Monday, January 24, 2011

Goal

The goal of this blog is to create a place where I can administer my own opinions on life, specifically relating to being a gentlemen and perhaps being human. I myself am an aspiring gentleman who is working on being human, so as I experience new revelations, hopefully on a weekly basis, I will post my new found enlightenment.




In the spirit of the title I will also administer my first thoughts on being a successful human, focussed on having goals.

Why goals are beneficial:
   -Tangible marker of progress
   -Help organize
   -Give a greater sense of purpose
   -Help view the larger & smaller pictures
   -Prevent stagnation
   -e.c.

I have found it beneficial for myself that when setting goals I use two different styles of setting. My first style of setting goals is my favorite; as I go about my day I almost always have my journal on me and when a potential goal presents itself I write it down. Later, I usually read through my journal and take notes of different ideas I have had and sort out the good from the bad. The other method I use is much more regulated than the first. The second method is done by sitting down, generally at the beginning of a new "phase" of life, with pen and paper and set goals concerning all of my obligations, wants, and needs. Generally this is much more of a drawn out and less inspired practice.

The greatest challenge that I face concerning goals is sticking to them. I find that it is beneficial to set multiple types of goals (long-term and short-term, lofty and realistic, practicable and for fun)


-A.G.

1 comment:

  1. I think I will also post on different topics concerning my pursuit of higher education.

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