It sure worked well for me. I don’t think any of us would have trouble writing informational material down in a journal, so this would work that way. It does take some control to imagine that it isn’t going to be read, but still is to be up to par, and provide relevance.

I will likely do it again. Thanks for your input there.

They sure aren’t at times. Pieces of cake are tough to avoid eating, but eating one today, and saving the other for tomorrow will give us more value than eating both right away.

This is true about the ones that connect to long-term items being worthwhile.

Valid point there about academic pursuits, and disregarding steps along the way is a quick route to cancellation of the larger goal. The small parts have to be there. Long-term goals of others that we don’t see materialize are often cut off by one or two small parts that were left undone, which then prevented achievement.

I sure know about that regarding being caught up with instant gratification items. it is sort of like being stuck in room #1, when room #2 and room #3 are just waiting for motivated folks to travel through. Getting out of room #1 is hard when stuck in a cycle, but easy when the future is seen, like you mentioned there.

I read that post you were referring to there and there sure is some connection. There is a lot that is hidden behind the term “success”. We don’t see much of it, and we don’t see some of the relevant parts until we try. Things are always different than we expect. That is true about us and the relation to known authors. Cool connection there.

We could be called authors-in-the-making for now.

Long-term gains sure do seem distant. if we don’t remind ourselves of the big picture goal, we give up real quickly. The brain has no relevant reason to pursue long-term goals without seeing the rewards at the end. Finding those things that keep us motivated is easy, and then making use of them is what is required to get substantial progress done.

Thanks for this.

I think he was right there. If we see what we did, we at least get a semblance of what we are capable of. It also reminds us of good times, or good things we did, in case we forgot. When at a down time, it is good to remember an up time, to know that is it able to be achieved again.

Cool deal on breaking apart long-term goals into small ones. Few people actually do, which is what makes many long-term items look like high walls to climb.