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Tell Your Park Fire Story's avatar

What a firm but lovely wake-up. This realization is compelling - "There was no waiting for convenience in the pre-modern world; necessity demanded action. "

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Ryan B. Anderson's avatar

Firm but fair is the Echoes from an Old Hollow Tree way.

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Casey B. Head's avatar

Fake goals often garner praise giving a quick hit of dopamine without any actual accomplishment. As out of place as corporate speak may be in talk of doing something real, we need to ensure our goals are SMART. Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Timely. If it lacks any of these things it is a fake goal.

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Ryan B. Anderson's avatar

SMART goals are a good way to put it.

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Jay Callahan's avatar

Well-said!

La 'le Bride faoi mhaise dhaoibh-se!

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Sam Messersmith's avatar

This was so powerful and a needed reminder. Thank you for this. I really appreciated the voiceover, I couldn't stop listening.

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Ryan B. Anderson's avatar

Gosh, thanks Sam. This is just so kind.

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Lindsay Bullock's avatar

Beautifully stated! Procrastination, with whatever excuses we have, is our enemy. Daylight is wasting.

Off to make ranch dressing and peel cucumbers for dinner.

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Ryan B. Anderson's avatar

Dinner counts as making something real.

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Lindsay Bullock's avatar

Sure does! With homemade sub sandwiches, carrot sticks, cucumbers and two dressings I made today. Real food with our kids is nourishing to the soul.

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Its Not Complicated's avatar

Great admonition to quiet the noise within us. Not an easy ask. Keep writing.

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James Hart's avatar

Great observations at getting to the heart of the problem; modern life afforded us the luxury to be unfulfilled.

Tangible goals, broken up steps to prevent being overwhelmed and routine work have helped me.

I also play a little trick on myself to fight inertia: I outsource my feelings about starting to my future self. In other words, when it’s time to get going, no matter how I feel, I get started. I only let myself decide if I want to stick with it after six minutes in. If after six minutes I’m still not feeling it, then I give myself permission to wait until later. But I have to give it an honest six minutes. Very rarely do stop after those six minutes are up, which indicates to me that initial objections aren’t really to be trusted.

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