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It's strange, sometimes, how things come up. An idea pops up in front of you, in following it you turn around, then look up - and whoa! that little something turns out to be quite huge!

Now, I'm obviously writing this at almost 1 in the morning, but it's truly not a "dark hour of the soul" moment.

I did absolutely nothing on at least five of my most important must-dos yesterday (Saturday). I did do some work on slightly lesser things, but now I have to rush or get counted off on the others.

I find myself doing this more and more often - and have realized that it's because I'm avoiding what will happen if I don't have the excuse of needing to do these must-dos.

If I don't get them done during the week, then I have the excuse to not join in the weekly chat with a bunch of wonderful people - except for two that I once thought were my friends. I don't have to deal with that.

Another example - if I don't get them done/worked on each day, I have no time to write, thus ensuring that nothing ever gets posted anywhere, that I don't improve because no one reads me, and though I say "I'll write it someday," which, of course, never comes.

I read something today, which partly is the reason why I'm posting this. It's stuck with me today.

The entire entry is here: http://www.realgoalgetter.com/2005/09/motivation-get-unstuck.html ; I've trimmed out a part of it:

Ask for help. I know this idea sounds so un-American-I can do it myself-I can handle it-I don’t need any one-proud and independent blather, but it works, just about every time. Just make sure you ask the right people: instead of asking those that are just as stuck as you, ask those who have been where you are and found their way to the other side.

A word of caution, however. While there is much to gain by getting un-stuck, there are a few things you must be prepared to give up as well. Things like:

•not being responsible/accountable for where you are
•no one expecting anything from you
•the helpless victim role
•the security and safety of the familiar

But if you are ready to give these things up, then let’s get going, it’s time to get unstuck and go live. It’s like the old saying, “a ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not for what ships are made.”

Happy sailing, and keep the change!

Gee, Theresa, you've almost run aground again, isn't it about time you sailed back out into the ocean? :rolleyes:

Going to bed soon
Theresa
(who feels better after posting

1. Goals and intents and how far I've gotten – makes me accountable.

Found out I made a B (and got a "good job") in my Business Law class. I'm proud of it - put a lot of hard work into the class to earn that B, by golly! However, I'm disappointed because it's pulled me down into the lower B ranking for gpa, 3.22. I got B+'s in my other classes; I haven't been able to break that B/A barrier. I don't want to graduate in 2/07 with a low B or lower gpa on a Master's degree, for Pete's sake!

09-18-2005, 09:23 PM

I decided to post my current long term goals. There are a couple of every week ones thrown in, but it's a rough draft anyway, not organized.

1. Monday morning/every morning - Mark's Monday Morning Manifestations .

2. Weigh 100-110 pounds by June 1, 2006 - to look good in a swimsuit/scuba diving, for health. How - Matt Furey exercises (which I haven't done yet today . )

09-15-2005, 09:40 PM

Ummm, gee, well, urk! That's about how I feel at the moment, for some strange reason. It's silly - I have all these goals and plans and dreams, but when it comes to writing them down and planning on paper - whoof! they all disappear. It's almost like I have to force myself to do it.

I decided and began planning out learning to scuba dive. It will be a good skill to have when I go to Australia and Hawaii in the next few years (ok, some more goals actually somewhere besides my head!).

Hi All! :)

I am trying to get all of my journal/blogging sites organized and on the same page. I'm planning on updating much more often. :)

I don't see any options for backdating here, so for these first three and any others I add someday, I'll include the date and time I on which I wrote them.

09-17-2005, 01:11 PM

...and I like the chorus of Daryl Worley's song "I love this crazy, tragic, Sometimes almost magic, Awful, beautful life" (ok, so the spelling's wrong on the site I copied from http://www.dapslyrics.com/display.php?sid=6895 )