My March 30-day trial! Eating the ugly frogs!

[Gambler]

Although it's still winter, for me, March is the first month of spring, so I am really inspired to make 30-day goal list. This time, I am very driven, I have better options for motivation there before, and more confidence.

The focus of this trial will be the "eating the ugly frog" type, so...It's not going to be 2 hours this, 2 hours that type, rather doing some stuff that I have been procrastinating, or something that isn't very pleasant, or it's a bit frightening, that type of things.

1. Set up the adsense on my website, and update it with new stuff.
2. Get a contact lenses, for the first time in my life.
3. Call Jeka.
4. Set up a collaboration, and start with students chat(my side-job).
5. Get the information for my side-entrepreneur project with musical books. Calculate expenses for printing, get the information about additional equipment and everything. Finally choose one of the options for printing.
6. Call the cable company and extend account.(It was off for 5 months)
7. Cancel adsl .
8. Join the city library.
9. Upload one guitar school when cable net arrives.
10. Transcribe and Record Mozzart's 161 on guitar(arrange also)

That's it! Not many working hours except last one, but I like to play anyway, so...

Wish me luck!

[Lilith785]

Quite a list, Best of luck!

[Gambler]

Originally Posted by Lilith785

Quite a list, Best of luck!

Yep! I love number ten

Goal 9, done! I am the proud member of Belgrade City library. From now on, it will save me lots of money

I will set up that adsense tomorrow, it's bothering me for months, such a ...

One off, nine more to go!

[Gambler]

Tomorrow I will do 1. and 3., that adsense is really pain in the...
So, hopefully, 20-30-40 bucks would get into my pocket each month

[Gambler]

6. Done

[Gambler]

7. done!

I beginning to like this.

[Gambler]

3. Done.
Can't believe....I will ACTUALLY do this!

[Gambler]

3, 6, 7, 8(I wrote 9, mistake...) are done.
Tonight I will try to do 1, at least some part, and begin uploading one guitar lesson(800 MB) which is 9.

[Elysha]

Hi Gambler!

Wow, I admire you for following your goals so successfully =)
I wish this will be possible for me as well some day!

Its really astounding what an effect it has just to write your goals down... when you had actually avoided to do them for such a long time!

Great!
I wish you good luck for your last to dos!

[Gambler]

Originally Posted by Elysha

Hi Gambler!

Wow, I admire you for following your goals so successfully =)
I wish this will be possible for me as well some day!

Its really astounding what an effect it has just to write your goals down... when you had actually avoided to do them for such a long time!

Great!
I wish you good luck for your last to dos!

Thanks Elysha, I really appreciate it.
I never ever succeeded in 30-trials. Not completely, never, I always miss few goals, or simply quit after a week, because, IT'S SO HARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE!
How miserable is that

[Elysha]

Hi Gambler!

Oooh, same with me... can understand you very well

But Im sure this time you will finish this trial =)
(by the way, I think even if you dont finish your goals completely its much better than havent done anything and havent even tried to change oneself!)

Good luck with your goals =)

[Gambler]

Last goal is THE BIG! I basically transcribed the whole piece by my ear which was the easy, amusing and the least time consuming part, but....Now, it's up to practicing, I did that for 2-3 days, it's really difficult but....It's huge, I will be so happy and proud when I record video and watch....and say: "I can believe that I actually play this?!"

Now it's time for difficult challenges, 16 days more that's a lot!

[Gambler]

I've been working on 4. and 5., I just finished an 1-hour phone conversation with my colleague about collaborations and chats, he's doing it for few months, he knows the stuff, and he gave some really useful info, real insider stuff, so I might start in 2-3 days with chat, and finish collaboration till the end of the month mostly. And the 5...I collected some information about the issue of printing, definitely the laser printer is better solution, cheaper...still I am pretty unsure whether the whole plan will work as I imagined, I would need to set up the site, search through collection of 100-200 books and select best, maybe collect some more, advertising ect. Till the end of the month I will finally decide if I will start with that small-business, if yes, I will do it 100%, excellent web site, excellent (paid) marketing, good planing and so on...still, I am a bit afraid, as of every beginning, if I fail, I wouldn't be too much concerned, but....We'll see.

Today I practiced that Mozart piece, I am ok, I'll about the speed, if I can improve it till the end of the month.

So far, so good!

[Gambler]

Oh, today I feel like giving up, have slept 11 hours, worst worst feeling in the world. I got up at 3:15 pm, I was like...Ohhhhhh.

[Gambler]

I begun 4.
Started chatting with students, and got some information on starting a collaboration.
I am soooo procrastinating with adsense, that's unbelievable.


2 weeks more, great feeling having that much time, and basically I did a lot.

[Gambler]

Oh! Today was...Really dark mood for me.
I overslept one hour more, got up at 2:00. We had some electricity problems I couldn't fix coffee, so for next few hours I was like junkie.
I did something, I practiced 1 hour or so for that Mozart goal, my technique is quickly improving. Did some chat, Actually that is realized goal, that doesn't count
I have great idea for collaboration(composition idea). I can make arrangement in few hours, in next week or so.

Still didn't fix that Adsense.
That is my biggest frog.
Haven't done web page editing for a long time....I hate when I have to do that.
Getting lenses will be easy, so I will leave it for next week.
Also, I uploaded part 1 of guitar course. 6 more to go!

Ok, not bad, not bad!

[Gambler]

I am done 50% of 9. I think. 10. is doing fine, my technique is great, 12 day more, that's so small, must hurry up!

[Gambler]

Goal 9, done!

[Gambler]

At this moment, actually in last 5 days, I am very very depressed, or should I say, WAS depressed, because now I feel little more motivated. However, goals 1, 2, 10 are going to be really pain in the neck, I am procrastinating with 1. for about 2 weeks.
What motivates me is the realization, that actually this CAN succeed, completed "30-day 10 goals" is huge thing, I never actually believed I can do it.

[Gambler]

Oh, I didn't do everything as I planes, was very very depressed last week, I don't have access to internet, really terrible, still....I am very satisfied, and I will continue with this month, monthly goals are great.

1. Set up the adsense on my website, and update it with new stuff. No
2. Get a contact lenses, for the first time in my life. No
3. Call Jeka. Yes
4. Set up a collaboration, and start with students chat(my side-job). Yes
5. Get the information for my side-entrepreneur project with musical books. Calculate expenses for printing, get the information about additional equipment and everything. Finally choose one of the options for printing. Yes
6. Call the cable company and extend account.(It was off for 5 months) Yes
7. Cancel adsl . Yes
8. Join the city library. Yes
9. Upload one guitar school when cable net arrives. Yes
10. Transcribe and Record Mozzart's 161 on guitar(arrange also) Yes 80 %

Thank you for reading this thread!