The Endless journey of financial management & setting of goals and objectives.
I woke up this morning just like every other day, trying to figure out my activities for today which has probably been laid out since yesterday. going through my schedules and all, filtering the goals have been able to successfully achieve for the past few days. this act of mine is quite encouraging due to how it has successfully increased the rate of my daily productivity and also reduce the rate at which I procrastinate. So every morning I try as much as possible to get this act going, to put things in order, to plan my day and that is how it goes everyday till God knows when.
Though I have been able to plan my day ahead but today something weird happened or should I say a weird thought crossed my mind. I take a look at the activities I have planned for today, those have planned for the days yet to come and those activities I have planned for in the past, they all have something in common. this daily activities are filled with series of long term and short term goals & objectives to achieve broken down into smaller parts to make it easier to achieve. that is all there is in all my activities planned.
Just goals, plans and that is just it, this got me wondering is that all there is to my life? is this all have been doing? is there more to my life than this specific things I have set out to achieve? if there is more, am I the only one not aware of it? this questions kept bothering me and on my mind, I'm unable to shake it off. I had to stay idle for hours just to find a way to sort out some answers that will satisfy my curiosity but no matter how much time I spent thinking about it I couldn't get the kind of answers I was expecting or probably a more direct and simple answer. every other answers that pops up in my mind led to another series of answers and it just went on and on.
I got a little sad for a moment because it dawned on me that I might never be able to find answers to this questions, the funny part is most of this questions have crossed my mind before but I never paid any attention to it because at that moment they just didn't matter.
A friend of mine and a mentor wrote a post recently about work-life balance this write up gave an analysis on how an individual can achieve a balance life. we all know that when it comes to a human life, there are a lot of things involved but there is a particular activity that takes most of our time, WORK We work all our lives for different reasons but mostly to ensure financial independence or stability. a goal that might take forever to achieve, I know you must be thinking why will it take forever to achieve financial independence/stability?
Financial independence in the simpler sense means having source of income that makes you less or not dependent on others for survival, it is mostly for those who are trying to elevate their status from poor to rich, this is achievable as long as you are able to secure a good paying job and manage your finances but financial stability on the other hand is a little tricky. financial stability simply means ability for an individual to ensure a balanced financial status, it is for the rich and poor but mostly for the rich who are trying so hard not get broke. Now here is how it relates to the topic of discussion.
Financial stability is a continuous process of trying to maintain a financial record/status and one of the ways to ensure that is creating an avenue for passive income and managing your finance vigorously. Knowing how unstable the financial world is anything could happen at any moment which could jeopardise the aim of a person to achieve financial stability. the moment you get carried away by this thought you become a ghost of your self, obsessing over it and forgetting all other important stuffs that matters in life just ensure financial stability.
Getting carried away by this obsessive attitude of what is needed to be achieved seems like a forever journey and to make things worst the world of finance has a longer life span than humans, which means eventually when you are gone your worries will no longer matter all that matters are the memories you left behind, which you might have failed to create due to your obsession over your aims and objectives.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying being passionate about your aims and objectives is wrong, there is nothing worst than having a life without a purpose but I'm just trying to let you know there are other things that matters in life you might be overlooking while chasing your dreams, while setting your objectives, while making plans for the future. They say life is what happens while we are busy making other plans, to an extent this proves that we have very little control over our lives, so why not make the best out of those things you can actually control instead of being so obsessive about finances.
I have come to realise that, in those daily plans I have set out to achieve, have I really set any time aside for myself, when last did I go out for a break or have a family time, when last did I visit the restaurant to make myself feel good, when last did I meet up with my friends to joke around and smile probably grab a couple of drinks. they say delayed gratification is a necessary sacrifice to achieve extraordinary things but they never mentioned that time has to allies. there will be a time, probably when I have finally achieved all I needed which is not really possible because there is always something to achieve, so I would say probably a time when I have finally found a way to be content with what I have achieved, there might be no time to engage in other stuffs.
I might not be able to get all the answers I need but I strongly believe that this is a wake up call for me as it should be for you. start putting your life affairs in order., especially finance related activities in order to have time for other things that matters.
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STOPHmm.. we are all in a chase of endless growth and trying to achieve our needs, and we lose time for our personal life forgetting there is time for everything.
This is why I suggest that while you plan your day, you set goals and pursue your dreams, always set breaks and milestones where you can pat yourself a very good job.
Just enjoy yourself, it could be a eat out, or hangout with friends. This way you balance your life by not making it feel too serious and also so you don't burn out.
Just like you suggested.
Few weeks ago, after our discussion on work-life balance, I tried implementing some of the things we discussed by creating time for other activities in my schedule apart from goals setting and all but then I encountered a challenge which I never expected.
The moment I eased up a little just to chill out, I began to enjoy that little comfort zone I have created for myself, which was great but then it became really difficult for me to get back to the level serious I was before easing up. Which affected my productivity on hive and other platforms.
That is why I'm a little skeptical about easing up, it is a little frightening because humans naturally prefers pleasure to work.
I guess I need to find away to discipline myself, to be able to set boundaries between work and life, which will assist me in easing up and getting serious simultaneously when needed.
Setting goals and achieving them is great, having a good time to yourself is also amazing. But also, consider doing random acts of kindness daily. That gives you a sense of purpose in my opinion. Thanks for sharing. It’s been a while since I set daily goals and I think I’ll resume!
Hmm, thanks for the advice.
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This post is so deep and very reflectional!
And endless circle of working, be it working remotely in the office, or at home. Every individual must meet the daily requirements and needs of life and family.
I believe finding your passion makes it more lively and energetic because it keeps you more motivated. Just recalling that you are playing football for a living which is your passion and at the same time it's paying you well.
Find your passion and see how the urge to do better grows deeply without stress and remorse but also we should remember that without pain we can't gain!
#dreemer #dreemerforlife #dreemport
You are right, passion does make the burden of working more tolerable but the point of the write up is to remind people to create time for other stuff while chasing their dreams.
No pain no gain, it is true but at the long when you finally achieve it, will it be enough? Won't you want to achieve other stuff? A endless circle of chasing dreams.
I appreciate your thoughtful comment, thanks for stopping by🤗