http://somedaysyndrome.com Procrastination. Choice. Happiness Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:09:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've never been a huge fan of resolutions, thinking that creating them all too often just sets people up with unreasonable expectations and too much pressure, but after reading Gretchen Rubin's book, The Happiness Project, I've not only changed my mind, but I created 36 resolutions of my own to ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2010/01/resolving-to-be-happier-the-happiness-project/ While I'm not a huge planner, I do have a twenty year plan for my fiction career and three years into it, I'm exactly where I want to be. This month Melinda talks about how to deal with long term planning and short term detours. -Alex. Plans are like a road ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/12/dealing-with-detours-limited-visibility-planning-vs-living/ Someday Lesson: You don't set course on your dream once and then forget about it. It requires vigilance to stay on track. I haven't been happy recently and that's been bothering me. After all, how can I help you find happiness if I've lost my own? In a post on the ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/12/reorienting-goals/ Someday Lesson: Unless you know exactly how long your to-do list is you can't make objective decisions about what to work on. Since December is Planning Month on Someday Syndrome let's tackle a Someday Challenge that's planning related. Specifically let's look at Angela's problem with being overwhelmed with everything she has ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/12/overwhelmed-by-work/ Someday Lesson: If you can't fully commit to busting your Someday then how important is it to you really? You know what? It doesn't matter what you want. It doesn't matter what reasons you have for not following it. If you're not pursuing a dream you say you want, then you ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/12/tackling-someday-head-on-achieving-dreams-with-confidence/ Did you know that December is National Write a Business Plan Month? Now, I'm not a big fan of business plans (actually I find most of them useless documents that sit on the shelf and never get looked at). And many of you have no need for a business plan ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/12/turning-your-goals-into-plans-the-quick-method/ Robin contacted Someday Syndrome because she suffers from Someday My Ship Will Come In. She does not know what she wants. She just know that she does not want the life she has now. When asked to finish the sentence "Someday I'll…" she answered: be happy. She feels that she doesn't accomplish much. ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/11/someday-ill-be-happy/ Your mind is a reservoir of creative potential, just waiting for you to develop and nurture it. Too many people say they aren’t creative. I say - they either haven’t developed their creativity or are looking at creativity through a narrow focus. Your Mind as a Rubber Band I want ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/11/stretching-your-mind/ Back in the first Lab Rat series, I talked about inertia as one of the reasons why people choose to be unhappy even when they know what they want out of life. That discussion prompted a section in I'll Get Around To It Someday about how we block ourselves from ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/11/the-drag-of-inertiathe-lab-rats-explore-what-blocks-them/ Someday Lesson: A mentor provides active assistance by pulling you up past your obstacles. At the top of this page in the menu, you'll see the word Coaching but in reality I'm not a Coach. I'm a Mentor. I don't encourage and let you develop your own path through a series of ... http://somedaysyndrome.com/2009/11/actively-involved-in-change-mentoring-vs-coaching/