So I have been doing some thinking...crazy I know. I was thinking about my future, about what I want out of life. I have learned more than once that you should always begin with the end in mind. I have done an exercise before where I have written my own obituary with the purpose of gaining insight into how I want to live my life. I am not prepared right now to do so but perhaps soon I will revisit that exercise.
As I was pondering this exercise I started to think that maybe one area in my life where I went wrong was that I didn't have a clear goal in life. I am not so sure I am making sense with this but let me try to illustrate.
For the most part, when I was in high school I was focused on enjoying the experience, playing sports, hanging with friends, and all the non-educational aspects of school. My goal was to endure through high school as best as I could. It wasn't until I was a senior that I started to think about what would be coming next. I scrabbled to put together a plan of what I wanted to be when I "grew up". However, because of my lack of planning and focus before, it made the accomplishment of that goal even harder. I didn't get my undergrad degree until 9 years after I graduated high school and then another five years to get my MBA. My career choice changed but I was able, finally, to obtain my degree which is what I really wanted.
My life has had the same pattern. I seem to be trying to "endure" as best as I can and not really planning things out. I know in my mind what I wanted my life to look like, but I never thought of how I would get there, or what it would take.
So as I begin in earnest this project of "self-development", I must first decide what I really want to develop into...what do I see for myself and how do I plan to get there.
I have some ideas which will be forthcoming.
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