It’s that time of year again. Whether it’s my birthday (23rd Dec), the winter solstice (happy birthday, Nicole!), Christmas or New Year, around this time I feel the urge to look back and reflect, and to look ahead and plan.
This year I’ve been playing around with a goal-setting application called Goalscape, which has really helped me focus my thoughts. If you are of a geeky persuasion, you might want to try out Goalscape too – but if you prefer pen and paper, for financial or other reasons, then that works too.
[I probably need to declare a vested interest – I got Goalscape for free. All I had to do was row 11,000 miles. You could try this strategy too, or you may just prefer to pay the 89 Euros/£75/$117 and skip the rowing. If you do want to get it, please click on the logo at the bottom of this blog, and a % of the cost will go to help fund the Indian Ocean row – but honestly, that’s not my motivation for talking about it!]
I used to use Novamind mind-mapping software to chart out all my projects. It was good, but projects did tend to proliferate. I’ve included my latest Novamind chart, not with the intention that you should be able to read it, but just to give you some idea of how unwieldy it was getting.
What I like about Goalscape is that it uses a pie-chart to represent my time. This constantly reminds me that there is only one of me, and if I take on additional projects, that means a bit less time for everything else. Visually, when I add a new project to the chart, all the other segments shrink a bit to make room.
I can adjust the size of the slice of the pie that I want to allocate to each project, depending on priority, but the pie pointedly refused to have any more than 360 degrees in it. Just as my day stubbornly refuses to have any more than 24 hours in it. If anybody has any solutions to the latter problem, please post a comment to let me know!
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Oh, and by the way, did I mention it’s my birthday soon?!
If you’re feeling generous, the best birthday present you could give me, which costs you nothing and has no environmental impact, would be to cast your vote for the National Geographic “People’s Choice” Adventurer of the Year.
Thanks a million!
Looking forward to the coming year and enjoying new adventures. Thanks for sharing your accomplishments in life wiith us.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours Roz.
Great revew.
I’d like to recommand a goal setting tool at http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and supports time tracking too. It’s clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.
So, how many days do you actually get out of each 24hrs, Roz!?
(BTW, just voted, as prompted…happy birthday, couple days early)
Voted, and alerted friends who follow you only when you’re rowing. They all report having voted so here’s hoping you win.
Nicole still around then?
Thanks for the birthday wishes, Roz! Will be thinking of you on your special day, too! Hope the year ahead is filled with lots of goal achieving happiness for you! xoxo
Nicole
Novamind and Mindmeister are great for brain-dumping, reprioritising and reorganising thoughts. I love the way Goalscape presents within a finite 360 circle though. Unless you can traverse to other dimensions, you are stuck with that 360/24hr timeframe. Great to look at other’s mind-maps. I can see how I would reassemble yours to focus on 2 items that would be in the inner circle, and the rest would migrate out to more outer orbits under those 2. Isn’t it great the way other people can use them to tell you how to run your life :-). This reminds me to take another serious look at my own mind-map, or in 20th century speak – go mind my own business :). (ps Thanks Harry for the recommendation of GoalsOnTrack)
Go on then, David. Now of course I’ll have to ask – what would be the 2 items that you would put centre-stage?
Naturally I reserve the right to disagree! 🙂
Roz, I did the math… You spend 27 hours a day trying to help save the exact same world that I spend 16 hours a day playing in. Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas and Holidays! Wishing you all best in your 2011 adventures! Vote for Roz! Go team Go!
Greetings Roz. Wheel idea is a fine record for the eyes.
Things I wonder about yours?
Personal time- alone time.
Brand building of your name. Separate from pr and media.
Multi-0ption products for the public and business clients.
book, audio, group training and personal business training/ coaching.
A video narrated by you about the problem and solutions currently being done by the plastic manufacturers , and what each citizen can do . Like brad pitt and morgan freedman….
A book about the 50 best tips from eco hero’s, then a second 50 tips book- series. ..- record it and hire a transcription service-add your final edit- done.
A cook book with your mom and sister- labor of yummy love.
Your hobbies- what does roz do for fun and just for roz?
How about an online back up service – for insurance against mean laptop people?
Getting NEW phone and laptop equipment from a different set of companies. Refit the components with all stainless sockets and plugs?
Is there a field team to reseal all the the through hull fasteners and hatches ?
How about a countdown calender to next launch date?
Now to work on my lists, LISTS,…. hmmm?
Can I stack wheels?
What flavor is each pie section?
Thank you being you,
till then.
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–China Samsung cell phones nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and
supports time tracking too. It’s clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth
a try.