Thought: motivation paralysis
Let’s face it, I got lazy.
I started this thing blog posting regularly. Then I had a few things come up, a trip back, moving across town, the holidays, etc. In some ways I feel that I would have kept up with this better had I never established any goals for how this site should go. First, I limited the scope of the posts to design-related material. What the hell does that even mean? Second, I told myself that I would make x number of posts regarding subjects a, b, and c, every month. That leads me to this question: Do goals really inherently drive people? The goals I made for this site had no real payoff. It’s the difference between saying ‘I want to do x’ and ‘I want to do x because it will bring me long-term success (or what have you).’ Basically what I’m getting at is that I am not going to worry about it going forward. If I don’t publish anything for a couple months, then I don’t. This will serve as an outlet for whatever I want to rant about. Chances are it will be about Design (I still don’t know what that means but as a Designer I will take the approach of ‘you’ll know it when you see it’), but I am not going to hold myself to it either.
For those of you that have read and responded to my posts, thanks. I hope you continue to read.
Sidenote: I always look at my posts and wonder if I have written enough, as if there was a length necessary to make a post worthwhile.
2 Comments to Thought: motivation paralysis
Goals are only motivational if you believe in them. See New Year’s diets, rehab, etc for more evidence 
December 28, 2008
Here’s an interesting way of looking at goals: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-science-of-setting-goals.html
December 22, 2008