Goals

[edg]

or, Holy Crap, That's What I Look Like From The Side?

So here's the trouble with goals: I don't know how to set and keep them. I'm not very good with setting internal consequences for not meeting goals. (You may read that as "I don't have very much willpower", if you like.) So I have a problem with getting things done, as long as there are no consequences imposed by external forces.

How is this done? How do you find a good balance between "unmotivating" and "unrealistic"? How do you motivate yourself to do something if the only pressure to do it is yourself?

Comments

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

It depends. When I was saving up to quit the big red bank, I was able to balance want-manga with want-to-be-free. But this past summer, I hemmorhaged (sp?) money like mad. So, I guess it depends on what the willpower's for.

But technically, my stance is, "willpower is for other people".