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Hello GAF! Summer is here!
This is the time of year when a lot of people have more free time because of schools breaks or taking vacations to enjoy the weather, and it's also the time of year where people want to do something new or change something about themselves.
Unfortunately, goals can be set easily, but attaining them is another matter entirely. Often we procrastinate and procrastinate, never getting anything done.
This thread is here to help!
No matter what your goal is, whether it's learning to draw or dropping a few inches around the waist for that trip to the beach, you're more than welcome to share it! I just want this to be a place where we can encourage each other to actually get busy and do something.
These are some Links about procrastination that I pulled straight from Google so that you didn't have to. Give them all a read if you find procrastination really weighs you down.
This is a guide for helping you to stop procrastination.
http://www.studygs.net/attmot3.htm
This is another guide for stopping procrastination.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_96.htm
This is an article on procrastination Goya found for us.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination
Fitness |OT3| BroScience, Protein Dysentery, XXL Calf Implants, and Squat Rack Hogs
This is the Fitness thread. I thought it'd be a good idea to have a link here since a lot of summer goals are going to be fitness related. If you're new to working out or just want some people to bounce ideas off of, give this thread a try.
Procrastination isn't the only enemy we face though. Sometimes we just forget about goals because we haven't yet gotten into the habit of doing them. Things like checking GAF, emails, and Facebook or watching TV or whatever will come first and get in the way of your goals because you do those things everyday. Hopefully this thread can be a gentle reminder that you have something you want to do this summer, and that NOW is as good a time as any to get started.
General Tips
1. Tell people about your goals. This thread is here for that, but doing it face to face with your friends and family sure isn't going to hurt.
2. Set a SPECIFIC GOAL with a clear time frame for meeting it.
Aiming to bench 250 lbs. in two months is better than the undefined working out more.
3. Break larger, abstract goals into smaller goals that lead into your ultimate victory.
Doing one self portrait and one landscape sketch everyday is better than improving your drawing skills.
4. Write your goals down on a piece of paper. Do it as if you were explaining to someone in a letter what your goals are. The idea is really to just get your thoughts on paper. Writing goals down makes you more likely to act on them.
5. Do it. Don't wait for the right time or right feeling to get started. You may never feel like, so just do it now. You want it enough to set it as a goal, so go achieve it.
Wall of Shame
This is gonna fill up soon, maybe.
The List of Jipan Because The Second Post Is Full
Username: Jipan
Types of Goals: dating, self-improvement, social, driving, cooking/eating, internship, major declaration(s) + register for the classes associated with the major(s)
Specific Goals:
1.Go out with at least 1 woman from a dating website such as OKC and POF. After that, I could go for more if I'm feeling good about it and kick it up to 2 (I've never had a girlfriend, never kissed a woman, and I'm a virgin but handing in my v-card is not a priority).
2. Go to at least 3 social events every week. More specifically, if my brothers go out and ask if I want to come along, then do it or if I feel the urge to go outside stop whatever it is that I am doing and do it. Also, talk to people on my friends list on FB via chat even if I have no reason to talk to them and via XBL to a lesser extent. This would also factor into becoming more outgoing.
3. Pay for and take driving lessons so that I could get my license (which isn't mandatory in NYC, but I want to have it just in case).I already have a driving school in mind. The only question is whether I should pay for the 4 driving lessons package ($200) or for the 8 driving lessons package ($300).
4. Apply for internships (which I've already done). It gives me something to do over the summer besides playing games all day and going to the gym in the night.
5. Cook myself 1 meal every weekend so I won't have to order anything, and at least 2meals every day after July 11 because that's when my mother and oldest brother leave on vacation. My older brother will be around, but since he has a girlfriend who is pregnant, works, and spends most of his time at his g.f.'s house, I'm going to have to depend on myself after having my mother cook all the time.
6. Spend less time playing video games which can be over 8 hours straight sessions and more time doing productive things like drawing, and being outside.
7. Declare a major and register for classes. I've been working on that and came to the conclusion that I want to do a double major in Art Studio (because I love to draw) and Latin American Studies so that I could travel to another country that's not my ethnic country and I do speak Spanish fluently so that's a plus.
Updates: Daily/weekly updates depending on the mood and my progress.
Daily Goals? Yes. I know I didn't mention it, but I'm going to the gym at least 3 times a week (4 to get everything in). I've applied for internships and will continue to do so. Send at least 3 messages, 5 messages max to a chick that looks interesting on OKC or POF or any other dating website. Since I have to go outside to go the gym, I'm doing that and I also have to go outside every Friday to see a therapist. Plus I have jury duty near the end of this month and I plan on going out somewhere on my birthday. I've also remaind
Written Out: Yes and in meticulous detail no doubt as you can see. I'm a bit scared that I won't get all of them done as they sound a bit too ambitious, but screw it.
Deadline: Well, there's always internships availble over the summer one so that doesn't really have a deadline. In general howevever I'll say a little bit after the fall semester begins so August 28, 2011 (Su). I also a smaller goal which is to read No-No Boy by John Okada.[/QUOTE]
This is the time of year when a lot of people have more free time because of schools breaks or taking vacations to enjoy the weather, and it's also the time of year where people want to do something new or change something about themselves.
Unfortunately, goals can be set easily, but attaining them is another matter entirely. Often we procrastinate and procrastinate, never getting anything done.
This thread is here to help!
No matter what your goal is, whether it's learning to draw or dropping a few inches around the waist for that trip to the beach, you're more than welcome to share it! I just want this to be a place where we can encourage each other to actually get busy and do something.
These are some Links about procrastination that I pulled straight from Google so that you didn't have to. Give them all a read if you find procrastination really weighs you down.
This is a guide for helping you to stop procrastination.
http://www.studygs.net/attmot3.htm
This is another guide for stopping procrastination.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_96.htm
This is an article on procrastination Goya found for us.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination
Fitness |OT3| BroScience, Protein Dysentery, XXL Calf Implants, and Squat Rack Hogs
This is the Fitness thread. I thought it'd be a good idea to have a link here since a lot of summer goals are going to be fitness related. If you're new to working out or just want some people to bounce ideas off of, give this thread a try.
Procrastination isn't the only enemy we face though. Sometimes we just forget about goals because we haven't yet gotten into the habit of doing them. Things like checking GAF, emails, and Facebook or watching TV or whatever will come first and get in the way of your goals because you do those things everyday. Hopefully this thread can be a gentle reminder that you have something you want to do this summer, and that NOW is as good a time as any to get started.
General Tips
1. Tell people about your goals. This thread is here for that, but doing it face to face with your friends and family sure isn't going to hurt.
2. Set a SPECIFIC GOAL with a clear time frame for meeting it.
Aiming to bench 250 lbs. in two months is better than the undefined working out more.
3. Break larger, abstract goals into smaller goals that lead into your ultimate victory.
Doing one self portrait and one landscape sketch everyday is better than improving your drawing skills.
4. Write your goals down on a piece of paper. Do it as if you were explaining to someone in a letter what your goals are. The idea is really to just get your thoughts on paper. Writing goals down makes you more likely to act on them.
5. Do it. Don't wait for the right time or right feeling to get started. You may never feel like, so just do it now. You want it enough to set it as a goal, so go achieve it.
Wall of Shame
This is gonna fill up soon, maybe.
The List of Jipan Because The Second Post Is Full
Username: Jipan
Types of Goals: dating, self-improvement, social, driving, cooking/eating, internship, major declaration(s) + register for the classes associated with the major(s)
Specific Goals:
1.Go out with at least 1 woman from a dating website such as OKC and POF. After that, I could go for more if I'm feeling good about it and kick it up to 2 (I've never had a girlfriend, never kissed a woman, and I'm a virgin but handing in my v-card is not a priority).
2. Go to at least 3 social events every week. More specifically, if my brothers go out and ask if I want to come along, then do it or if I feel the urge to go outside stop whatever it is that I am doing and do it. Also, talk to people on my friends list on FB via chat even if I have no reason to talk to them and via XBL to a lesser extent. This would also factor into becoming more outgoing.
3. Pay for and take driving lessons so that I could get my license (which isn't mandatory in NYC, but I want to have it just in case).I already have a driving school in mind. The only question is whether I should pay for the 4 driving lessons package ($200) or for the 8 driving lessons package ($300).
4. Apply for internships (which I've already done). It gives me something to do over the summer besides playing games all day and going to the gym in the night.
5. Cook myself 1 meal every weekend so I won't have to order anything, and at least 2meals every day after July 11 because that's when my mother and oldest brother leave on vacation. My older brother will be around, but since he has a girlfriend who is pregnant, works, and spends most of his time at his g.f.'s house, I'm going to have to depend on myself after having my mother cook all the time.
6. Spend less time playing video games which can be over 8 hours straight sessions and more time doing productive things like drawing, and being outside.
7. Declare a major and register for classes. I've been working on that and came to the conclusion that I want to do a double major in Art Studio (because I love to draw) and Latin American Studies so that I could travel to another country that's not my ethnic country and I do speak Spanish fluently so that's a plus.
Updates: Daily/weekly updates depending on the mood and my progress.
Daily Goals? Yes. I know I didn't mention it, but I'm going to the gym at least 3 times a week (4 to get everything in). I've applied for internships and will continue to do so. Send at least 3 messages, 5 messages max to a chick that looks interesting on OKC or POF or any other dating website. Since I have to go outside to go the gym, I'm doing that and I also have to go outside every Friday to see a therapist. Plus I have jury duty near the end of this month and I plan on going out somewhere on my birthday. I've also remaind
Written Out: Yes and in meticulous detail no doubt as you can see. I'm a bit scared that I won't get all of them done as they sound a bit too ambitious, but screw it.
Deadline: Well, there's always internships availble over the summer one so that doesn't really have a deadline. In general howevever I'll say a little bit after the fall semester begins so August 28, 2011 (Su). I also a smaller goal which is to read No-No Boy by John Okada.[/QUOTE]
