I said last month that I was noticing a pattern with my daily posting. How I start off the month strong but then stumble around mid-month. And then spend the rest of the month trying to catch up. This month, the stumble began at the beginning and I’m no where near catching up. The thoughts…
I’ve been using a web app called Momentum Dash for years. It’s a dashboard to help keep you focused on your goals. I like the simplicity of it. The page has an interesting photo of a landscape. That changes daily. And you input your goal for the day. It displays the goal for the day. …
Yesterday, I was lamenting that there wasn’t a tool for me to stay on course with my goals. I wanted a goal-ometer or something to help me stay on track. Cue the woo woo music. This morning, I got an email. And it mentioned the WOOP process for achieving goals. The what? WOOP. It’s an…
You set a goal. And you move towards that goal. Why do we get distracted? Why do we veer off course? We have the best intentions. We WANT to do the thing… But… TV. Social Media. Laundry. Anything. There’s the analogy of airplanes being off course 90% of the time. And the only reason they…
I’m still working my way through The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman. And just finished the chapter “Goal Crazy”. Burkeman suggests that we have an unhealthy focus on goal setting. He suggests that the dark side of goal setting can lead to destructive behaviours and even death. He makes reference to the 1996 disaster at Mount…
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