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Respond | 1 cheer | Cheer this | 3 months ago (May 06, 01:51PM)

Good Lord, think of all the clutter!

I used to have goals that I wanted to want to do. Start running, for example. I don’t really want to run, I just want to be the sort of person that does run. Maybe someday in the future I will be, but not now.

So here’s what I did. I gave up on the goal and then added a “someday” tag to it.

I don’t think 43 Things is a place to keep track of passive goals. You should focus on what you really want and chart your progress toward achieving it while being cheered on by others. What’s the point of being cheered on a goal you’re not working on?

Respond | 1 cheer | Cheer this | 6 months ago (Feb 16, 04:40PM)

Should not do this, because it creates a wishful thinking like “I want to do this, but I’m not sure when or how or anything.” A lot of my goals are long term goals and I may not be working on all of them at this moment, but I am doing each and every one of them. I think putting a “I want to do this” choice would weaken the point of 43 Things and make it easier to become a dreamer than a doer. I love this site because it encourages ACTION and not dreaming.

Respond | Cheer this | 6 months ago (Feb 05, 01:19PM)

Also, some goals are sequential, and you have to finish one thing before you start on another.

Respond | Cheer this | 7 months ago (Jan 08, 08:11AM)

This is especially true of goals that are not as cut and dry, things that are hard to mark complete because they’re ongoing or quality-based, such as “serve others”.

Respond | Cheer this | 7 months ago (Dec 30, 08:45PM)

because if you click to say you want to do something, it will say you are doing it. There should be three buttons, not two: “I want to do this”, “I am doing this”, and “I have done this”.

Respond | 1 cheer | Cheer this | 10 months ago (Oct 06, 10:50AM)