Trying to get my ideas out of my head and onto this page is a harder process than I thought it would be.
Let us begin with an example:
Like many people who have reached their middle age, I have become interested in running a marathon. I have no idea why marathon running and mid-life crises go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jam, but they seem to.
So of course, being a marathon runner weaves itself into my narrative of what it means to be successful. I can bearly shuffle much more than 10km at a pace that would make a turtle blush and am severely overweight. I am an utterly unsuccessful marathon runner.
So, in consolation, I watch a season of The Expanse. The Expanse is a brilliant show – if you enjoy action-sci-fi I highly recommend it – but I digress.
If you look at my actions, watching The Expanse, and compare them to my goal of running a marathon, the problem is obvious. If my goal was to watch The Expanse, then it would be mission accomplished. But it wasn’t!
The issue is that I only focus on that goal of running the marathon now and again. Then I get depressed and move on with my life.
Goals are hard and achieving them is harder. But I suppose they don’t need to be. I just don’t have the right tools.
Key Questions: What do I want? What am I willing to do to get what I want? Success comes from correctly answering those questions.
Of course, I am writing this blog post instead of studying or finishing my work project… So there is that!