The Goal Forecast: Week of October 26
The Goal Forecast, Issue No. 08. For reflection, not prediction.
October closes this week, and the end of a month is a quiet place to look at what you actually did with it. One small nudge below for each of the eight.
Eight cards. Turn yours, then turn the others.
Turn the card
No. 01 The Trailblazer
Ask someone who sees your week from the outside whether you look pointed or just busy. Speed is easy to feel from the inside; direction is not.
Turn the card
No. 02 The Navigator
Pick one item on this week's list and ask what it is in service of. If the answer takes a while to find, that item may belong to an older plan.
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No. 03 The Cartographer
Do the thing you would do if the plan were already finished. You almost certainly know what it is, which means the plan is further along than it feels.
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No. 04 The Homebody
Put whatever the first step needs out where you will see it tonight: the book, the shoes, the notebook. A someday thing left in a drawer tends to stay someday.
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No. 05 The Adventurer
Say no to one good thing this week. Not a bad one, a good one. That is usually what it takes for the road you already chose to get your whole attention.
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No. 06 The Collector
Open the loveliest unfinished thing on your shelf and read the last page you wrote in it. You are further along than a fresh start would let you feel.
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No. 07 The Lighthouse Keeper
Write down what another month of thinking it over actually costs you. Waiting is a choice as well, and it is the one we tend to make without noticing.
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No. 08 The Stargazer
Ask one plain, practical question about the dream and go find the answer: what it costs, how long it takes, who is already doing it. Wonder and a plain fact can share a notebook.
Not sure which one is you? Take the quiz. Twenty-four questions, about five minutes, and a keepsake card at the end.
