I can make lots of goals, but I’d soon drive myself mad and spread myself too thin if I couldn’t be selective about which goal I should be pursuing when. That’s the problem I’ve seen with myself recently. I have too many ideas and I’m trying to go after all of them at the same time. And when I can’t satisfy my goals that I’ve set for them, I end up depressed that I haven’t been successful.
So what I’m saying is you have a lot of great ideas there. You really do. But don’t burn yourself out trying to satisfy all of them at the same time. Pick and choose and set realistic, yet related, goals for yourself. That way a year from now you’re not looking back and wondering why you didn’t get things done. At least, that’s how it would work for me anyway. So anyway, after my little rant…I’m off to go take my own advice!

I can make lots of goals, but I’d soon drive myself mad and spread myself too thin if I couldn’t be selective about which goal I should be pursuing when. That’s the problem I’ve seen with myself recently. I have too many ideas and I’m trying to go after all of them at the same time. And when I can’t satisfy my goals that I’ve set for them, I end up depressed that I haven’t been successful.
So what I’m saying is you have a lot of great ideas there. You really do. But don’t burn yourself out trying to satisfy all of them at the same time. Pick and choose and set realistic, yet related, goals for yourself. That way a year from now you’re not looking back and wondering why you didn’t get things done. At least, that’s how it would work for me anyway. So anyway, after my little rant…I’m off to go take my own advice!

What are your plans for March?

I know VON starts on the 19th and you want to have something happening on the 18th too.

Is that going to be “Make My Own TV?”

The sooner you can let me know what that is the sooner I can make plans. Thanks!

What are your plans for March?

I know VON starts on the 19th and you want to have something happening on the 18th too.

Is that going to be “Make My Own TV?”

The sooner you can let me know what that is the sooner I can make plans. Thanks!

Realty tends to go in 7 year cycles locally and nationally. Here in Boston, we’re in year 2 of a 3 1/2 year decline. Knowing this means you know when roughly you should or should not buy.

Speaking of your finances, I have a brilliant idea. Let’s do a collaboration between small boxes and the Financial Aid Podcast and do a One Page Budget intensive on video for all the world to see.

Realty tends to go in 7 year cycles locally and nationally. Here in Boston, we’re in year 2 of a 3 1/2 year decline. Knowing this means you know when roughly you should or should not buy.

Speaking of your finances, I have a brilliant idea. Let’s do a collaboration between small boxes and the Financial Aid Podcast and do a One Page Budget intensive on video for all the world to see.

How are we supposed to leave our comments after you’ve said everything which we were going to say?

You are spot on – if I look back just one year at how things were going for me, if I were to have had a five year plan, it would certainly not have included what I am doing at this point in time.

Five year plans in my view are silly because you simply cannot know what other things are going to crop up and have an influence.

I think that I prefer setting more open-ended, yet less measureable goals for mysel, which might come pretty close to your multiple stream analogy.

For example, now one of my goals is to, “Make a difference to the New Media community.”

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change of thought
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I had entered the above while sitting here drinking my first cup of coffee, then I became very introspective for a good half-hour and have realized that I’m afraid to make plans because it sets me up for possible failure….

– What if I cannot even meet goals which I’ve set for myself?

- How could I possibly be expected to meet the expectations which someone else might have for me if I cannot even meet my own expectations?

So I scroll back up to read Justin’s comment – maybe that’s my fear, maybe that’s what is holding me back?? –

Am I somehow afraid of myself?
– If so, what part?
– - – My potential, or lack of it?
– - – - Do I really have passion or is it just a blindness to reality?

Maybe it’s all just semantics then? Do I even really need to burn calories worrying about anything which I put in this comment?

How are we supposed to leave our comments after you’ve said everything which we were going to say?

You are spot on – if I look back just one year at how things were going for me, if I were to have had a five year plan, it would certainly not have included what I am doing at this point in time.

Five year plans in my view are silly because you simply cannot know what other things are going to crop up and have an influence.

I think that I prefer setting more open-ended, yet less measureable goals for mysel, which might come pretty close to your multiple stream analogy.

For example, now one of my goals is to, “Make a difference to the New Media community.”

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change of thought
—————————————————-
I had entered the above while sitting here drinking my first cup of coffee, then I became very introspective for a good half-hour and have realized that I’m afraid to make plans because it sets me up for possible failure….

– What if I cannot even meet goals which I’ve set for myself?

- How could I possibly be expected to meet the expectations which someone else might have for me if I cannot even meet my own expectations?

So I scroll back up to read Justin’s comment – maybe that’s my fear, maybe that’s what is holding me back?? –

Am I somehow afraid of myself?
– If so, what part?
– - – My potential, or lack of it?
– - – - Do I really have passion or is it just a blindness to reality?

Maybe it’s all just semantics then? Do I even really need to burn calories worrying about anything which I put in this comment?

If you want something, follow your heart / head / gut. I believe everyone knows the best way to get there. Everything else is just semantics.

The key is to realize what’s holding you back and take action to overcome that stumbling block. Maybe overcoming stumbling blocks can become a new pastime in itself. Moreover, perhaps you’ll be free of stumbling blocks if you cleave through everything, and then you’ll see the bigger scarier question:

What now?

In the meantime, don’t get too hung up on specifics and time charts and Getting Things Done, because that’s just another falsified reality. Instead, get excited about becoming Chris Brogan and let the rest fall into place around you, sir.