Kerch's posts Kerch on 26 Feb 2007 07:59 am
Just where am I going?
Sometimes I get all stuck in my own problems. I guess everyone does from time to time. I worry that I’m not doing, or completing, the tasks I’ve set for myself. I’m wasting time or resources or something. That kind of thinking spirals me down into that nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel position that, even as the old joke goes, makes it impossible to actually work.
So sometimes I know there is value it standing up straight, looking around and reflecting on where I’m really headed.
For me it has to be about more than just Leslie’s Job 1. When someone gives me directions to a new place, first I want to know the address. I must know where I’m headed before I can begin to process the directions from here to there.
I also have to believe there is some value at the destination otherwise it’s easy to put it off and put it off, never starting and certainly never getting there.
So, I’m working to get clear on my destination. What do I want? Because I know that then, and only then, can I figure out how to get it.
Geez, I hope this is progress.
on 27 Feb 2007 at 9:00 am 1.Leslie said …
“What is Job 1? It’s the thing that you have to do on any given day that probably defines your day, whether you like it or not.”
What defines your day is defined - hopefully - by what defines YOU. This self-definition is multi-faceted, isn’t it? When the kids were little, Job 1 was probably Mother, regardless of what non-Mother tasks were on your To Do list for that day. When you were in college, Job 1 was (allegedly)allegedly Student. Except when Recreation got in the way!