Weird... I published a post called "Goals Goals Goals" a few days ago, and somehow Blogspot ate it. As is always the way, it was the ONE post I didn't save a copy of!
Anyway, here is take two, for better or for worse:
Gentle Reader,
I feel like we're constantly told how important goal setting is. But if you're anything like me, your New Year's Resolutions didn't survive January.
Once upon a time (2007) I found a pretty cool site named 43 Things. It calls itself "The world's largest goal-setting community" and invites participants to:
Join over 3 million people who list their goals, share their progress, and cheer each other on.
Back then, I chose a bunch of goals, and promptly forgot about it for four years. The cool thing is that when I rediscovered the site, I could tick off a bunch of things (like graduate Law school!).
Why it's called 43 Things (as opposed to 10 Things, or 100 things), I don't know. I have only 30 Things on my list at the moment, which range from the straight-forward ("plant out the garden bed") to the complicated and long-term ("start my own consultancy").
Just to prove that people are people, no matter where they're from, here are the top 10 popular goals, according to the site:
Any of those sound familiar?
And here are the ten most recently-added goals:
PS. Thanks to the people who left a comment on the original post - which I was able to access from my email inbox:
- lose weight (40,055 people
- write a book (29,511 people)
- stop procrastinating (29,466 people)
- Fall in love (26,835 people)
- be happy 924,158 people)
- Get a tattoo (22,019 people)
- go on a road trip with no predetermined destination (20,797 people)
- get married (20,702 people)
- travel the world (20,486 people)
- drink more water (20,390 people)
Any of those sound familiar?
And here are the ten most recently-added goals:
- Paint nails every week
- Post 100 looks at Lookbook.nu
- Stop with swear-words
- Reading everyday
- Have success in my career
- Care better for my skin
- Practice jazz/pilates/yoga
- Get a webdesign course
- Improve my music selection
- Buy a good camera, with good resolution
PS. Thanks to the people who left a comment on the original post - which I was able to access from my email inbox:
Hey Trisha, I've seen some of your goals on your blog - I must say I am impressed by your dedication. We could all take a leaf from your book!
Trisha has left a new comment on your post:
Usually my New Year's resolutions don't survive. But this year was easier - they're all writing resolutions, and I've been doing really well so far. :D Even have my own "Goals" page on my blog!
DearHelenHartman has left a new comment on your post:
Ice skating in summer, a lofty goal indeed. I salute you! Love the thought for the day. Like most writers realizing a lot of my goals lie in someone else's hands.
Hi Helen, actually I'm in New Zealand, so we are heading into Winter right now! My timing is impeccable: by the time I have skated enough NOT to look like a new-born deer on the ice, it will be summer time! :)
2 comments:
Yeah, I wasn't too impressed by Blogger the last couple days, but it seems like everything is fine now. Sorry that you had lost the original post.
I saw, just now on twitter, that you mentioned blogger giving you grief! Hate it when technology lets us down. AND just when I hadn't backed up the post - typical!
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