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"Every Year Is Getting Shorter, Never Seem to Find the Time"

January 19, 2007 4:37 AM

ou know, I have a lot of goals. And the thing that sucks about having goals is that, sometimes, you're not going to accomplish your goals.

Most of my goals aren't all that important or big. For example, I wanted to learn how to play the outro solo from "November Rain" by the end of this past summer. And, while I was able to make some progress, it's really, really hard. So, I failed at that goal.

I set goals like that for myself all the time, and I'm rarely able to do what I set out to. No matter how much I want something, something else almost always comes along to distract me. No matter what I want to achieve, some other, more important, more pressing thing rears its head. It's not that I forget about the things I want to accomplish, it's just that, at some point, there just aren't enough hours in the day. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd say that, but it's true. There just isn't enough time to do all the things I want to do.

I had various goals coming into this year. Most of them involved a certain aspect of my life. But, going into the second semester, I'm starting to see that there's no way I'm going to be able to do all the things I wanted to get done. And that really pisses me off. I feel like I've let myself and others down.

So what's the solution? Better time management? Absolutely. But I fear that using my time more efficiently would just give me more time to find things I have to change and improve.

I can't remember who, but there was this artist who never considered his pieces finished. I've often felt the same way about my creative outlets--drawings, music, blog posts. I've always felt that there's an almost infinite number of things I could have done better. If I had had another week to work on my version of "Carol of the Bells," for example, I think I could have made it three times better. But there comes a time when you just have to let things go. I wanted to post that song before Christmas.

I'm starting to see that the same is true about other types of goals. If you set big, vague goals for youself, like I sometimes do, there has to come a point where you look at what you were able to accomplish, are proud of it, and deal with the regret that you weren't able to accomplish more.

I just wish I had more time. I think I could make everything better.



2 Comments


jbob said:

"there has to come a point where you look at what you were able to accomplish, are proud of it, and deal with the regret that you weren't able to accomplish more."

I dunno. I'm still striving for siz-pack abs.

January 19, 2007 8:24 AM



Utah said:

I hate to be the one suggesting a Harry Potter solution to you, but you could always get that watch Hermione had that turned back time so she could do multiple things at once. Other viable solutions include Delorian or telephone booth time machines.

January 19, 2007 11:57 AM



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