Em's Goals

[darkemeralds]

That there is my new goal tracker. I'm trying out Joe's Goals. It's a way to get a bit more directional about what's important: you list things you'd like to be doing more of (or less of), assign them weights, and put a checkmark in a box for each time you do one of them.

I'm tracking writing, podfic-making, blog posting, riding my bike, keeping to my calorie limits, taking my vitamins, and a few other things.

No clue if this kind of tool will be a long-term benefit, but it's fun, easy, and free, and I think it has some real potential for helping me create a deliberate life.

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[darkemeralds]

I know just what you mean. I get all enthusiastic and sign up for ten things, and then none of them really help me make meaningful changes.

I like Joe's Goals because it's super simple and provides a bit of a prod for me to do what I believe is important, and thereby waste less time.

I decided to give "watching TV" a value of negative 2 points; not that I intend to stop watching all shows, just that I want to be more discriminating about what I watch. Knowing it's going to cost me 2 points has suddenly liberated me entirely from four or five shows that I watch out of some weird sense of obligation. It's fantastic!

Also, free. Free is good.