Make chaos into order?

[King]

I have a problem- I want to pursue many, many goals simultaneously but all of them are fairly large goals. Namely, I am trying to:

1. Get my first job
2. Teach myself personal finance and investing skills so I know how to keep and use the money I earn to make more money
3. Teach myself how to work towards self-sufficiency (in practice: how to start my own business and invest in real estate so in the future I won't need a job.)
4. Write. This particular goal is complicated by the fact that I want to write poetry, short stories, novels, and screenplays but I don't know which I want to do first, where to send them to get published or how I'll fit writing into my schedule.
5. Participate in political campaigns I am passionate about.
6. Teach myself how to meditate.

I simply don't know how to fit this all in without going crazy.

[John Hill]

You have set yourself quite a challenge. It is certainly possible to achieve all your goals and more but you will need the help of your subconscious mind to do it. It's all in your head, you just need to know how to access what you need.

On my site I have written a lot of information on the subconscious mind and one article that might help is "Do You Believe in Magic" the site link is below.

John

[Kaspian]

Great ambition!!

I would work out a system for prioritizing. Which are most important to you? Are any time-critical? Is there one you can work on that won't keep you from progressing on the others?


My process would go something like this:

I see #6 as small and simple, so there's no reason not to start meditating now. It's quite useful, and it doesn't take much time. Start with 15 minutes once or twice per day.

Basic survival comes first. Assuming you need to be supporting yourself, get that job. If not, consider holding off until while you focus on some of the other goals. You'll know better what you want from #1 if you've spent time with #2 and #3.

The next step is deciding what's most important to you right now, since that determines how much time you devote to #2-5. To estimate time commitments, I'll assume each is top priority, then adjust from there.

#2 & #3 are two parts of the same thing. Even if you see them as separate, there will be some overlap. Know that learning investment, business, and financial planning is a life-long pursuit. Commit to reading/researching a certain number of hours per day (perhaps 1-3) or per week.

#4: The devil is in the details. Start with writing something, no matter what it is. Save the publishing details for later; thinking about that now can paralyze you. Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way is a great resource, and will really help get you going if you take her suggestions. I'd plan for ~30-45 minutes per day for her exercises and 5-15 hours per week for your writing (1 hour per day or a few large time-chunks per week).

#5: How much time you devote to campaigning depends on a few things. Are many of your hours spent at a job? If you chose to hold off on the job, you have more time! Whether you spend hours per week on this or a couple Saturdays a month depends on how much time is available and how important this is to you. Is #5 more important to you than #4? Maybe you put #4 on hold for a time. Maybe #4 is vital and you do less with #5. Is campaigning more important than #2-3? Maybe you put #2-3 on hold for a year or two.