As someone who’s easily distracted, I understand the need to stay focused on what’s important (and to remind myself of that truth). A companion of that need is remembering to remind myself.
Like so many others at this time of year, I’m in the throes of project planning and goal setting. The new year brings a blank slate, washed clean of last year’s smudges of failure and lost dreams.
It might seem premature to consider the possibility of obstacles. But we all know they’re there, the key is not to let them distract from what’s truly important. Following a roadmap and tracking milestones seems a sure way to reach a destination.
It’s a new year full of new days and a blank day-week-month planner waiting to be filled. I’m looking forward to the possibilities, all the lessons to be learned and the trails (wild or tame) waiting to be taken.
Thanks for some great rules to live by as we go forward into 2019 with more goals than are practical.
You’re welcome, Joyce. You make a good point about overreaching. I have a tendency to do that too, so I’ve tried to be real in my goal setting this year. May you have a prosperous writing year, in every way!
Obstacles can be opportunities to stretch ourselves and grow our persistence-muscles. They can also reveal what’s really important at a particular time (which might not be writing at all, but family or friends). Thank you, Diana, and I hope your year is full of only the good kind of opportunities.