The Challenge

Edition III

Three Hundred items.?

No biggie right? Only three hundred items to write for a bucket list challenge. How hard could that be? That's child play, easy-peasy as the taunt goes.

A definition of the psychology of achievement is stated as "…understanding and harnessing the power of motivation, mindset, goal setting, and self-efficacy…(so) individuals can unlock their potential for personal and professional achievement.

In laymen's terms, I had to recognize that problems, set-backs, obstacles and barriers thrown at me are part of the universal solution and not to deny their existence.

The first setback I encountered to start the challenge was in terms of broad objectives. Is the list to define general purpose or specific, smart, objectives?

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"If you don't like what you see, change it. Next time."

So I set perimeters.

I decided on purpose as it has no set timelines but a pathway to where I'd like to steer my life towards; where I had a semblance of control; where I would feel almighty embarrassed of many of those items but I'd be brutally honest and force myself to write them down anyway;

I started to type away and before long I realized something, I've been here before.

I'd written so much and never completed it. There was this novel I started, sixty four thousand words in, I walked away because it reminded me of failure, staring at it every morning, cursor blinking but stationary, waiting.??

But, I was intensely consumed, insatiably curious and obsessed.

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I didn't like what I saw and was willing to change it.

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Go on. How are you overcoming your challenges???