How to get into Second Life without really trying
Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life
Which goals? The big Goals, of course. The Goals everybody said you are supposed to have. The Goals you haven’t looked at in a while. Housecleaning you save for spring. But goal cleaning you can do any time.
If you don’t have goals,
other people will provide
them.
Maybe I don’t want to dump my goals. Then keep them. They’re your goals. You can do what you want with them. Keep them. Wait for them. Wish for them. Plan for them. Update them. Revise them. Work for them. Or dump them. You choose.
Choosing is the first step toward being in charge.
I can’t do all those things at once. Not on the same goal. But most people are doing all those things at once, just on different goals. They don’t notice. A person can only focus on one thing at a time. So pick one goal and focus on it.
The easiest way to do many things
is
to do one thing at a time.
There are too many. How do I pick one? Unload your brain. Get a scratch pad and write any goals that you think of. Don’t bother to organize them. Just leave plenty of space.
If you see a goal that you don’t want any more, dump it. Don’t just say that to yourself. Mark it out. If you’re not sure, put a question mark on it. If you see a goal that’s a keeper, circle it. You may want to use Semi-Structured Brainstorming on this job.
Some of your goals depend on each other. That’s one of the advantages of writing them down. If they depend on each other, put them together.
How do I know I have thought of all my goals? Think about what you do. Think about what you want to do. Figure out where those doings will take you. Are those destinations among your goals?
Your goal is where you are going.
Whether you know it or not.
Now that I've got these lists what do I do with them? Pick the goals that used up most of your time and effort last week.
Is that the way you would have spent your time if you had been looking at the stack of goals you have in front of you? If so, feel smug. If not, there’s always next week. And you've got those goals to look at.
Or you can forget about the lists. Set them aside for later. Or dump them. Works out the same either way. Except that if you dump them now, you know what you are doing.
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Your brain modules already know your short-term goals.