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I took a FranklinCovey based time management class at work the other day (voluntarily I might add). I’d taken it once before, a few years ago, and gotten alot out of it. Not so much on managing minutes or forcing myself to get more done in less time–although it could help with that too–as focusing on what’s important in my life, whether it’s at work or personal, and making sure I get the important things done first.

You also get a really nice day planner at the class

There was a short little exercise that hit me. We paired up and the instructor had us introduce ourselves as we were ten years ago (just out of college, just married, etc) then as we will be ten years from now. That’s the part that hit me. There are a few dreams and idle plans that I’ve had in the back of my mind just percolating… because there’s plenty of time, I can always get to them later… But do I want to wait till later? If later isn’t now, when is it? It may turn out to be never.

So part of the class was thinking about our goals and values–where we want to be–then breaking it down and figuring out how to get there. I took one of my deferred, back of the mind, dreams and did just that. I have more goals but I’m going to concentrate on just this one for at least a month or two. Then I can see where I am, if it’s something I want to do and continue, and whether there are any other things that I want to add.

So now, off to learn how to hang-glide Ok, maybe I won’t follow that particular childhood dream but who knows?

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