It has been a while since I have had a chance to write.
My summer travel schedule has been absolutely insane. Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Portland Oregon and Seattle just to start.
It is finally coming to a draw…OH THANK GOD! I leave for Baltimore on Friday for a week and then I AM STAYING HOME!!!!!
All of this travel has afforded me some time to ponder, future plan, and re-assess some things about my life.
What kind of Dad and Husband am I? Why am I fighting working out and eating better so hard? How do I position my career in the upcoming year? What do I want to do with the rest of this year to make a difference in someone else life?
I guess it has kind of been a mid year review if you would.
So far, I do not have it figured out and if I must be honest, I probably have created additional doubts on ability and shots at achieving certain things than I had before I started reviewing. I am not done looking for solutions yet, just second guessing a bit while I process through the review.
I have come to the conclusion that I personally should probably do this much more often and it would create less to work on. Not sure, just a thought.
But here is what I wonder….
Do you re-assess your life every year, twice a year, quarter or something less like monthly?
What steps do you take to implement changes in your life?
I know, a bit general, but I find all of you who read my blog are extremely smart and probably have really nifty answers 
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July 19, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I have been trying to develop some new habits lately too. I find that it works well to set small goals to start and then work my way up. I can’t become a fitness junkie overnight. It would be unhealthy.
I also find that I need accountability. Sometimes that is another person who shares the same goals and sometimes its a recorded journal of my activities.
Currently I am working towards better time management, so I am journaling a lot of what I am doing and checking back to see how I am meeting my goals.
And don’t be afraid to re-asses and adjust goals based on your progress.
July 19, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I “formally” do this every year, with Diane.
We informally do it every few weeks when we remind ourselves of what we were planning on achieving.
At which point we often kick our butts into gear to get back on track and use some of the tools we implemented (like ChrisW mentioned)
You may also be surprised to know that sometimes Twitter can be a good way of making this happen. It’s amazing what incentive it can be when you have online friends keeping you accountable just like your offline friends, if you want that. And we do.
July 19, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Flattery will get you nowhere, Sir
Personally i have never been in an environment where self-assessment and future planning was much of my focus.
As for what steps i take to implement change – again i personally have been more ‘reactive’ than pro-active in that regard ( to use two really detestable ‘buzz-words’ of late) Basically i take life as it comes more than try to future plan or be too concerned about my level of personal progress.
It’s not for everyone and some might see it as a ‘fear of change’ – or fear of ’success’. It just seems to work for me.
I generally find that if i try to have too much input into the ‘direction’ my life is to take i generally can screw up and miss some pretty ‘fundamental’ aspects of what Life is all about. I think our human focus is not ever really clear or wide enough to allow for anything like ‘good’ planning.
Except for the most fundamental daily events – none of us have learned to accurately see what is just around the corner.
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July 20, 2009 at 5:53 am
ok. I must admit that I assess my life ALL the time. I might not do it on such a formal basis, but I am constantly re-assessing a lot. Maybe its cuz I live such a “flexible” lifestyle (I don’t know how else to describe it) where things are always changing and going in new directions. It forces me to be looking and evaluating my life.
That being said, I know that I am not in control of most of the things in my life, and so some of this re-assessing just ends up on the cutting room floor. I don’t know if this makes sense or not, but to me it does
July 20, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I think I must be more accepting of myself now than I was in my younger years because my life still has most of the same challenges now but I’m able to deal with them or accept them more easily. Maybe I’ve just learned to be more content with my lot. I don’t know. I tend to tell myself, “Okay do something about it or stop feeling so hard-done-by”. I think it’s good to evaluate once in a while… about once a decade seems like my best timeline… but not constantly dwell on introspection. Too much navel-gazing and we lose sight of the more important things around us.