Last week, I made and posted my weekly goals for the first time; it was a good decision. I believe that having quantifiable targets is great because it helps me to focus, give me something to work towards for the week, and allows me to measure my progress. A lot of my goals were either fully accomplished or realized to large extent, meaning the process worked. With that said, here's my list for this week:
1. Compile a List of Ten Things I Want to in 2012: on Saturday, I sat down with my Uncle Mo and we had a good ten-minute conversation about where I was in life. Uncle Mo is the coolest person I know, period. Aside from my apartment/housing search (he totally gets it), one of the things we talked about was "where I am in life right now." I told him that I want to "be at my best every single day" - which is true, but a day-by-day process. My Uncle Mo told me that my mindset is good, but I need to be thinking just a little bit ahead and then proceeded to tell me that every year he makes a list of ten things he wants to do. Some of the items on the list are achieved and others are not, but they are there and on paper; I'm going to do the same thing. I think my 10 things are going to be both small and large in scope. I should be have those on paper later this week.
2. Send respond to ten more housing ads: last week, I had 50 on my list: that was unrealistic because I don't think 50 things that I liked were out there. 10 is a more modest number and well help me focus on what I really want.
3. Do three nice things for three homeless individuals: Everyday, I see the same homeless men on the streets asking for money. I am not aware of their individual situations, but need to do a better job of acknowledging their presence. It used to annoy me in high school when other kids would ask me for money in the cafeteria. I'll admit, often times it annoys me when a homeless person does the same thing; however, the difference is that I'm older and have a better understanding of the circumstances that a lot of homeless people face - it's difficult. I need improve in this area, but how? Let's see what happens here.
4. Look into business school programs and identify 5 that I'm interested in: I'm highly interested in attending business school within the (relatively) near future. I want to pick out five and see what it takes to get into those.
That's it, only four goals for this week; time to get to work!
Motivational Song of the Week: Lupe Fiasco "The Show Goes On" - the story behind this song is as epic as the song itself (if you don't know about it, check out my blog entry on the my favorite songs of 2011):
1. Compile a List of Ten Things I Want to in 2012: on Saturday, I sat down with my Uncle Mo and we had a good ten-minute conversation about where I was in life. Uncle Mo is the coolest person I know, period. Aside from my apartment/housing search (he totally gets it), one of the things we talked about was "where I am in life right now." I told him that I want to "be at my best every single day" - which is true, but a day-by-day process. My Uncle Mo told me that my mindset is good, but I need to be thinking just a little bit ahead and then proceeded to tell me that every year he makes a list of ten things he wants to do. Some of the items on the list are achieved and others are not, but they are there and on paper; I'm going to do the same thing. I think my 10 things are going to be both small and large in scope. I should be have those on paper later this week.
2. Send respond to ten more housing ads: last week, I had 50 on my list: that was unrealistic because I don't think 50 things that I liked were out there. 10 is a more modest number and well help me focus on what I really want.
3. Do three nice things for three homeless individuals: Everyday, I see the same homeless men on the streets asking for money. I am not aware of their individual situations, but need to do a better job of acknowledging their presence. It used to annoy me in high school when other kids would ask me for money in the cafeteria. I'll admit, often times it annoys me when a homeless person does the same thing; however, the difference is that I'm older and have a better understanding of the circumstances that a lot of homeless people face - it's difficult. I need improve in this area, but how? Let's see what happens here.
4. Look into business school programs and identify 5 that I'm interested in: I'm highly interested in attending business school within the (relatively) near future. I want to pick out five and see what it takes to get into those.
That's it, only four goals for this week; time to get to work!
Motivational Song of the Week: Lupe Fiasco "The Show Goes On" - the story behind this song is as epic as the song itself (if you don't know about it, check out my blog entry on the my favorite songs of 2011):
