{"id":44,"date":"2007-09-13T06:32:24","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2007-09-13T06:32:24","modified_gmt":"2007-09-13T12:32:24","slug":"balance-goals-and-a-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Balance, Goals, and a List"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am struggling for balance. There is so much that I want to do and I’m realizing that I only have a short time to do everything that I’m going to do. It really brings home the importance of prioritization. I started writing this entry in an attempt to follow through on my resolve to make blogging a regular part of my life. But as I write I am thinking and what I’m learning from this introspection is that blogging is a tool for refining my thinking on various subjects. Paul Graham pointed out that the word essay means to explore. That captures a lot of the value of blogging to me.<\/p>\n

So, I’ll talk a little bit about some of the things that I want to accomplish. In this first pass, I’ll focus on listing them without assigning priorities or time frames. I think it is important to do this in order to keep from getting bogged down in details and missing the big picture. I also want to go ahead and post what I write in this session, even though it probably won’t be comprehensive, in order to keep the flow going. Then, when I’ve listed most of the things that I want to do, I’ll start elaborating on them, prioritizing them, and trying to establish the time frame that I plan to accomplish them in. I think a bullet list will be appropriate for this first pass.<\/p>\n