whiteraven
Diamond Member
Wondering how many folks here set goals for themselves that are fun but also help in their healing?
I'm trying really hard to pare back on anything next year I don't feel an "obligation" to do--kind of hard, because much of the time, living feels like an obligation. But...
I set some goals last year using a template I found in a book--not all fun, but all designed to help heal--and I'm getting ready to do it again. One of the things I enjoy doing but find it really hard to do is hike. Ok, well...by "hike" I mostly mean walk in the woods, which may or may not involve anything strenuous. I love being out in the woods, watching for birds and other animals, but I don't do it much anymore (don't like leaving my condo, mostly, but I also have pain and walking sometimes makes it worse).
I found a book that is filled with hikes within 60 miles of my home, and I'm thinking of doing them with some modifications next year (like, I'm gonna start this year, and I'm only doing the ones in two of the states, which comes to around 24 hikes). Since I have to be organized about everything, I thought I'd document them in my journal and keep an official birding life list (I have one online, but I think I'll do a paper one).
This feels like fun to me. Of course, it might not turn out that way, and I may quit halfway through, but that's why I've narrowed it from 60 to 24. That seems doable.
The other "fun" goal I set is a reading challenge a friend of mine put up. You pick books in a variety of categories and read 24 by the end of the year. Oh, look at that--another 24! :-)
Do you set "fun" goals for anything?
I'm trying really hard to pare back on anything next year I don't feel an "obligation" to do--kind of hard, because much of the time, living feels like an obligation. But...
I set some goals last year using a template I found in a book--not all fun, but all designed to help heal--and I'm getting ready to do it again. One of the things I enjoy doing but find it really hard to do is hike. Ok, well...by "hike" I mostly mean walk in the woods, which may or may not involve anything strenuous. I love being out in the woods, watching for birds and other animals, but I don't do it much anymore (don't like leaving my condo, mostly, but I also have pain and walking sometimes makes it worse).
I found a book that is filled with hikes within 60 miles of my home, and I'm thinking of doing them with some modifications next year (like, I'm gonna start this year, and I'm only doing the ones in two of the states, which comes to around 24 hikes). Since I have to be organized about everything, I thought I'd document them in my journal and keep an official birding life list (I have one online, but I think I'll do a paper one).
This feels like fun to me. Of course, it might not turn out that way, and I may quit halfway through, but that's why I've narrowed it from 60 to 24. That seems doable.
The other "fun" goal I set is a reading challenge a friend of mine put up. You pick books in a variety of categories and read 24 by the end of the year. Oh, look at that--another 24! :-)
Do you set "fun" goals for anything?