“All successful people, men and women,
are big dreamers.
They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect,
and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
Author Brian Tracy
The above quote was the encouragement our writing workshop leader gave to begin our Work Together Time, today. We share our goal for the day, work on it for 50 mins; then report our progress together at the end. I had shared that I planned to re-evaluate my goals and re-establish my calendar.
This quote faced me with ‘myself’, realizing goal setting is difficult for me but when I’m beginning a project, I’m full of goals, plans and full steam ahead with no rest. Not exactly balanced, right? Other times, I’m more scattered, ‘ethereal’ or whatever. Just ‘blowin in the wind’, as-the-Spirit-leads kinda person. I’ve realized that since retiring I need to have personal rituals to keep productive and healthy. The problem is I relish NOT having to get going! If I want to sit outside with the cats, and birds and fish and my coffee, I can!
So, my plan was to set goals and reorganize my calendar – which would have been more “move this over there and that over here” kind of fruitless playing with my Google Calendar
(I love my Google calendar – it’s like playing when I was a kid – I’d rather ‘rearrange and color those little squares than actually DOING what I write in them to do !!! – I can’t believe I just admitted that! )
All of that ‘self-awareness’s caused me realize why I’m so scattered in this writing collaborative stuff – working on 2 or 3 projects at a time isn’t working. I do have a Real, Honest-to-goodness GOAL of getting this year’s Celebrate Life Today Twelve Step Workshop launched. Note to self: FOCUS – First Things First – (Proverbs 3:5,6 NKJ and Philippians 2:13 LRB)
They say confession is good for the soul and in this case, it’s given me a whole New Outlook and New Perspective. I actually feel refreshed and enthused! I now Know what I have to do !!! AND I’m excited to get going…. So, bye for now.
BTW – This was like a mini 4th & 5th Step and
YOU’re the “Other Human Being”.
Thanks for Reading. xoxo