Goals, lists and other productivity tools
Before I jump to my topic du jour, here is the photo I promised. All the background fabric including the outer border are music prints...hence the name Classical Crossroads.
I decided not to crop out so much of my front porch deck so you could see the shady retreat the wisteria creates.... now that the weather is warming.
I'm a list person. I accomplish so much more when I create and work from a list. I think it has something to do with the way my brain is wired. My memory is selective at best, but most of the time non existent. So a list is a must and I do ok on the days I use one.
Goals are a different animal. I know the importance of goals but when I attempt to set one or more of them, follow through to completion is a serious problem. That inability to see something through is probably wiring related too. Or perhaps the problem is setting too broad a goal without smaller stepping stone goals to get bigger projects done.
Routines are another tool that I could use to a better advantage. Hmmm.....
So one of my goals for May is to develop a system to incorporate stepping stone goals and routines into my daily & weekly lists. AND I'm going to enlist the help of my husband. Tonight we are going out for dinner and a play so I'm going to take along some paper for goal brainstorming.
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I decided not to crop out so much of my front porch deck so you could see the shady retreat the wisteria creates.... now that the weather is warming.I'm a list person. I accomplish so much more when I create and work from a list. I think it has something to do with the way my brain is wired. My memory is selective at best, but most of the time non existent. So a list is a must and I do ok on the days I use one.
Goals are a different animal. I know the importance of goals but when I attempt to set one or more of them, follow through to completion is a serious problem. That inability to see something through is probably wiring related too. Or perhaps the problem is setting too broad a goal without smaller stepping stone goals to get bigger projects done.
Routines are another tool that I could use to a better advantage. Hmmm.....
So one of my goals for May is to develop a system to incorporate stepping stone goals and routines into my daily & weekly lists. AND I'm going to enlist the help of my husband. Tonight we are going out for dinner and a play so I'm going to take along some paper for goal brainstorming.
- One of the household goals is to progress on the living room remodel. I know it's not realistic to expect it to be finished this month so one of the discussions tonight will be how much we think we can get done.
- Quilty goals include finishing quilting the charity quilts for Rosie. #4 is on the machine; 5 & 6 are in the queue.
- Quilt the Classical Crossroads quilt.
- Finish piecing Kelly's graduation quilt.
- Quilt for 15 minutes (at least) a day, everyday. (Thank you Suzanne!)
- Step up the marketing of my current long arm machine so I can take delivery and get down to business with the A-1.
- Blog everyday.... keep it super simple though. One topic per day.
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Comments
Goals? The "Quilt 15 minutes a day" works for me, and almost ALWAYS expands to an hour or more. I start sewing after I've had my morning shower, letting my hair air dry, and listen to music before going to work. That starts me off with "success" first thing. I've given up on the morning TV with the horrid repetitive stuff, and we don't see Simply Quilts any more.
I keep a list of varioius projects for the day, most are easy or 'regular', just to remind me to get them DONE. Looking at the list that is checked off also confirms I was productive today.
My lists and goals are pretty much interchangeable and I do accomplish more if I actually identify what I want to get done rather than leaving it to chance.
I try to have a weekly list and then each day before I get out of bed, I decide what I'm going to work on that day. I also try to have slightly ambitious goals but don't worry so much if I don't get everything done.
Love from Indiana! ~bonnie