Hello, Fastlaners
Yesterday I was really tired after a lot of work and a lot of things going through my mind the last week.
So I did something, which was very beneficial to me.
I wanted to share the idea with you guys. Maybe it will be valuable to you too.
What I sense is common for many entrepreneurs and freelancers is that they experience a lot of changes in their life. This means a lot of feelings, experiences, people, mistakes, memories that need to be interpreted.
But to interpret big experiences and changes demands a lot of time, energy and cognitive effort.
And, to me at least, it seems easiest to just go on with life/work and not give past memories too many considerations.
It is certainly the case for me. It is like I have a blurry understanding of some events in my life. So I have been confused about how to understand some things because I haven't had the time to sort them out properly.
Therefore I decided to get an overview of my whole life so far. So I wrote down the significant periods in my life. e.g. "Studying abroad for 1-year". And then added keywords that described that period. Then what mistakes did I make? What have I learned from these mistakes?
It showed the mistakes I've made. It showed patterns of behavior. But it also showed why I did these mistakes.
It became 14 significant periods in my life
I made a structure like this:
- Name of period
- Place
- Timespan
- Year
- Keywords
- Mistakes
- Lesson Learned
So here's an example of how I set it up:
Name of the period: Studying abroad
Place: Italy
Timespan: 1 year
Year: 2010
Keywords: freedom, new friends, learning, enjoy life
Mistakes: too impulsive, over-spending
Lesson learned: being too eager can be counterproductive.
It gave me confidence and understanding of myself to write these things down. And I planning to reconsult it once in a while and maybe specify things or change words, to get it as clear as possible.
Anyone has experience with these things or have thoughts about this method, I would love to hear your inputs!
Either way, I hope it's useful to you!
Yesterday I was really tired after a lot of work and a lot of things going through my mind the last week.
So I did something, which was very beneficial to me.
I wanted to share the idea with you guys. Maybe it will be valuable to you too.
What I sense is common for many entrepreneurs and freelancers is that they experience a lot of changes in their life. This means a lot of feelings, experiences, people, mistakes, memories that need to be interpreted.
But to interpret big experiences and changes demands a lot of time, energy and cognitive effort.
And, to me at least, it seems easiest to just go on with life/work and not give past memories too many considerations.
It is certainly the case for me. It is like I have a blurry understanding of some events in my life. So I have been confused about how to understand some things because I haven't had the time to sort them out properly.
Therefore I decided to get an overview of my whole life so far. So I wrote down the significant periods in my life. e.g. "Studying abroad for 1-year". And then added keywords that described that period. Then what mistakes did I make? What have I learned from these mistakes?
It showed the mistakes I've made. It showed patterns of behavior. But it also showed why I did these mistakes.
It became 14 significant periods in my life
I made a structure like this:
- Name of period
- Place
- Timespan
- Year
- Keywords
- Mistakes
- Lesson Learned
So here's an example of how I set it up:
Name of the period: Studying abroad
Place: Italy
Timespan: 1 year
Year: 2010
Keywords: freedom, new friends, learning, enjoy life
Mistakes: too impulsive, over-spending
Lesson learned: being too eager can be counterproductive.
It gave me confidence and understanding of myself to write these things down. And I planning to reconsult it once in a while and maybe specify things or change words, to get it as clear as possible.
Anyone has experience with these things or have thoughts about this method, I would love to hear your inputs!
Either way, I hope it's useful to you!
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