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Goals, Dreams, and Secrets: 2010 and Beyond
posted: December 9, 2009
In the past few days I have received a couple things that really got me thinking. As thinking is one of my favorite things to do, this makes me really excited and happy.
First, I got an email from writer/blogger Chris Guillebeau, 2009 Annual Review: Overview and Outline.
"The idea is to create a road map for the year ahead – not a rigid daily schedule, but an overall outline of what matters to me and what I hope to achieve in the next year."
"The goal-setting exercise and Annual Review are all about changing things yourself instead of waiting for change to suddenly show up one day."
Each year on Christmas Eve, my Mother and I talk at length about the year past and what we hope for the future. It's become our holiday tradition. The annual review Chris outlines is an analytical focused exercise similar to me and mom's Christmas Eve chat. As I consider what I want, and how I want to get there, I see a great value in grounding these ideas on the page. So, I committing to mapping my plan for 2010 and beyond in writing, and documenting it here on my website.
The second thing I received was The Secret on CD. I was visiting a dear friend of mine, playwright Waylon Wood, talking about life. He handed me the box of CD's and said, "give this a listen." Being a child of new age hippie parents, initially I sort of rolled my eyes. I'd actually already been given the book by my mother over a year ago. My approach to life typically leans towards pragmatic realism, so I think I read the first chapter and put it on the shelf. As it was on CD this time, it's been very easy to listen to the text while I work.
What I've taken from these things, is that having a clear vision of what you want, makes it possible to have what you want. And there are a lot of things that I want, believe you me, I will have them.
"Success comes from within, not from without" - Emerson
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