That "Vision" Thing
I've been having trouble with my life planning recently. I knew I wasn't making much progress in improving my life, but I couldn't make myself move on anything. I felt like I just didn't have any goals. In the words of a (insert adjective here) American president, I was lacking "that vision thing."
So I engaged in a little exercise called visualization. I thought not about what I don't like about my life today (what I want to change) but rather what I want my life to be like in 2007 (what I want to achieve). I wrote down a number of observations about that vision of my future (a completely wireless, mobile "office" that allows me to conduct business anytime/anywhere; sparse, minimalist living quarters without a lot of distractions; a thriving career as a self-published novelist) and those became the goals of my Five Year Plan.
Once I had those written down, it was simple to start breaking them down into their component tasks. I'm using StreamLiner for this, which offers some really nice outlining and project management features. It doesn't allow for the synchronization of action items with Pocket Outlook, but I'm not too concerned about that. When I want to create a task or appointment from StreamLiner, I just use the New^ popup menu in the lower left corner, then mark the item in StreamLiner as done. Works great so far!
So I engaged in a little exercise called visualization. I thought not about what I don't like about my life today (what I want to change) but rather what I want my life to be like in 2007 (what I want to achieve). I wrote down a number of observations about that vision of my future (a completely wireless, mobile "office" that allows me to conduct business anytime/anywhere; sparse, minimalist living quarters without a lot of distractions; a thriving career as a self-published novelist) and those became the goals of my Five Year Plan.
Once I had those written down, it was simple to start breaking them down into their component tasks. I'm using StreamLiner for this, which offers some really nice outlining and project management features. It doesn't allow for the synchronization of action items with Pocket Outlook, but I'm not too concerned about that. When I want to create a task or appointment from StreamLiner, I just use the New^ popup menu in the lower left corner, then mark the item in StreamLiner as done. Works great so far!
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