One of the interesting talks that came up at DevTeach one night was about goals. It is really important for us as programmers and people to set goals for ourselves. JP came up and asked "So what's your goal with your company?" and I realized I did not have a straight up answer to that question. There are so many balls in the air that I just don't know which route to go which usually means that they will all fall to the ground if I don't start picking goals.
Personally I have no problem with goals and keeping on top of them. I actually heard of this technique from Tim Allan (yes the comedian). What I do is have a document on my desktop and I have four categories
- What am I going to do today
- What am I going to do this month
- What am I going to do this year
- What am I going to do with my life
I open this document and read everything every day. The last one is really hard to figure out. It gives a very finalizing feeling to say what you want to do with your life. I have found it very beneficial to read these things every day and remind yourself of where you are going long term instead of getting caught up in day to day life.
I am curious to see what others do to keep ontop of things and set goals.