22Nov/115
Doing something about it – Day 1
Okay, so it's less than 12 hours since my last post, what have I done so far to get me out of my 'start good, finish bad' rut.
- I'm writing a blog post
- I've updated my list of things to do
- I checked on several things and moved them from my Tuesday list to my Wednesday list
- I'm focusing on important things instead of checking Facebook
Things I thought of to put on my list:
- Make a daily schedule of times to do certain things - study, make new schedule, etc.
I don't know how long this will go on, but I want to try and do a daily thing, and posting here is going to help me track myself. Not promising myself anything further than I will do it again tomorrow. I am having surgery on the 29th for my other elbow, so I might not post that day, but I will try to at least post something on the 30th, even if it's "Hi" from my Blackberry with one hand, my left, so i'm not vouching for the spelling 
K, back to work.
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:29
Great post, Matt. Too often we forget that what is needed is action, even if that action is to make a list of actions. Starting small is just fine. If we start with one small action a day in the right direction, gaining momentum will be an eventuality.
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:48
Thanks Loren. I’m trying. Hopefully one of the offshoots of this will be that I blog more
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:57
Posting about it here may be one way to make it happen — it potentially makes you accountable to more people than just yourself.
But don’t kick yourself for so many false starts — I’ve had more than my share as well. The trick, at least for me, seems to be finding benefit in what I do. If what I’m doing isn’t somehow reaping benefits, well… I lose interest and it falls off. Is that a bad thing? Not really, no, because obviously it was a time waste. The trick may be then to step back and redefine the goal… maybe it wasn’t what you thought, just needs to be refined. Maybe this approach wasn’t right, so try something else but still working towards the same end. Be unconventional if that means finding something that works for you and you can stick with it.
I know you’ve had false starts, I know that’s been a source of frustration over the years. Just don’t kick yourself. Keep at it… something will eventually stick. All depends how bad you want it.
November 22nd, 2011 - 21:08
I like list making – I often put down more than I can do, but at leas it encourages me to do >i>something, and then it kid of snowballs.
November 22nd, 2011 - 21:09
Um, a little problem with the html. Just pretend that “something” is in italics.