I constantly have a huge list of things to do in my head and I'd like to get better at organizing/prioritizing them.
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posted by sprezzy
on May 21, 2013 -
21 answers
I am currently in my third year of university and am majoring in both Arabic and the International Studies: Middle East. I'm coming to the end of a year language immersion studying abroad and I am becoming worried because I don't have very specific goals for the future of my Arabic studies.
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posted by Corduroy
on Apr 8, 2013 -
12 answers
I need some fitness goals beyond the vague "get in shape" and the too-common "run a marathon". Can you help me come up with small, concrete, achievable goals?
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posted by yawper
on Mar 26, 2013 -
25 answers
I'm trying to figure out what direction I should guide my future in. Problem is, when I take most personality (*cough* Myers-Briggs *cough*) or skill tests, I can never overcome the bias of what I "should" want, or what my field (the sciences) have conditioned me to. What can I do that can help me figure myself out that isn't sensitive to bias and will basically catch me "off guard" so I can figure out my strengths/weaknesses/potential truthfully?
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posted by Seeking Direction
on Mar 13, 2013 -
8 answers
I am supposed to come up with a few personal and a few team goals for a meeting at work. I am someone who always leaves the "Objective" section of resume blank because this stuff is alien to me. Anyone have any insight into management expectations with this stuff?
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posted by polywomp
on Jan 23, 2013 -
12 answers
I'm looking for the best tool to maintain a list of long-term goals and a resource for generating short-term ones.
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posted by stefnet
on Jan 16, 2013 -
7 answers
2013 will be our year! ...But how?
Have you had a storybook year or season at work or school or in a club? Something that felt like a Lifetime movie, making it to regionals for the first time for choir, or smashing your sales goal for the quarter, or collecting a ton of stuff for your canned food drive?
I am trying to figure out what factors influence extraordinary success in a team setting.
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posted by estlin
on Dec 31, 2012 -
4 answers
Do you know about any researchers studying human behavior with regard to motivation, habits, and goal-setting, or books/papers about those topics?
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posted by markbao
on Dec 19, 2012 -
9 answers
I am so overwhelmed and struggling right now that it feels like I have no options and I'm intractably stuck. I know logically that I do have options but I can't sort out what I could do from what I shouldn't, what might work from Just Don't Go There, and getting objective, realistic advice is difficult.
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posted by noxetlux
on Oct 23, 2012 -
16 answers
I feel stuck in an unfulfilling job which I am not progressing in. Leading to unhappiness and questioning my overall state of mind. What should I do? Warning: a lot of detail inside.
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posted by happiness01
on Oct 21, 2012 -
3 answers
Is there an online service that helps you stay motivated by charging you money if you fail to perform a verifiable action?
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posted by Cool Papa Bell
on May 22, 2012 -
9 answers
Tools for visualizing the interim steps of long-term goals, when there's no established model for the long term goal? Longer description inside.
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posted by Cool Papa Bell
on Apr 20, 2012 -
6 answers
I wrote just short of 50,000 words of a novel... But now I'm not sure where to go from here. Help me come up with a game plan to finish it. Details inside.
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posted by deathpanels
on Mar 5, 2012 -
16 answers
I have an interview next Tuesday with a investment firm. The position is Executive Assistant to the CEO. When they ask me where I see myself in 5 years, what do I say?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 10, 2012 -
21 answers
I have come to realize that I am terrible at planning in most areas of my life: education, finance, events, daily tasks etc. How do I become better at looking ahead, seeing what's coming and acting now so that the future doesn't suck?
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posted by talkingmuffin
on Dec 28, 2011 -
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How do I figure out what I want to be when I grow up? I've been very lucky in my life so far—just a little bit of work has yielded me amazing opportunities that have more or less fallen into my lap. But I'm starting to realize that I have no idea how to set, develop, and follow through on goals on my own.
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posted by sockpuppet yo
on Nov 30, 2011 -
5 answers
I've asked here about HOW to budget for a family, but darn it, I can't bring myself to do it! I need help. (Perhaps psychological help.)
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posted by snsranch
on Nov 10, 2011 -
17 answers
Does anyone use
stickK? Has it worked for you? Any tips for making it work for me? I
really need to start exercising regularly but I just can't get motivated to do it lately, so I thought stickK might help. I'm interested in hearing from people who have used it for anything, though.
posted by trillian
on Oct 9, 2011 -
9 answers
I'm looking for a website or mac app along the lines of
Joe's Goals, but with more features and polish. Do similar alternatives exist?
posted by Homo economicus
on Oct 3, 2011 -
4 answers
How do you deal with needing to live an insincere life when doing so cuts to the bone? (in work and in school)
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posted by zeek321
on Aug 12, 2011 -
15 answers
I'm almost finished reading
The Now Habit by Neil Fiore. Can you recommend any books that are similar in approach but deal with a wider focus, that is, setting medium- and long-term goals?
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posted by Busoni
on Aug 2, 2011 -
3 answers
There are so many things I'd like to do and learn this Summer before college starts back this Fall. To make things tougher to accomplish, I have ADHD. Are all the things I would like to do really possible? Any tips/hacks/etc.?
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posted by BenS
on May 14, 2011 -
7 answers
My ladyfan and I are looking for recommendations for books that may help us move our relationship forward, especially ones with a focus on discussing, setting, and working on goals together.
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posted by The Great Big Mulp
on May 9, 2011 -
5 answers
I live a sad, lonely, purposeless existence in a city that I'm not crazy about. Should I try to fix my life here, move back to the city that I loved, or quit my job and travel around the world for a year in the hopes of finding a mission in life?
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posted by coelacanth!
on Jan 31, 2011 -
25 answers
My cousin and I want to be better at managing time and focusing on things we want to do. But we have some unhelpful emotional obstacles that are in the way of being who we want to be.
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posted by anniecat
on Jan 10, 2011 -
7 answers
Are there particular quotes about "staying in the present" that are poignant to you? Recently I have been worrying about the future, to the point it's become debilitating to accomplish some of the most trivial of tasks. I am looking for quotes to use as quick reminders to stay in the present, and the let the future be as it may.
posted by helios410
on Dec 28, 2010 -
36 answers
I'm going to make 2011 the year I keep my New Year's resolution to lose weight. Can you help me figure out a realistic target/loss rate?
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posted by edbyford
on Dec 22, 2010 -
21 answers
Interested in finding a personal organization system like
Getting Things Done, only NOT geared towards middle managers from the late-1990s.
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posted by Afroblanco
on Dec 20, 2010 -
18 answers
I want to learn as much as possible about the psychology of purposely forming new habits (like exercising each day) or sticking to something which requires daily work (like learning a language). I am especially interested in the role that social pressure of peers can play in a person's success (Alcoholics Anonymous, study partners, even the recent findings that
a person's weight is related to the weight of those close to them may be examples). Books, articles, jumping off points -- academic or otherwise -- would be very much appreciated!
posted by the jam
on Aug 17, 2010 -
8 answers
OK, so I have a bunch of stuff I need to work on. I’m about to turn 40 and I’m flush with motivation. Tackle everything at once or pick my battles?
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posted by libraryhead
on Aug 16, 2010 -
26 answers
What if it's not ADHD, bipolar, depression, or anxiety? What if I just am not made for this stupid cubicle, 401k, 9-5 crap? I know that many people do it and that sometimes you have to suck it up, but when I keep having freak outs and get more and more depressed and meds don't help and i just feel like i am fighting myself all the time, isn't it time to try a new plan?
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posted by inmyhead
on May 20, 2010 -
37 answers
I feel stuck. Here's the facts as I understand them (insert usual apology for length of personal issues/relationships-type post and redundancy of "what do I do with my life" question here).
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posted by anonymous
on May 19, 2010 -
10 answers
