Yes that helps. I must say that to me your way of working certaintly comes across as disciplined, which is commendable.
The key is the fact this approach gives you energy.

For me a literal copy of this approach might work, so I may give it a try. It will probably require some tweaking, since I have this weird idea that this type of goals are instable. Then again…perhaps I should get better at goalsetting…

Thanks again and keep up the good work.

- Stephan

I was one of the new subscribers. It’s already brilliant to stumble across great sites, but to be drawn in by such a wonderful idea too…well, that made it even more positive.

I’m seriously tempted to try a cross-blog series myself…I’ll be sure to thank you for the idea!

It’s time consuming indeed, but in my opinion it’s time well spent. I do focus on productivity in that area as well. Doing the right things, but taking too much time to do it is not acceptable in that area as well (unless you learn valuable things along the way).

I find that the weekly review of my goals and mission is a determining factor in staying focused. It’s a scheduled reminder of what I want to achieve and why I want it. And because it gives me energy, it’s a habit that’s easy to maintain.

Methodological is not quite the right word I guess, I associate that with having discipline, and that’s not quite what I do. Blogging and the rest of my goals give me energy and I want to do them because of it. It doesn’t really require discipline or a methodological approach.

And about how to stay open to new influencing factors…well that comes naturally I guess. I have an unsatisfiable craving for knowledge and wisdom, and I seek to learn new things. One of the habits I want to adopt to integrate that into who I am and what I want, is a quarterly retreat. A day alone, thinking, listening and visualizing.

Does that help?

It’s very nice to read how you are building out your blogging activities in pursuit of your life goals.

It surely must be very time consuming to do all this.
How do you stay so focussed and methodological, yet open to new influencing factors?

Tips are welcome!