" Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize..."
Silly me has let a trash can's existence go to waste as it sits next to my desk carrying random items that I've shoved in it. Every now and then over the past few months I've had-- no shit, _trash_ and nowhere to put it and thought; my, my, if only that trash can didn't have all that other crap in it, then I could actually use it as a trash can!MBF
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maybe i'm wrong; but here's why -
it seems like lots of growth in society didn't occur until people learned to plan ahead. When there was a winter, and people learned how to farm enough in the summer to last through times of less (what's the opposite word for plenty?)
I think, being able to look ahead, plan many steps in advance, to overcome our instincts when our mind tells us better (re Frank Herbert's "Dune" series) and therefore achieve goals that do not provide immediate benefit, but are worthwhile for ourselves, or future generations... like building a city, roads, bridges, the pyramids are a cool example of what is possible, although maybe they were not 'necessarry', but the point is, people who can see their dreams like they're real, who seem to know what's over the horizon... sometimes there is something really amazing that they're able to achieve, and sometimes these things are a benefit to others as well. And I think people, when they look back at these bigger accomplishments in their own lifetime, feel good about them too, someitmes...
So, I think people need to learn how to live in the moment, but also how to plan and incorporate discipline in their lives. But more importantly, i think people need to learn to know when each is appropriate... I'm not really sure how to tell... except after the fact, maybe, but ...perhaps that's part of the 'art of life' ...
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there is an acronym to help people make goals, called SMART goals:
Specific
Measureable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-oriented
some of that is stragihtforward, i guess. if you can't measure it, it's hard to know how you're doing, to stay on track, or know that you've succeeded.
If it's not achievable, like some lofty idealistic goal, maybe it's better as a mission statement; you need to break goals down into smaller bits, and make progress, in order to get momentum, and perpetuate your motivation iwith successes...
specific - if you don't define what you want to do as closely as possible, the goals that flow from it, and other objectives, and choices that you make to try and support the goal, will be less clear, too... so, if there are 10 ways to solve a problem, the first goal might choose to use one way, and then you could change that particular goal and method to a different specific one, instead of say, half-trying 10 different ways... one's energy must be somewhat focussed to reach success - do, or do not do... not everything is that way, but some things only give some benefit if you complete them to the final stage, which is what this tries to consider i think.
time oriented is not always super-important, so often gets overlooked, and therefore becomes a big part of people's problems ... instead of saying 'someday i will do this' you say 'wednesday i will start this part, spend this much time, then by next wednesday i will start the next part after finishing this, and be done friday so i can start something else/ will have what i need from this' Setting an actual time, or even a place, etc, makes things more real, helps you remember and puts things in there place - you can make sure you don't spend too much or too little time on something - you can spend as much time on things as the benefit they will give you back (in your own estimation, even)
some things we rush, because the fun comes after finishing, some we drag out, because they are fun in doing, but this should help keep things in perspective, and keep different goals in balance, so all our needs are met, etc
m_G
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