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I’d rather write than talk. Nobody interrupts! Posting monthly or less now--see below. |
My original purpose for this blog, which I started in August of 2019, was to see if I could maintain consistency, to discover what I want to write about, and to find my writing voice. In January, I started a "niche-less" blog at Wordpress.com where I've published weekly. -- Kit’s Kontemplations  . -- I'm preparing to start a Catholic blog on Wordpress.com where I'll post weekly, and another site to put the rest of my writing. I also want to spend more time reading other blogs and offering thoughtful comments, both here on WDC and elsewhere. At most, I will publish once a month at no set time in this blog starting in September of 2020. Thank you to those who have read and rated any posts on this blog. I really appreciate it. I did NOT want to write “about” me on this blog. I wanted to share my interests, discoveries and maybe a few useful insights. If anything I've written helps even one person, whether or not they respond to the post, then this blog has been successful. |
| Goals are only useful to point us in the desired direction; they don’t get us to our destination. Though useful as a first step, they have some serious deficiencies. Having a goal does not determine success.. In any competition, whether it’s for a job, American Idols or a boxing match, each competitor has the same goal, but only one achieves it. So having a goal, in and of itself, is not enough. There is something, or perhaps many things that the winner did differently, things no one else witnessed; they had a system of habits in place that gained them greater skill or prepared them in other ways. Goals create a yo-yo effect with motivation and discipline. What do most people do after the competition is over? The athlete stops training after his team or the other one wins the cup, at least until season training re-commences. The author stops writing after sending her novel to the publisher, at least for a while. Can you think of other examples of this dynamic? Goals force us into either/or thinking. We eitther met our goal or we didn’t. There’s no in-between. There’s no recognition of what we gained in the process of striving to reach or goal which would certainly include discipline and either a new or increased skill. We put off “happiness” while striving for our goal We say to ourselves: “I’ll be happy when I achieve ___ ... and there’s always another ____ to achieve. Or we say “I can relax when I finally ____.” Do we keep that promise to ourselves or do we move on to the next carrot that culture dangles before our eyes? You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.—James Clear By “systems”, James refers to the collection of habits and practices that work together to put us in a position to be successful over a period of time. We can choose to be happy every time we do a small thing that brings us in the direction of our goal. We can choose to focus on the process rather than to fixate on the result. Someone who loses a significant amount of weight knows this by experience. Every choice she makes related to her health “casts a vote” for improved health, or further deterioration. Every muffin she turns down, every glass of water she drinks, every physical activity she does can be an immediate source of happiness and satisfaction. Her “goal” may be to achieve a certain weight or to shrink to a size 10 but happiness need not be deferred until then. Reflect  Do you have a goal that dominates much of your attention? Have you outlined the habits you need to develop or the steps you need to take? Are you aware of and willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve your desire? |
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Yes, I know some people do that but I'm a creative writer not a journalist. Poetry sells ... but it's a money-maker for only a few. I write A LOT. Almost 180 pieces since Spring equinox. My goal is 300-400 per year. One year I went over 1,000. I need to do more editing, polishing, sharing, submitting. Writer's block? Who has time for that? I don't.