Today I want to share a concept I came up with that helps me stay aligned with my goals and not lose sight of what I'm working towards.
When I first joined this forum I posted weekly updates on my progress to share my journey and keep myself accountable, but I stopped for a few reasons:
So I started doing something different: a LIVE (not life) biography.
Basically, I imagine I've already achieved my goal, and I write the biography that describes how I got there. First I wrote an introduction explaining my goal and where I was starting from. Since then I've written an entry every week, telling it in hindsight — as if I'm narrating the story of how my success came to be.
I've found this really helps put my weekly progress in perspective against the long-term goal, and reminds me what I'm working towards.
Go ahead and try it yourself. What would the introduction to your "success biography" look like, and how would you write about this week if it were a chapter in the story of how you achieved your goal? Let me know your thoughts once you've tried it.
When I first joined this forum I posted weekly updates on my progress to share my journey and keep myself accountable, but I stopped for a few reasons:
- it felt like this wasn't what the forum was intended for, and that I wasn't adding any real value
- I compromised on detail because I didn't want to explain everything
- I left out the things I didn't want to share
So I started doing something different: a LIVE (not life) biography.
Basically, I imagine I've already achieved my goal, and I write the biography that describes how I got there. First I wrote an introduction explaining my goal and where I was starting from. Since then I've written an entry every week, telling it in hindsight — as if I'm narrating the story of how my success came to be.
I've found this really helps put my weekly progress in perspective against the long-term goal, and reminds me what I'm working towards.
Go ahead and try it yourself. What would the introduction to your "success biography" look like, and how would you write about this week if it were a chapter in the story of how you achieved your goal? Let me know your thoughts once you've tried it.
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