Constant Goals

For the last couple of weeks, I've been taking it easy. I haven't had much success in the way of goal-setting because I was trying my hand at living spontaneously and freely (all of this was done before finals week). Well, it didn't really work out.

Surprisingly, there wasn't a day where I went to bed truly satisfied with my day's work. Without self-education goals, I refrained from extending my mental capacity. I read others' blogs, and found inspiration, but on a low-level, meandering sort of way. I had room and time for dreaming, but didn't find myself to be imaginative. Without exercising discipline in my day, I wasn't able to produce much. Without that, it's impossible to record achievements and spur myself to do better.

I desperately need inspiration and motivation in my life. I do get more accomplished when I've packed my day full of activities, but that doesn't mean that I must let someone else dictate my day. I can self-implement my goals which are usually based self-education about interesting topics.

Here are some things that I'm currently interested in finding out about/working on:

• Finances (including investment strategies, etc)
• Autism (learned partially about this in class today, want to know more)
• Sewing (got started with one of my appreciation projects, want to make my own fashion line)
• Art/Design (how forms come together, how to draw fantastic backgrounds, digital art, web design)
• Increase my reading speed (read about this in Tim Ferriss's 4-hour Work Week, but need to put it into practice more often)
• Exercise (how to stretch the right way, how to work more muscles in a workout)
  

I will soon come out with a more refined idea about how each of these elements will work their way into my life in a patterned manner. As for now, any suggestions on how to further my expertise in any of these areas is much appreciated!