Skip to content- Remember all the things you’ve tried before (like blogging every day).
- Take stock of which pursuits were successful in the moment and which were successful after some time.
- Next, note the failures and your shortcomings. See if they have, in fact, made you a more well rounded individual, more robust in your knowledge.
- Now forget all that. These past outcome, whether positive or negative, have no say on your destiny.
- Time to get creative. Think of something new you can try, something that will challenge you and push you to become better than you are currently. This thing can be less ambitious than previous initiatives or just as ambitious (such as blogging every day, only this time not worrying if any single day has been missed). Past attempts ought to hold no significance over any future endeavors, though it would be foolish to not embrace your newfound, innate wisdom.
- Make a list of what you ought to do to fulfill this task. Perhaps a checklist, maybe an intention. Either way, there should be some means to identify your success.
- Make a commitment to yourself, a pact to do your best to uphold your end of the bargain into the foreseeable future. If desirable, create an end date for this new practice. Leave it open-ended if you’re more easy going.
- Do your best.
- Forgive yourself when you slip up.
- Continue until you’re done. You’ll know when the time has come.
- Repeat this process, paying special attention to number 4.
- Embrace your childhood wonder, that ambition present deep within your being. Hold it close and become it’s ally. Together, you will accomplish many great feats.