January 28, 2022

 I don’t feel like writing much today so here is what I have for today.

Getting over it

There are going to be hard days and days that suck but that is okay. You are going to get through them.

Finding out what matters

One of the great things about going through hard times is you get to see who your friends are. You get to see the people that going to be there for you.

Ray Dalio

Advice I am going to follow to continue to grow.

1. Have clear goals
2. Identify and don’t tolerate problems that stand in the way of your achieving those goals.
3. Accurately diagnose problems to get at their root causes.
4. Design plans that will get you around them
5. Do what’s necessary to push these designs through to results

2 - 4 are the ones I am going to focus on. I can set great goals and I can overcome obstacles but it is identifying them that takes the work. Here are the problems I have identified

1. Not feeling like I know enough to take action
   1. Root Cause: Thinking that there is some sort of clear and set plan I can take to get where I want to go.
2. Comparing myself to others
   1. Root Cause: Thinking that there is only one definition of success.
3. Not putting enough effort into being focused on what I am doing.
   1. Root Cause: Not sure
4. Not being able to make a choice and doing nothing
   1. Root Cause: Thinking that I can do everything at once and not having a clear plan on what I am going to do. Not realizing that I can do anything I want I just cannot do it all at the same time.