Do I set goals? I do. I am a big fan of baby steps. I do get really excited about ideas that I feel are ‘huge’. Learning to calm down and take smaller steps to get to those ‘huge things’ in the best state I possibly can is not something I was naturally good at, but practice is paying off.
I use my phone to keep track of myself. I use the organizer which automatically updates each week with my class schedule and then when I get my work schedule I put that in, along with anything extra for my son’s school, boy scouts and whatever else comes along schedule. Using this scheduler is amazing because when people ask me to commit to something I can look at see if I have the time. Without this I am prone to want to do everything and think I can. This makes time real to me and I don’t have the option of thinking I can do more than I actually am able to.
As far as the writing the “get out of bed” thing goes…I didn’t do it. It struck a nerve in me and the best way I can describe it is it would almost feel like I’m rubbing my own nose in the fact that it is not an option for me to sleep in. Mornings are the only time I can fit homework into my life a lot of the time so I have to make sure I have time before classes to squeeze some in. I thought of writing this on a list, but then I envisioned waking up in the morning and seeing this before I had coffee. I might have set it on fire and that’s just dangerous.
Benefits of goal setting? When a person is working towards what they believe is a greater goal then making the kind of lists that keeps a person headed towards personal growth then, yes. On the other hand lists of tasks that are made just to give a person something to focus on do not necessarily equate to any benefit. I understand that there needs to be things like clean the bathroom and do my laundry, on lists for the sake of making sure you have enough time to have at the very least semi clean underwear, but if lists never contain anything to ensure a person is going to take off the rubber gloves and quit obsessing over the housework then, no.