Adventures in My Mind
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Aug 31, 2007
Birthday Wishes
As noted below, today is my birthday - number 38. And it's kind of a big deal. Not that I'm speeding rapidly toward middle age, which I am, but because my birthday is like New Year's to me. Most people see New Year's as a time to take stock of their lives, count their good deeds, erase the bad, and generally try to determine if they are on the right track. Instead of Jan. 1, I do that on Aug. 31 every year.
So what's the score? I don't know. I'm not the one to ask. If you know me ask yourself. How am I doing? Am I keeping it together? Am I a good guy? Are you glad to know me? If you can answer most of the questions in the affirmative and with a smile, then I guess I'm doing okay.
As for my opinion, I am doing okay. But I could be doing a lot better. And that's where my little yearly ritual comes in. It provides some personal perspective. It gives me awareness of my strengths and weaknesses. It shines a light on the dark parts and hangs a frame around the good parts and sets my path for another year.
Admittedly, it's not a perfect system. The biggest shortcoming is in follow through. I think I'm like most people in that so I try not to be too hard on myself when I come up short of a goal. The most important thing is to first have a goal - a specific, defined goal that can broken into small pieces and digested a little bit at a time. The goal should also be written down and reexamined periodically to judge progress against it.
Cheer the successes and forgive the failures. If you work hard at it, there will soon be many times more of one than the other. Can you guess which one?
And that's exactly what I'm hoping for: A little more success than failure and an understanding that no matter how things turn out that I've done my best ... in all things.
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