Sometimes I try to figure out what to do in a given week, and my first step is to think “what are my long term goals?”. Then I realize I have no long-term goals. I sit down and think, “Hmm, what do I want to do with my life?” Eventually I give up, depressed, and go make breakfast or something.
Recently I tried going the other way, with much more success. I call this exercise telescoping. It takes 7 minutes, and is performed as follows:
Open a text document or grab a piece of paper. Grab a kitchen timer with an alarm, or your phone’s alarm app.
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen today?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this week?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this month?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this year?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this month?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this week?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen today?
Telescoping
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Sometimes I try to figure out what to do in a given week, and my first step is to think “what are my long term goals?”. Then I realize I have no long-term goals. I sit down and think, “Hmm, what do I want to do with my life?” Eventually I give up, depressed, and go make breakfast or something.
Recently I tried going the other way, with much more success. I call this exercise telescoping. It takes 7 minutes, and is performed as follows:
Open a text document or grab a piece of paper. Grab a kitchen timer with an alarm, or your phone’s alarm app.
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen today?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this week?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this month?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this year?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this month?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen this week?
For one minute, answer: What do I want to happen today?
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