I recently blogged about being stuck on a hamster wheel, where forward progress seems, if not impossible, then darn hard. Life is messy and sometimes not designed to be easy. I do want to move forward in my writing career, so I’ve been looking at successful and busy friends for motivation and inspiration. Here is my conclusion…
Sorry, I have no idea. Each of my friends has different responsibilities and priorities and all approach them differently. Somehow, they get the job done, splendidly in my opinion. However, if you talked to them most would say they aren’t doing anything extraordinary. They have doubts and naysayers (family members are the best in that role) just like all of us. They also have a support system they know they can fall back on if needed (ironically, family members can also be good at that). Priorities and goals play a big role in their success and both can change and fluctuate daily, but long term often remain steady. They can be moving along when they get hit with one of life’s bombs, and instead of giving up they fall back on their support system, readjust their daily priorities and find a way to get back to working on the long-term goal. They ignore, or actively try to, any judgmental people crossing their paths. They know what they want … and they have an idea on how to get it.
Now that I’ve written this down, aside from mental health issues that need to be addressed by a therapist or psychiatrist, I think for me it is a matter of clearly defining my goals and to stop procrastinating. So, after this blog is finished (number 1 today), I will take the time to clearly write down my big goals in life then come up with a plan on how to get them. Cathi has talked about resources for this in her blog, Off Track. I’ve already done this in my head, but I need to commit them to paper. That way I can refer to them when I find that I’m spending too much time spinning my wheels on something that is not propelling me toward my goal. It is so easy to think that spending hours deciding where to hang the artwork in my new place is a priority in getting my life in order. If I look at the big picture, I would just hang them and be done with it! I have more important things to do, like make this website more user friendly and marketable (a step toward a long-term goal). Stay tuned for Game of Books’ new look, if my new found, goal-oriented approach takes hold. Naysayers be damned!
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