Josh Shear
Goals, motivation, and what’s important
This will be the last post on JoshShear.com until the weather turns. I'm not going to pretend I'm shutting down the blog (I've tried that several times to no avail – I just keep coming back), and I'll still be blogging on the Get Fit blog and at , and I'll still be checking in (though noticeably less for the next little while) in online social spaces (don't worry, boss, just my personal accounts).
But conversations with people around me and some reading I've done lately remind me that I have more important shit to do.
Last week, I read blog posts by both and about identifying your goals, and identifying the obstacles that stand in your way.
Take two: Identifying my goals. Identifying my obstacles.
One of my obstacles is perceived expectations in online social networking. I say perceived, because I don’t know actually know what the heck people want, or require, or whatever. I mean, nobody calls me to tell me what I should be doing.
And it took me a little while to come to . I mean, I do like having all you people around, but I don’t need you for validation. I’d rather see you than tweet you, and if we’re going to tweet a conversation, I’d rather have it while I’m looking at a computer anyway (say, at work), rather than holding up household projects that are more important to me. After all, I really am the .
I tend to hunker down for the late autumn, long winter and early spring, so there will be plenty of computer screen time then. Hopefully we’ll connect in real life sometime soon.
July 20th, 2011 at 09:45
Enjoy the time off, Josh. I completely understand the part about more important things to do. My blog slipped when I took on a new job but I do miss it and want to write posts when I can squeeze in the time. I agree that it does seem hard to leave a blog in general. Also, I can understand the challenge in identifying your obstacles and goals without feedback. Some people need the validation, and some don’t. Good luck and I’ll expect some posts come fall!
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July 20th, 2011 at 16:40
Good on you, Josh. One of the big bits of craziness out there right now is “personal branding.” Unfortunately, I think so many people are hung up on that, banging away at Twitter, blogging relentlessly. Here’s what I’ve learned: 1. I blog when I want to, because I want to. Yes, I always feel like I should write more often, but I blog for me — not my audience. 2. What matters is not what the anonymous people on Twitter think of me, but whether I think anything at all about them. I’m done with follower counts, Klout scores, mentions and retweets. And life is really more fulfilling when you sit down and have lunch with a real person.
Which reminds me….we need to grab lunch soon.
August 26th, 2011 at 22:45
I Agree to you Josh. I complately understand the other part of the important things to do. and specially we must estimate our time. specially to our job. and our family we should do the very important thing of our life.
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September 1st, 2011 at 02:24
Great Josh! Enjoy the spare time, i also take big breaks in the middle of blogging, i know the traffic drops a lot in that period, but just to get my creative instinct back i like to take them!
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September 16th, 2011 at 18:21
I learned that by accepting that I can’t do all things at once would prevent me from looking foolish. I make sure to take things step by step and focus on what is important. You are right about determining the obstacles. I think this is a very important part in the preparation when aiming on achieving a goal.
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