It’s been said that without hope people parish, but what is “hope” without a vision of the outcome of that hope, what’s more hope is dead without actions. I can sit in my unfulfilling job and hope for a better one to come along but what actions do I need to take to get there? I can complain about my lack of energy and just hope that one day I will be feeling in the mood to change my diet or my habits but what will I do to take action toward the goal of feeling more energized? I can see other people having successful online businesses and hope that one day I will have the knowledge to try and start an online business of my own. I can hope that one day I will be more organized, hope that one day I get my finances in order, hope, hope, hope…the truth is hope without action is like a car without and engine, you can get in the car but you will not go anywhere. I’ve know and acknowledged this truth for a very long time, yet I have made very little progress. So what’s keeping me from taking action? Truly, it comes down to fear (and sometimes laziness). What has kept me “stuck” in the same job for 16 years is fear that I may lose my comfy well paying job and end up in a job that challenges me more than I think I can handle, or worse I can end up having a jerk of a boss. Every time I have made up my mind to change careers my so called “reasoning” sabotages me by thinking of one million and one scenarios of why it’s safe to stay at this job and how fortunate I am just to have this job while other people are struggling; while the latter part is true, I still end up going home unfulfilled at the end of the day. Sitting at a desk for 8 hours creating and reviewing invoices and contracts, is not my idea of making a difference; sometimes I think I would make more of a difference working at a doctor’s office, at least there I would get to smile at people and make them feel welcomed and at ease but then I start to think: it would make no sense to go work at a job that pays me significantly less than what I make now, and so the vicious circle of random thoughts begin.
With all these random thoughts of different ideas and different goals, the essence of the vision is gone or not there at all! What is needed to make any one goal a reality? -Clarity- one dictionary defined clarity as “lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from ambiguity.” In other words clarity is having a very precise and defined vision, free of ambiguity, to know very precisely what the desired outcome is. I feel that I’ve been going through life carrying a bag full of expectations and goals that were very general, not clear enough to move me to action in order to make hope a functioning mode of transportation to arrive at my desired goal.
Bottom line is in order to reach any goal I have to be very precise and clear about what I want. My present goal is to define in very clear terms what my priorities in life are, then identify what actions are needed and finally take action. I have already taken the first step in my action plan which was to unravel my thoughts by writing them down and making way for clarity in my mind. Now I can move to the next action which is identifying and making a list of goals then tackling them one at a time. What’s your action plan?
Bottom line, in order to reach any goal I have to be very precise and clear about what I want. My present goal is to define in very clear terms what my priorities in life are, identify what actions are needed and finally take action. I have already taken the first step in my
action plan which was to unravel my thoughts by writing them down and making way for clarity in my mind.
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