In yesterday's post, I talked about developing a campaign for myself.  I listed several potential goals that I want to analyze and consider carefully before I choose to apply "aggressive activities" that direction.  With that in mind, I created the following questionnaire for myself and wanted to share it with you.  It's a living document and will likely change once I start using it but I think it's a nice beginning. It might seem like a lot of effort just for goal setting but I'm thinking of it more as a road map for my future -- and that deserves all this effort.

Goal:

Category:

Analysis:

• Is this more of a “should” than a true “desire”?               SHOULD         DESIRE
• What five aggressive activities can I think of right now?  Am I willing to do these?  (note:  don’t spend much time on this – just throw a quick list together so that you can “feel” your readiness)
• Am I willing to “go out there” – i.e., tell everyone and ask for true accountability?  What would accountability look like?
• What resources will I need and do I have these?
• What has kept me from being successful with this in the past?
• WHY do I want this?  Be honest – be brutal with myself now or brutal on myself later!
• Can I “handle” this goal – what about this goal scares me?
• What obstacles will I face and what do I “feel” when I think of these obstacles?
• When I think of this goal and all that it will require, what thoughts come up?  How does my body respond?
• What do I picture if I “succeed”?  What do I picture if I “fail”? (another time for brutal honesty)
• What does Dave think (discuss this after I’ve answered the above questions so that he has all the information to help me – ACCEPT that I need help balancing my goals and abilities)?
• What else comes up when I think of this goal?

Will this goal make my FINAL CAMPAIGN?                        YES                 NO

While I won't bore you with all of my analyses, I will share a couple so that you can see how my brain and body are working together to chart a course that helps ACCEPT MYSELF and CHOOSE ABUNDANT LIVING.