A list worth reading… or ignoring

icon1 Posted by Luke in creativity, ideas on 05 3rd, 2009 | 2 responses

I am attempting to do something similar to Alison who wrote a list of things she was interested in as an attempt to find focus.   At this point in time I find myself horrendously bored with my work, life and pretty much what I spend 99% of my time doing.   Perhaps, boredom is a larger symptom of a dissatisfaction with life itself… especially since I set out with four goals this year and none of them have been reached.   Yes, I am whining and so what.  You don’t like it … I apologise.   This is not a whine though, it’s a structuring activity, I am attempting to build a list of things that I am interested in.  So here it is… the master list… in glorious technicolour black and white:

A list that makes my previous list feel less adequate

  1. The art of starting a business (and not failing!)
  2. Internet and internet business
  3. Human problem solving and how that works
  4. Fiction writing
  5. Creativity and design
  6. Gaming
  7. Technology (cool stuff not fixing or repairing computers or programming… I HATE THAT)
  8. Family stuff and values
  9. Existence and reality
  10. Theology, the human spirit and matters of Faith
  11. Music and guitar playing
  12. Film (pimpslap!)
  13. Aid work
  14. Having fun

This is all I could think of right now!  Our lives are rich are they not?  However, in all the fluff I read there is something I have found to be of value. Recently, in our standard occupational health and safety text, I was led to a section on strategic planning. This sectionthat had some interesting information on how to meet objectives.  You have to formulate the steps as a “To” statement (that was my interpretation, upon reflection it probably didn’t say that!!!) To me I think I could summarise what I would want (i.e. the deep down desires) as the following “To” statements:

  1. To start new and interesting business ventures
  2. To write new and interesting fiction
  3. To learn new and interesting things every single day
  4. To somehow contribute to the spirituality of people in a positive way

Now comes the next part.  I need the “how”.  Dammit!  Oh well… at least I have begun my life structuring exercise.  I can’t leave it here, I need a how statement of some sort.  The “How” puts legs on the “To” statement. For example how would I learn new and interesting things every single day:

How: Make a conscious effort to seek new opportunities to learn interesting things every day by making time to learn something (basket weaving, French, eschatology, step aerobics or fly fishing for example),  for a small amount of time everyday.

Now this is a commitment.  I am committed!  Learning is a way of life for me and I love it.  But I only love it while it’s new.  Hence, why I want to start new and interesting businesses.  I hate the boredom of repetition found in work  routines and the mundane grind of administration… if I could I would outsource the ruddy lot of it!   In fact I probably do… let’s not talk about that, let’s talk about the how statement.  Now, I must work out the how as I possess more clarity that I previously thought I did when I started writing this thirty minutes ago.   I am ending this post now because I must meditate on the “how”!

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2 Responses to “A list worth reading… or ignoring”

  1. alison alison says:
    May 3, 2009 at 10:05 am

    That second part. How? That’s a good question and hard to apply to oneself. It’s much easier solving everyone else’s problems.