Goal writing

One path out of the "gonna do it someday" club

Today, free write about something you really, really want to do or have and explore all the possible paths to getting it that you can imagine— especially the paths that seem totally ridiculous.* Be sure to include why you want this thing, what the most important next steps are to getting it, what habits you need to have in your life in order to have this thing, and what bothers you about not having it yet.

(Remember, in a free write, you want to literally write without stopping and keep your internal editor away. If you get stuck, type or write a word over and over until you get the flow back, but don’t stop writing.)

* I once participated in a group brainstorm project in which we had to spend a great deal of time coming up with “absurd solutions” to one another’s goals. Some were totally silly but I also got some of the best ideas I’ve ever received in my life from that exercise. Nothing short of absolute fucking magic happens when we give our brains permission to be ridiculous and silly as opposed to making them feel like they need to be correct.