Comments on: Challenges and Goals – Is Creating A List Worth It?

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:05:11 +0000

Thank you for stopping by Debra – I can’t believe you live in Hollywood and don’t have Brad Pitt over for dinner every second week! I love your blog btw, have been meaning to write a post about achieving success later in life and include a link to your blog – it is giving me no end of encouragement to hear the stories of people who made it after 40.

By: Debra Eve | Later Bloomer

Debra Eve | Later Bloomer — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:52:10 +0000

Hi Janine, I wanted to stop by and personally thank you for RTing my Claire Cook post because your profile description cracked me up. Don’t worry, I’m a wannabe blogger with an untidy house and no celebrity friends — in Hollywood! No excuses for me 🙂

Just wanted to encourage you to keep blogging. In my first year of blogging, I continually compared myself to other bloggers and set the bar too high. Now, in my second year, I’ve settled down to blogging as it should be — a form of self-expression and self-exploration. I have goals, but they’re creative and loose. (Not — “optimize blog for SEO” — blech!)

Good luck, you’re doing great!

By: nmsullivan0909

nmsullivan0909 — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:20:58 +0000

hi janine – your posting is still not updating on my blogger page. i have to click and see what you are up to.

i love goals, but fairly close in time. i post them on my bathroom mirror, and they come true! run a marathon, check. have a family dinner 3+ times per week, check. date my husband, check. but when one changes, like say, i’m not interested in meeting the “home-cooked meals” goal – i just rewrite my goals to show what i DO want, and post them on the mirror. worth a try?

i’m so very happy you created your goals and shared them! they were crazy big and aggressive, but worthwhile. if you want to keep them, just break them into small bites and do the small ones.

joy and happy to know you, n

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:03:02 +0000

In reply to cate. I'm hanging in there Cate! Yes like you I give FMSphotoaday a go and always start to struggle after the first few days!

By: ChrystinaNoel

ChrystinaNoel — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:39:44 +0000

It’s gotta be bad that I’m scared to make a list because I don’t want to disappoint myself, because without a list there’s really no where to start…

By: TheKidsAreAllRight (@_kidsallright)

TheKidsAreAllRight (@_kidsallright) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:09:57 +0000

That was a very ambitious list! Finish a house and a novel!!?? Wowzers. I am super impressed with your winnings. I’d retire from all attempts to achieve anything if I’d won that swag. I plan to write a bucket list in about a year 🙂

By: cate

cate — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:57:17 +0000

I think you hit it on the head – with so many challenges, if you did everything you wouldn’t have time to live, so you have to pick and choose what you take part in. I keep falling down after the first few days of FMSphotoaday, even though I knocked the first 3 months out of the ball park. for me, I think that following prompts is an awesome idea, but some days I struggle to fill the prompt when all we do is stay at home day after day after day!

good luck finishing your project! (my blog is littered with many un-finished and un-reached goals, it’s part of who I am!)