All my life, I’ve been lazy. Through my school years, the most consistent mark on my report mark was the check mark for “does not work up to capacity.” With a long list of chores to do, I’ll go out for a long walk. Or read a book. Or play video [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goals’
impaired executive function
Posted in goals and planning, not-writing, tagged goals, life, planning on December 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
season of changes
Posted in not-writing, writing, tagged family, goals, muse, writing on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the tasks I’ve been trying to get to for a while now (like since back in the New Year’s Resolutions time frame :p) is cleaning my study. I don’t usually work in that room during the coldest part of the winter, preferring the kitchen where it’s warm. This year I never [...]
on goals, and the sabotaging thereof
Posted in goals and planning, writing, tagged goals, planning, revising, writing on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, there was a bit of a stir around a study at New York University about how publicizing goals made people less likely to do the work to achieve the goal. Among others responding to the study, Erin had some good points about different people reacting differently in the same situation, [...]
