I can’t believe we’re 13 days into 2008 and I have only written one entry. On the other hand, I have journaled in my personal (not online) journal everyday, which is pretty awesome. It was one of my resolutions, to write something in my journal everyday, even if it was just a single line saying, “I have nothing to say today”!
I’m doing something that might be a little strange if you aren’t a list-maker like I am, and perhaps it’s even off the charts for those list-makers out there. I’ve been thinking a lot about purpose and destiny and what I want to accomplish in my life. I know I am here for a reason, I know that God reveals the reason as I obey one day at a time - but there’s the analyst in me that wants to know more than that. Like, what should I be doing right now while I’m looking for a job? What are my priorities besides finding work?
Anyway, I was watching the show “Numbers” for the first time. It’s pretty great. But it got me thinking and this is what I did. I have made a spreadsheet (no eye rolling, it’s easier than the columns in Word and I have a bit more control, which I like!). The spreadsheet has these columns:
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Things I like to do
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Skills/Gifts I have
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Areas of interest (with or without skill)
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Jobs I have wanted (ever)
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Things I am passionate about
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Things I want or have wanted to accomplish in my life
After I put the headings on I went down each column and put in everything I could think of in each catagory, trying to make a compilation of all that I’ve ever wanted to do or have excelled at over the course of my life. That was a lot! Now I am in the process of color coding. I am finding major areas, highlighting them and then highlighting anything related or anything that would involve that one thing the same color. If an item is already highlighted, I put a box with the new color in the cell. In the end I will be able to look at the list and see what items contain the majority of my skills, desires and passions in my goals column and from there I can make some decisions about what things I should be working on personally now.
I know it sounds crazy but it is giving me a lot of insight into the things that I really want. Things I never would have thought about being interested in or pursuing, I look at now and say “Wow, I can see where that would be a good fit in my life.” It’s very revealing and kind of fun, if you like that sort of thing, and I do.
Oh, I did write my first poem of the new year and I will post that a little later on.
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