Goals

I'm still reading Jack Canfield's book The Success Principles. He says something about how we're responsible for where we are in our life.

What he's getting at is that if you're in a crappy job then you are the only one who can change it. You would think this would be a "duh, well, yeah," gimmie but you can apply it to a lot of things.

A writer: why didn't I get my page count for the day? Maybe I spent too much time on e-mail or took the day off and went shopping. Those are things I could change. Copy Edits coming would be a different matter. Then I would have to readjust my schedule but not abandon it. There are a lot of things I can control.

What if you work outside the home and you really want to paint the bedroom but you never seem to have the time. I talk on the phone with my daughter or son way too much. Okay, I bought something that fits on my head like the telephone operators used to wear and it was very inexpensive. I can slip my phone in my pocket and walk around the house doing whatever while I'm talking to them. And I did get the bedroom painted, by the way.

Is there something you want to do but can't find the time? You are responsible for changes you want to make in your life.

I want to finish my current book by the middle of next week. I need around 50 more pages but I also need to finish my copy edits by Friday and mail them back to New York, I have critique on Saturday and other obligations---okay the latest I should be finished is Friday the 13th. I've done a plan of action. I'll let the loop know whether I've met my goal.

Do you have a goal and a plan of action (specific) for meeting that goal? Write it down and put it some where that you see it every day. Keep me posted on how it goes.

Good Luck!
Karen Kelley
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