But slightly moderated following the events from last week! I can not push it this week, gotta have fun and take it easy. My body gave me a big wake up call about pushing and forcing myself – she does not like it. Stuborn as a mule!
So I have my fun for today sorted and am working on tomorrows. It is amazing what comes when I am forced to let go. The question of the day is: Would you still be enthuiastic and passionate about your project if you knew you would not achieve your goal. In other words, how important would just being on the journey be to you? Obviously some would say that you would be a fool doing something which you know would not get you to your goal. Achieving goals, hitting the mark, getting good grades is highliy priced in our society and nothing else is really rewarded. But what if you started your project anyway and touched people on the way, improved lives or just had fun, enjoyed the moment rather than anticipating the sweet gifts success could bring you one day, did the right thing even though it will not get you closer to your goal.............
I like this shift in perspective!
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44. For the first time this year we had breakfast in our sunny garden. Gorgeous!
45. I am being so grateful that I can move again without pain
46. Started a course of herbs to help my hormonal and adrenal inbalances
47. Booked a session with a new local accupuncturist who uses a very intruiging method
48. I let go of everything for a week
49. Know now what I want to do for volunteering
50. Had Domino's Pizza *yummmmmmm*
51. Biathlon season is nearly over – loved watching it all winter. Brilliant sport!
52. Marking three months without alcohol and am still not missing it. What have I done?????? Really am enjoying it though.
53. Learned to sleep flat on my back which is supposed to be the best position for a good nights rest.
54. Started to twitter
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I would relate to this if it was re-phrased to say: would you still be enthusiastic and passionate about your project if you knew the risk of failure was high? (As opposed to unachievable)
I believe that people will strive to achieve a goal that others may think difficult or even impossible, as long as they believe that it is achievable, no matter how difficult. My guess is that there is a deep psychological switch that is flicked off if failure is certain – people don’t try or just give up on the goal.
In contrast, “against all odds” stories are legion, not least in personal survival stories such as Touching the Void. This is an extreme example but experience does show that people perform best when goals are stretching. Aim low and one hits low. Individuals and teams seem to perform best, and most enjoyably, when goals are stretching rather than well within their comfort zone.
This does lead me to wonder about the role played by achievement in enjoying the journey. For human endeavour challenges such as running a marathon or climbing a mountain, the euphoria of achievement seems to be sufficient reward, even though the journey was very difficult.
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