Writeous Living http://writeousliving.posterous.com Most recent posts at Writeous Living posterous.com Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:01:07 -0800 Here's to a Fruitful Year! http://writeousliving.posterous.com/heres-to-a-fruitful-year http://writeousliving.posterous.com/heres-to-a-fruitful-year Originally I had planned to get this blog up and running the first of December. That was quite an ambitious thought since I was facing finals and all kinds of other necessities leading up to graduation. Needless to say, I’m beginning now in hopes that I will have enough time to consistently write. I read a book about blogging, “Create Your Own Blog: 6 easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro” by Tris Hussey, because I wanted to see what exactly I was getting myself into. As far as the first post, Tris assured me that all first posts are terrible. Apparently, everyone looks back at their first post a few months later and wonders what exactly they were thinking. So, there’s my disclaimer for why this post is nothing extraordinary. For the past few days I have been listing, editing, revising – formulating and calculating my goals for 2011, infinity and beyond. (Ok, Buzz Lightyear)…I must admit, I’m a tad overwhelmed and when that happens, I tend to re-strategize and recalculate my every move in order to accomplish what I’m setting out to do. Trying to make it easier to succeed and harder to fail. I’ve set up a page dedicated to listing out goals as I accomplish them. This is an attempt to keep me accountable – to keep me focused and well, interested in pursuing them when they seem tough and out of control. Why haven’t I listed them to begin with and then cross them off as I go? Isn’t that an easy cop-out? Well, most likely. However, my roommate and I have a theory about this that explains why I think it’s better to keep it on the DL (down low) until it’s done. Theory: If you verbally state your goal, it can (at times) seem like you’ve already done it (even though you haven’t even started). Explanation? Saying it aloud, especially in front of others, is like a binding process…you practically have to do it now. But something funny happens – your brain acts like you’ve already done it –or– it sucks out all of the goal's appeal and you are left thinking it wasn’t a worthy idea to begin with. I’ve found that telling someone you are going to do something, when it’s merely a fleeting thought or something that sounds like a good idea, is worthless. Goals take serious planning and serious strategy execution. (Whew, that sounds so serious – I’m getting all psyched up!) Whatever, the point is – I’m keeping them secret because revealing them one by one will be more exciting. I may write a post about my journey to completion when I add something to the page – I may not. Make sure you check the page though…it’s about to get crazy! Here’s to a safe, prosperous and fruitful new year. Blessings!

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