43 Things

today i came across a site called 43 Things, which i found at Cornelian Cherry. it’s free to open an account and you can list up to 43 things you want to do in your life and see how many people who have accounts share your goal. you can write an entry (or more, i think) for each one, such as the post i wrote before this one, and set it up to automatically post on your blog, too. my list is here and on my sidebar. you can also create a list of things you’ve done.

i, for one, absolutely hate making goals–unless i’m playing hockey. every time i set a goal, i feel like i’m setting myself up for failure. in PHP we had to have one goal each day, even a small one like smiling at someone. well, maybe that isn’t so small for other people. take things a step at a time, people say. start small. i know all these things and they’re true, but sometimes i feel like my goals are trivial compared to other people’s. and i know, you can only compare yourself to yourself, but some thinking patterns are so set and hard to change.