Journal of the Path #2 - Goals, Aspirations, Plans
Success breeds success! I have achieved my first successes! Two short term goals are under the belt and there will be more on the way very soon!
The Wild Week
Despite having a lot of work to do, the usual kind of financial pressure that comes from being a single parent and having a birthday amidst it all, I still managed to hold fast to my Streak of daily posts, doubling up from 5 to 10.
Onward and upward. This is why I set smaller goals up front. We all strive to reach something truly amazing. But travelling up Mount Everest requires a first step as well as a tenth and a hundredth and so on. If we recognize and reward ourselves for reaching these points the task becomes far more obtainable.
Remember that it is important to set yourself a target immediately afterwards once one goal is completed. You know what you did to reach one milestone, likely all you need to do to reach it, is to keep doing what you do!
My Statistics
My account is now 48 (was 43) days old (Established 11/01/2018)
Followers: 145 (was 135 last post)
Authored Posts: 40 (was 37 last)
Streak days: 10 (since 19/02/2018) (now double!)
Comments: 396
Reputation: 44
SP: 49,6 (was 46.6)
Targets
I would not usually put much of a target for each of these (besides SP), but a man must keep track of benchmarks and milestones. So here they are:
Short Term
Next milestone Followers: 200
Next Milestone Authored Posts 50
Streak days: 10 - ACHIEVED! On towards the next one! 20 days!
Next Milestone Comments: 400 - ACHIEVED! Next! 500 Comments!
Reputation: 45 (Going to mark these every 5)
SP: 50 - So close!
Long Term
Followers: 300/400/500>>>>1000
Authored Posts: 100/150/200>>>>500
Streak days: 30,40>>>>>365!
Comments: 600/700/800>>>1000
Reputation: 50/55/60 (As long as I can get over the 60 mark I am pretty much happy with this. Very few people get to 70)
SP: 100/150/200>>>>500 (Unlock the Slider!)>>>>1,000>>>>10,000>>>More?
What the future holds
Soon I will be starting a new project in the Dry Docks which will keep me busy for 12 hours a day including weekends for about 2 months. I will be sure to post more detail about this soon.Regardless of this I intend to keep my posting streak alive.
This I will achieve by working super hard on my discipline and by working on some stuff beforehand so that when I am too tired after a long day I have some “ammo” in the chamber to use in such a scenario.
- Sturrock Dry Dock, Cape Town - photo by me
Remember: Keep on posting, keep on learning and keep on networking!
Until next time
Regards
Zak Ludick
Awesome stuff and all the best. It's true what you say you need goals to measure yourself against otherwise it's difficult to stay focused.
On a side note I noticed you're working in the dry dock, which vessel is it? I'm interested as I used to work for an engineering company that specialises in maritime work. Just curious.
Have a great day.
Short term goals are the stepping stones towards the larger ones!
We will be working on the Grand Banks. A De Beers mining vessel. It should arrive 11am on Saturday and we shall likely get aboard by Monday.
I am going to be doing more of a post about that all shortly.
Oh and I managed to change my dividers so they look a bit better in night mode!
Probably going to change them more later.
Good job. As it becomes habit, it does actually become easier.
The scale of these Dry Docks always amazes me. I would really be interested in seeing what you do there.
7 stories of awesome. It is really a unique experience. A post will follow!
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