Goals are helpful. We get things done when we have them. And the side effect? By having a “to-do”, we automatically have a million “not do”s. Goals provide focus. Instead of starting a new project every time I walk into my craft room, my goals last year helped me finish the ones I’d started. This [...]
Categories: Small Change
So … goals for last year were met, unmet, changed, reconsidered, cursed – you name it. I did get all the books on my list read for the year. And am so happy to be back to our regularly random reading. I didn’t get all the quilts on my list done for the year. And [...]
Categories: Life,Small Change
Ok, so I tend to jump on an idea and not think it through completely. Is that better or worse than taking too much time to think? Huh. Anyway … Things are going fine so far, although I did quickly realize that scheduling has to be more flexible than I originally thought. Which is where [...]
Categories: Small Change
Tagged: experiment, schedule
As I sit here, I have tabs open to edit posts for seven different blogs. Seven. Oh, and I have a few more that I’m just not trying to guilt myself into working on at the moment. At least three active, a couple dead and probably a few others I’ve forgotten about. I think I’m [...]
Categories: Idea Hamsters Anonymous,Small Change
Oh, like I’m really one to talk about this subject. I have yet to actually learn how to avoid the “ooh – shiny” syndrome. New projects, topics, issues all spark that engine that runs my hamster wheel. And we’re off and running, leaving whatever I was working on behind. Now, I get things done. I [...]
Categories: Small Change
Tagged: execution, focus, idea hamster, small change
on November experiment: Scheduling myself for strategic success
