What have you done to reach your goals?
What would you do to reach your goals?
My high school principal urged me to read "What Color is Your Parachute" to help me figure out a career path.
My husband urges me to set goals and plan for them.
I get that goals are important.
Mother Nature has given me the attention span of a gnat (I had ADD before ADD was cool), and the economy has laid me off five times.
These last two things sort of overwhelm the first few.
Heck- right now if you were to observe what's going on in my brain, the brain that should be concentrating on writing, you'd see bits of the X Files, you'd hear Sammy Davis Jr. AND the Macarena, you'd see thoughts of baking bread, that woman has a lot of cats, thank God it's nice out today, I wonder if my breakfast is done cooking and OH HEY BLOG POST.
And I've gotten off track.
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT GOALS. (Uh, no, I'm, I'm calling about a suit, about, about Bob's suit. I'm calling about BOB'S SUIT!)
How do YOU set them? How do YOU achieve them? How do you decide if they're realistic or just unrealistic enough to try anyway?
How do you distinguish between a want and a goal?
What are your goals and can I help you reach them?
RE: "How do YOU set them? How do YOU achieve them? How do you decide if they're realistic or just unrealistic enough to try anyway? How do you distinguish between a want and a goal?"
ReplyDeleteI think it boils down to passion, focus, and persistence. I get that brains are not wired the same way for all. I understand the challenge of ADD/ADHD. Acknowledged. But now that it's acknowledged, will it be used as a quirky excuse, or will it be worked with? Reaching a goal is all about taking baby steps anyway -- there's no way to get to a goal using a giant step, so as long as your baby steps are manageable for you, your ability, it is no longer an inability, a disability, or any other thing that holds you back. As far as how to write them and work towards them, see http://wlrosie.weebly.com/turning-50-soon/category/setting-goals