Becoming Unstuck

Throughout my life I’ve set goals and achieved them, one after another, with reasonable ease. I supposed that I should consider myself lucky that I believe that I can successfully accomplish what I set my mind to. I honestly believe that with hard work, strong-headed determination and passion I’d be unstoppable.

The only setback is that I actually have to get started to be unstoppable … and lately I’ve somehow gotten stuck.

After attending my first Wired Woman workshop, Personal and Professional Goal Setting, I quickly realized that what I had been lately considering my “goals” were actually “philosophical notions” about how I want to live my life. No wonder I have been feeling stuck and totally indecisive! Without measurable goals, how did I think that I could suck out all the marrow of life? You need to develop a plan for such life-size notions.

I took Heather’s advice and sat down with the daunting task of spending an entire hour taking stock of my goals. I’ve done goal setting exercises before, but it had been a long time since I had reviewed my most recent (aka out-of date) list. I drilled down on my past goals and related them to my current situation. I had, in fact, achieved many of the goals on my list, but since I had not been actively holding myself accountable, some goals had simply slipped through the cracks. The process was somewhat grueling, yet invigorating. As I wrote, I could feel a plan start to develop naturally.  I could tell that it was one of the first major steps in the process of becoming unstuck … and it felt good.

~ Katie

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