I’ve tasked myself with learning something new about
writing, blogging or marketing every month.
Whether it’s with articles, on-line or in-person classes, books or video
tutorials, I want to continue learning when it comes to writing, blogging about
my writing journey, publishing and marketing my work.
The trick, of course, is figuring out how to write, while
regularly learning more about writing so that I continue to polish my craft, how
to market what I write, while also learning more about marketing, as I also continue
to blog about writing, publishing and marketing, all while running a household
and working a full-time job.
Yeah, it makes me tired just reading that paragraph too.
But it can be done. We
just have to focus on our goals and figure out what will get us to where it is
we want to finally be.
Ever heard the saying, “Do what you Love, Love what you do?” In a perfect world, we’d all be happy doing what we love. Even if we’re not quite to that point, we can
certainly strive for that result. It
just takes actual focus to get there. Whether
or not we love what we do, we do what we have to in order to pay the bills,
keep the cars and house, put our kids through college, or go on nice vacations. However, while focusing on what we have to do,
we can also make every effort to reach certain goals so that eventually we can do
what it is we love to do. Sometimes, it
takes doing both at the same time for awhile, before we can finally peel away
the layers of what we have to do, until we can finally focus on what we love to
do.
But the key to this, in order to reach the goals we hope to
achieve, is to remain focused. It’s easy
enough for me to say I want to be the next great writer, having sold enough
books to live happily ever after, never having to work for anyone else and
never having to worry about money again.
Projected in that way, it’s really not an easy dream to achieve. In fact, it will remain just that…a
dream.
There is the saying, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” It’s a great saying, really. It’s never wrong to aim high. To expect the most out of your
adventures. But will you be happy if you
don’t make it to the moon and only land among the stars? That’s what you have to be prepared for –
only the lucky few make it to the moon.
Keeping our focus is still the key even if the end result is
only to land among the stars. Saying, “I
want…” and expecting to achieve whatever is in our dream of dreams is never
enough, especially if we don’t do the work or make a focused plan to get there. Those who achieve their goals make a plan and
then narrow down that plan into bits and pieces that are relevant, easy to fit
into their everyday life and which are stepping stones to help get to the next
step, and then the next, until they are that much closer to landing among the
stars, or if they are the lucky few, to landing on the bright and wonderful
moon.
As easy as it is to say that focus is a necessary approach
in order to reach our most desired goals, it is admittedly not always an easy
task. Life is distracting and sometimes
we get off course. Sometimes our goals
are very broad, and it may be difficult to break up and identify the necessary tasks
and stepping stones that will help us reach them. Sometimes, we know what we want, but we just
can’t quite figure out how to get there.
Whatever the obstacle, the only way to map a course to our destination
is to make a solid plan, give ourselves tasks to help us reach each stepping
stone towards the large goal, keep in mind that nothing ever happens overnight,
and most importantly, continue to remain focused.
There’s a learning curve when it comes to staying focused
and not losing our ground as we work towards our goals. But those who figure out how to stay on task,
by keeping their focus, or who figure out how to get back on track even if they
get knocked off course at some point, will be those who land among the stars or,
in their dream of dreams, possibly even make it to the moon.
So stay on course and have a great week!
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