A little this and that...

Yesterday, after doing my post I went around visiting the folks who had left comments on my blog....my goodness that can be very time consuming. Fun and interesting but time consuming...everyone has all kinds of things going on in their lives...I get all wrapped up in their post and then read another...and before you know it...I had been blogging for 3 hrs...yes 3 hrs! And that was post night shift....oh my. I think I need help.

I always learn something while I am travelling the blog world....I was over at Janet C. place and she was talking about how she had taken a course on gardening at 8000 ft....and what she and her hubby do in order to conserve energy. Where Janet lives is very beautiful and picturesque. She is also a very good photographer and with her camera in hand she shares a little of her paradise with us. She has this picture of the moon which is just breath taking...if you get a chance go say hi.

Then I was over at crashdummie's place, and she was talking about "Life for Rent". About how she met up with an old buddy and how theirs lives have gone, and would she chose a different path if given the choice. This really got me thinking and my response to her was about goal setting.

When I was in my late 30's, yes I know a bit late....but better late than never. I decided it was time that I really sat down and evaluated my life and set some goals for myself. I mean I had done so in the past but that was in my head. I had never really sat down and made of list of things I wanted to accomplish in my life. Like nursing, believe it or not I never really thought of myself being a nurse. I always thought it was a cool job. I think it had to do with all the Cherry Ame's books my sister use to read...Cherry Ame's Army nurse...Cherry Ame's Helps out....and then there was my neighbour who worked at the hospital just up the street from me....which who would have known that is where I too started my nursing career. Anyhow, my neighbour, gosh I remember her like it was yesterday. She would walk past our house in her very determined way...definitely a woman on a mission. She had that starched whiter than white nurses cap, the deep navy blue cape with red satin lining, the white dress and stocking and the military looking white nursing shoes. Oh she looked so impressive. I wanted to look like that. I became a nurse, but I never wore the hat and I know for certain I never looked like my neighbour or Florence for that matter. Now I mostly wear scrubs. But I digress.

Goals. So I was in my late 30's and one afternoon I was sitting at the kitchen table and with pen and paper I started to jotted things down. I broke it down into 2, 5 and 10 year goals. Things I wanted, things I wanted to do and achieve, personal growth and development stuff. I wrote it, I read it and re read it, folded it up and put it in my journal, where it is to this day. Funny thing is, I had forgotten about it until about 10 months ago. I went and pulled it out. Much to my surprise, I had accomplished many of the items on my list. Not sure how it happened but I did it. I have kept that list as there are still items that I want to achieve. But I think it is time to revisit it and update it. Isn't that what goal setting is all about?

What about you, have you ever sat down and made up a list of goals or even set goals? If you have, have you achieved them? Have you reevaluated your goals? If you set goals, how did you stick to your plan?

Happy Friday all!