reason for engaging in such practice, either on its own or in tandem, but there they lie, exposed to the world.
The key to any kind of goal, it is said, is to make it specific, put a deadline on it, and keep focusing on it. So, in light of the "high-level" goals I set forth a few days ago, and in light of running into "101 things to accomplish in 1001 days" on very nearly 16-inch centers, I've decided to combine the two and spent the day musing on how best to achieve my high-level goals through a number of smaller, bite-sized chunks.
My first goal? To come up with a suitable list of 100 other goals!
There is a hazard in attempting to identify 101 goals. I found the principal among them to be a tendency to transform one's immediate to-do list into some number of said goals. Fortunately, I think the list I ended up with avoided that; any professional goals, for example, in my list are things I've never done before.
Another hazard involves attempting to keep the distance between one's reach and one's grasp "reasonable." You don't want goals to be too easily attainable, but you don't want them to be unreachable, either. Add in the fact that one's perspective on "unreachable" can change over a very short time frame, and things get even more interesting.
On the other hand, there is a benefit in sitting down to brainstorm 101 goals, because it's pretty apparent - from my initial list of candidates - that I am still steadfastly ignoring my finances (what financial related goals there are in the list either don't expand on my high-level goals, or are there as lip service). When I look at the list in detail tomorrow, I might also find too many frivolous items.
We'll see.
In the end, the value that comes from compiling such a list lies also in the realization that the list - like life itself - cannot remain static. Some goals will of necessity depend on the results of others (for example, you can't go and buy an RV and tool around the country until you determine whether or not you're the kind of person who would be happy doing so). Other goals will lose their immediacy based on transpiring events.
Tomorrow will be a hit-the-boards-running kind of day. I want to get a number of things accomplished before the weekend hits.
Cheers...
The key to any kind of goal, it is said, is to make it specific, put a deadline on it, and keep focusing on it. So, in light of the "high-level" goals I set forth a few days ago, and in light of running into "101 things to accomplish in 1001 days" on very nearly 16-inch centers, I've decided to combine the two and spent the day musing on how best to achieve my high-level goals through a number of smaller, bite-sized chunks.
My first goal? To come up with a suitable list of 100 other goals!
There is a hazard in attempting to identify 101 goals. I found the principal among them to be a tendency to transform one's immediate to-do list into some number of said goals. Fortunately, I think the list I ended up with avoided that; any professional goals, for example, in my list are things I've never done before.
Another hazard involves attempting to keep the distance between one's reach and one's grasp "reasonable." You don't want goals to be too easily attainable, but you don't want them to be unreachable, either. Add in the fact that one's perspective on "unreachable" can change over a very short time frame, and things get even more interesting.
On the other hand, there is a benefit in sitting down to brainstorm 101 goals, because it's pretty apparent - from my initial list of candidates - that I am still steadfastly ignoring my finances (what financial related goals there are in the list either don't expand on my high-level goals, or are there as lip service). When I look at the list in detail tomorrow, I might also find too many frivolous items.
We'll see.
In the end, the value that comes from compiling such a list lies also in the realization that the list - like life itself - cannot remain static. Some goals will of necessity depend on the results of others (for example, you can't go and buy an RV and tool around the country until you determine whether or not you're the kind of person who would be happy doing so). Other goals will lose their immediacy based on transpiring events.
Tomorrow will be a hit-the-boards-running kind of day. I want to get a number of things accomplished before the weekend hits.
Cheers...
