Setting Some Goals

Goal Setting

So let me clarify something: I am actually extremely goal oriented. Everything I do has a system; I always have plans. My biggest problem, however, is that I tend to never accomplish any of them. It’s not that I don’t want to, but I seem to constantly lack the motivation to accomplish all the things that I want to accomplish. Truth be told, this may be related to my realization that I have high-functioning autism, (more on that in future posts), but regardless of why, I want to overcome it and actually do the things I set out for myself.

I feel like if I post my goals, thoughts, methodologies etc. out there for all to see and make it public, then maybe I’ll be more inclined to do the things. If nothing else, it’s nice to get a brain-dump of my thoughts ‘on paper’ as it were so that I can review them later. It’s nice to look back at my thoughts from long ago and see how I’ve progressed.

Now full disclaimer: I have a family with a new child on the way. I’m also working on building our new house and moving. With 2 toddlers and a baby, there is only so much that I can accomplish. I’m not trying to accomplish all my goals fast. My goal, however, is to be slow and steady.

I’ve created a goals page to track all my goal-related posts. This should help to be able to look back at all my work.

Rough List

The following is simply a rough list of all my plans. My goals page should hold the official living document.

Goals

  • Build homestead and become self-reliant on food, water, and electricity.
  • Start a business or multiple businesses. I’ve got several ideas:
    • Sell my homestead products, (food, teas, restored furniture, etc.) online and at my “shoppe”
    • Azure Consulting for businesses
    • Software if AI doesn’t ruin that for me.
  • Pay off all debt.
  • Start a ministry to serve God. I’m not sure exactly what, and this has been a struggle of mine for a while. I really want to do something, but I have to really pray about this.
  • Lose weight and get in better shape.
  • Many more that I can’t think of right now.

So here are some things that I want to accomplish. My plan is to chip away at these as best as I can. Some of these, I can’t really start until outside factors stop blocking my path forward. For example, I can’t start the homestead until my house is built.

Looking at the above list, it looks like I can work on a couple of these: Lose weight and start a ministry. My thoughts now will be on what I can do. I’ll be praying and meditating on this.

As far as lose weight goes, I’ve already started running daily, so I’ll need to keep it up and post about my progress.

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true. - Greg Reid