Thursday, January 5, 2012

Going Goalless?

Okay, so I posted a while back about my inability to meet my goals from year to year.  So for Christmas I requested a copy of Willpower: The lost human characteristic.  So far it's pretty good, in the first chapter it recommends focusing on one thing at a time, because the more we multitask the more our willpower decreases.  Interesting concept.  But looking at 2012 I have had a hard time setting any realistic goals for myself.  Oh I have things I would like to do or try (see previous post) but nothing concrete that says I'm going to do this!   Rather I have taken to focusing my energies to 3 "areas" that have more of an overarching impact on everything else I plan (or hope ) to do this year.  They would be Faith, Focus, and Follow through.
Faith because without it, it's impossible to please God, and a friend recently challenged me about stepping out in faith.  Focus because I tend to start something then set it aside for something else and lose focus when I add a third project and the first one falls further down the list.  Finally, Follow through based on my inability to complete projects once started or to expend needed energy to keep it moving forward once it is completed.  I don't know that these are particularly goals more of a philosophy of how I want to perform this coming year.   Oh and by the way I've done this before as well, I called it a theme for the year along with setting goals, but this year I think I'm just going to focus on implementing my theme. 
So you decide am I setting goals, avoiding goals or changing the way I do things.  Either way that's where I am at today it could change tomorrow, but we're almost a week into the new year and I think I'm going to go with it and see where it takes me after all it's only a year.

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