I am contemplating committing to a contract. This particular contract is one that I create and post on StickK.
Before I write my contract, I must decide to what I will commit.
I've been reading the StickK testimonials, and I am curious about the experiences. I've noticed some OSers blog their personal commitments, and I wonder about the success that has come to them as a result.
I've never been strong at forming goals and putting them into print. I've been pretty good at taking punches and putting my feet on the floor, but that is another topic.
Before I write my contract, I am going to blog (stream--using the word list causes me panic) possible contract options. These are the things on my mind this morning.
--I will commit to completing a poetry chapbook. (This month? Deadlines!)
-- I will commit to flying lessons. (When?)
-- I will commit to a rock climbing beginner's course. (Take #2 daughter!)
--I will commit to less betting during March Madness (will I?)
--I will walk more, daily (how much? Be specific Scup.)
--I will read again (You dare include reading here?)
--I will complete the still life before the apple rots. (Better feel it first.)
-- I will make and keep health appointments (Sure. Tell that to your friends.)
Contemplating. I zone a lot, but how well do I contemplate? Commitment. Hell. I can barely spell it. The word always looks like it needs a third t. Goal setting? I never get it right. Once I wrote a list of things fifty things I'd like to do all over again. That list was meaningful. A contract with myself? Didn't I stream this type of thing last month? Maybe I'll zone a bit on the progress of my modest proposals for 2010. Where was StikK then? Oh blather.
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Lets see. Rock climbing. Flying lessons.
I think you want to get high. You want to soar above the mundane. You want to be free.
Me too. Do those things. Forget the rest.
R
I think starting small might be good (take a walk each day - you'll get several good benefits from that)...then you're rewarded for accomplishing one goal and feel heartened to go on to the next and the next and the next.
I am a big vision maker and follow througher. I'm about to move to Colorado to start a fresh adventure with my husband, my son is graduating and joining the Air Force, we are debt free and looking forward to buying a house outright.
My friend who mocks my planning and visions is 58 years old and had to move in with her 80 year old mother. Life sucks.
Which way would you prefer? Believe me, you are your vision. And everybody has one, whether it's loaded for success or just "nothing good ever happens to me."
I find putting one foot on front of the other is often a good start. Like right now even though I don't want to I'm going for walk. How I will feel when I get back is my motivation to move.
Now the taxes ...I feel that pain too.
R
Just pick one!
Very entertaining, Scupper, thanks!
Kisses,
Marcela
But I know, believe me I know - you need wings to fly.
Go for a walk, and finish the still life - the apples are done - toss them to the chickens.
My list is much longer than yours - get busy - come back and write.
We are here to work.
Making the most beautiful cup of tea you've ever had in your life,and sitting down on the verandah watching the way the shadows and the light fall about that tree trunk is work.
Apply yourself, scupper - complain about it later, how you didn't get that quite right. But god, you were close.
Sharon made me laugh. I love it when she does that.
what a combo you two are
I am reporting pro-active behavior today. I made the tax appt. and hired a consultant for the woes of the previous year. That's some progress to note.