𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 5 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 2 ½ 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 1 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺? 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘺?
This quote from Mushiya lives rent free in my head. I was always about schedules, even as a child, but after hearing this and really taking it in, I evolved into someone way more efficient.
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I always had goals. I was never a dreamer.
Even growing up in a prison residing in a Hell made by mentally unstable parents ... I wasn't dreaming of life outside of it. I was making PLANS.
I was readying myself, grounding myself daily, studying, reading philosophy, understanding the monsters who abused me, and deciding who I was going to become and how I was going to life ... from age 11 onwards.
I was always a goaler - Mushiya's favorite term - I was always thinking ahead.
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From the moment my eyes open in the morning, I'm following a very specific schedule depending on the day of the week.
That schedule is based on things I have learned about what my body, mind, and spirit need to function best and it only changes when new information is determined from all the data I collect about myself and what I'm doing and whether it's working as intended.
My schedule is set in what it is meant to do but it's also flexible to account for any changes from day to day.
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The results in how I'm feeling physically, mentally, and spiritually are never surprises. Whether I'm going to achieve my daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals is also not a surprise.
Predictive analytics is a huge component in my data work but at this point in my life, I know myself well enough to be able to adjust things accordingly and keep all the steps towards my goals moving in a forward direction with very few interruptions.
Plans are necessary for any significant life change.
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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. - Me
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 ... 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 ... 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘌 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. - Me
I will add that I probably wasn't a DREAMER as a child because I had undiagnosed #aphantasia 😂 🤣 It explains a lot about why I was very focused on tangible goaling that I wrote down in my journals regularly and not imagining things in the blank space of my mind. I simply wasn't capable of it.
@thewebrecluse 🖤 this. So true.
As a child my goals were based on just surviving/getting to an age where I had more freedom and more rights and just using my time wisely until then to stay strong, stay sane, and finding strength to endure. It was about patience and learning to WAIT.
As an adult it became more about knowing EXACTLY what I wanted and planning out step, by step, everything I had to know, understand and do in order to achieve a specific goal. It is now more about efficiency and learning to DO.
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