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Still working on my 101 things in 1001 days list, and I've got 60 listed. Now I'm poaching off other people's lists because I'm out of ideas. Sadly, most people's lists fall into one of two categories: "I already do that on a regular basis/have accomplished that" and "but we need to be realistic, here".
The first group invariably has things like "bake a cake" and "donate blood" and "get married". I'm not saying these aren't good goals! They are! ...but not for me, and I'm looking to steal ideas. So those won't work, and this is probably the vast majority of the goals I see out there. I think in part because the vast majority of people who blog these lists are young.
The second group has goals that probably aren't reasonably attainable for me, usually revolving around travel. The likelihood of me visiting several foreign countries over the next three years is... not high. So those are out.
There are fairly few person-specific goals out there, though you see them now and again (one person wanted to take the LSAT, for example). I'd like most of my goals to fit into this category, which would mean very little to others looking for inspiration (for example, we got a new shed, but haven't taken the old one down... how many other people out there have two sheds?).
Lastly, a lot of financial goals. I tried to jump on this bandwagon, with the "31 days to fix your finances" thingee. I got stuck on step two, where you had to list 10 goals. Now, mind you, I have goals coming out the wazoo, but none that seem relevant to this task. I kind of came up with 8, but they weren't very solid. Mostly, when asked where I want to be in 20 years... I see myself here, albeit with a new car and a paid-off house. And a slightly improved house. And more retirement.
But then they started asking you to really quantify things, and my brain went all jelly. Sure, if I just keep making house payments, the house well be paid off. And I rather plan on just sliding from one car payment to another. But then it goes all pear-shaped. What home improvements? How much more retirement? And I just stop wanting to think about it. I've never budgeted, I'm not good at it. I don't think that will change. I'm smart about not spending money, I don't get into debt and I save, but I'm complete rubbish at planning. So... I guess those goals aren't for me, but I may adopt the "donate $10 for every goal not accomplished to charity" one just for motivation. Not that I won't donate to charity anyway, so it probably won't be much motivation, but, hey, it fills a slot.
Lastly, still sick, which is making me more stressed and cranky than normal, which sucks. I'm stressed because my house is a pit because I'm too tired to clean. I'm stressed that I'm not doing any crafting because I don't have the energy. I'm stressed about other things because I legitimately should be concerned but there's nothing I can do. I don't like stress. Step one of that exercise was to list your five core values, the things you want most in life. My list? Happiness, serenity, comfort, fun, fulfillment. Nothing high-adrenaline, I'm not a stress-junkie in the slightest. Hmmmm, maybe I should have included health on there...
In better news, I've actually completed three items on my 100/100 list! Yes, they were easy ones, but hey, a finish is a finish. I'm going to upload pics of the pages as soon as I sort out picture hosting (I was using my LJ account, but I let my paid journal lapse, and at some point Flickr merged with Yahoo and I don't know how to get into my old account... so I suppose it'll be Photobucket).
Enough rambling, things to do, people to see, stresses to internalize!
The first group invariably has things like "bake a cake" and "donate blood" and "get married". I'm not saying these aren't good goals! They are! ...but not for me, and I'm looking to steal ideas. So those won't work, and this is probably the vast majority of the goals I see out there. I think in part because the vast majority of people who blog these lists are young.
The second group has goals that probably aren't reasonably attainable for me, usually revolving around travel. The likelihood of me visiting several foreign countries over the next three years is... not high. So those are out.
There are fairly few person-specific goals out there, though you see them now and again (one person wanted to take the LSAT, for example). I'd like most of my goals to fit into this category, which would mean very little to others looking for inspiration (for example, we got a new shed, but haven't taken the old one down... how many other people out there have two sheds?).
Lastly, a lot of financial goals. I tried to jump on this bandwagon, with the "31 days to fix your finances" thingee. I got stuck on step two, where you had to list 10 goals. Now, mind you, I have goals coming out the wazoo, but none that seem relevant to this task. I kind of came up with 8, but they weren't very solid. Mostly, when asked where I want to be in 20 years... I see myself here, albeit with a new car and a paid-off house. And a slightly improved house. And more retirement.
But then they started asking you to really quantify things, and my brain went all jelly. Sure, if I just keep making house payments, the house well be paid off. And I rather plan on just sliding from one car payment to another. But then it goes all pear-shaped. What home improvements? How much more retirement? And I just stop wanting to think about it. I've never budgeted, I'm not good at it. I don't think that will change. I'm smart about not spending money, I don't get into debt and I save, but I'm complete rubbish at planning. So... I guess those goals aren't for me, but I may adopt the "donate $10 for every goal not accomplished to charity" one just for motivation. Not that I won't donate to charity anyway, so it probably won't be much motivation, but, hey, it fills a slot.
Lastly, still sick, which is making me more stressed and cranky than normal, which sucks. I'm stressed because my house is a pit because I'm too tired to clean. I'm stressed that I'm not doing any crafting because I don't have the energy. I'm stressed about other things because I legitimately should be concerned but there's nothing I can do. I don't like stress. Step one of that exercise was to list your five core values, the things you want most in life. My list? Happiness, serenity, comfort, fun, fulfillment. Nothing high-adrenaline, I'm not a stress-junkie in the slightest. Hmmmm, maybe I should have included health on there...
In better news, I've actually completed three items on my 100/100 list! Yes, they were easy ones, but hey, a finish is a finish. I'm going to upload pics of the pages as soon as I sort out picture hosting (I was using my LJ account, but I let my paid journal lapse, and at some point Flickr merged with Yahoo and I don't know how to get into my old account... so I suppose it'll be Photobucket).
Enough rambling, things to do, people to see, stresses to internalize!