Goal Setting

We all need to have goals, large and small. Large goals for me are:

• Find a new job
• Lose weight
• Travel to Europe
• Become a world renowned (or at least paid) artist and author

My small goals are much more mundane. They could almost be called my "To Do" list, but writing them out as goals makes them sound more important. So, here are my goals for today:

• Shave my legs (check)...not exciting but needed to be done
• Blog (check)...this will be the top of every goal list this week
• Complete the paperwork for getting a passport

Whew, that seems like a pretty full day there... I don't want to wear myself out!!

Now in thinking about the "large" goals and the "small" goals I think perhaps I need to come up with some "medium" goals. The medium goals are those that are actually attainable in a respectable amount of time, however, they also require slightly more focus and time to complete. Small goals can be part of the completion of a medium goal and medium goals can be part of the completion of larger goals. So, here are my medium goals:

• Acquire my passport
• Rewrite my resume, again
• Get my car washed
• Mail Mother's and Father's Day presents (yeah, I'm a wee bit late)
• Mail the Queen her wine)
• Figure out what is wrong with my Mac Book
• Perform wardrobe repair (e.g., replace buttons, hems, patch, etc.)

Of course, now I have to remember that I've set these goals, track to them, and report on them, don't I? I guess look for future reports on where I am on completing my goals.