> >have a long term goal even if you just make it up, just have something to work towards and then eventually, what you really want will come to you i did that last year for my news years resolution. i had two one serious, one not really. i hit both. 1.) 10k a day, every day. run, walk or crawl at least 10km everyday. 2.) save five figures for the year. i wasn't serious about it. but i tried saving, i was getting more informed about investing and in a few months i realized i was on track to hit my goal. then i got real serious about financial discipline. i hit my goal with ease. i couldn't believe it. it really makes anything seem possible now. i can't tell you how stressed i was living pay check to pay check after my divorce and child support order. i just pay attention to where every dollar goes and evaluate it's benefit to me. i also found a type of joy in seeing "line go up". instead of buying new tools or some hobby shit, i go research stocks and buy shares and i now find that fun and fulfilling. i was always a procrastinator anyways so i've reoriented my hobbies to cheap things like writing. or cheap film/digital photography. or studying philosophy. i totally feel you on changing everything in a year. i can barely remember my old thought processes now. but i can remember them enough to understand how foolish i was being by not talking ownership of the day and orienting to the future.
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