Doing the Work

This chapter in TSP deals with what it takes to reach your goals. Setting and visualizing your goals is highly important but at some time you need  to roll your sleeves up and do the work.
It is very easy to get into the writing and revising and dreaming but without work you will not get there.
Reaching your goals is going to come at a price and you need to take a good look at what that cost is.
Only you can decide what is right for you and the price you are willing to pay.
Sometimes the price is too high.
I was saying to Rachel the other day that for me I see the absorption it took for that first 90 days and that to sustain that for an unending period is just not worth it for most people.
I sometimes do not like that my progress is slower but I must dedicate my time to other things as well.
So while the price of the first 3 months was worth it to me, it no longer is.
That does not mean I will no attain my goal, it simply means it will be a slower process than I would like.
I think that this is something we all need to look at.
Don't give up on your goal, simply adjust your expectations as to when you will reach it.
It is much better to lose 2-3 lbs a month and take 10 months to lose it than to look back 10 months later and have lost nothing.
Once you start to achieve whatever your particular  goal is the next thing that happens is momentum.
That's the bonus. The momentum kicks in and it suddenly does not take all your will power.
Life is a series of negotiations. Just be sure you negotiate in your favour.