#Accomplishing big goals

[completedeveloperpodcast]

Breaking Down Goals

Breaking down your goals into more manageable tasks creates the flexibility to adjust as needed and brings clarity to the goals. When seen from the perspective of a step by step process goals are seen not as daunting behemoths to be gazed on in wonder but as complex things that can be accomplished through diligence and careful planning. This makes the process of achieving a larger goal more…

[antianakin]

Happy fix-it AU where Padme leaves Anakin anyway because she realizes how bad he is for her, and she ends up retiring because she REALLY doesn't want to be a Senator anymore (it was also maybe encouraged by her Queen after her secret marriage to a Jedi was discovered) and she goes back to Naboo to be with her family. She's left behind her responsibilities but she doesn't know what to do now, she's just... adrift, sort-of in limbo and mourning her relationship with Anakin. She has to keep convincing herself not to go back to him because she KNOWS she doesn't want that anymore, she KNOWS she doesn't want to be the person she was with him again, but the thrill of the secret marriage to someone who was so passionate about being with her is also sort-of like a drug.

Her parents both offer to let her come help them in their respective jobs, but she doesn't really have the energy for that right now. She DOES like helping Sola with her nieces because their energy and innocence seems to be a balm for her heart. One day, Sola asks if Padme can take the kids to a local festival in Theed one day while she and her husband go do something else, and Padme agrees. The girls are old enough and Theed is safe enough that they can wander off on their own away from Padme as long as they know not to go TOO far and come back to her after a little while. As she peruses the different artwork on her own, one artist's work stands to her more than anyone else's, it just hits at the core of her and she's not even sure why. She stands in front of a painting of a bird in flight for what seems like hours, though it can't be more than a minute or two, before the artist himself comes over to speak to her.

He addresses her as Senator Amidala, and she quickly tells him that she's not a Senator anymore and she doesn't really want to go by the name Amidala either, she prefers just Padme these days. He agrees, and something about him, maybe his eyes, seems familiar but she can't quite put her finger on it. They talk about his art for a while and everything he says about his inspiration feels like it's speaking directly to her. Eventually, Pooja and Ryoo come up to her and start pulling at her hands, demanding that she come see something with them. Before she leaves, she finally realizes she didn't even know his name and asks him.

It's Palo. The first boy she'd ever loved. The last time she'd seen him she'd been twelve in the Legislative Youth Program. She knew he'd left politics to become an artist instead, but she'd never actually seen any of his art before or ever tried to get back in contact with him. Now she wishes she had. Pooja and Ryoo are still pulling her away so she doesn't have time to really get over her shock at this revelation before she has to leave him behind and someone else comes up to ask him a question in her place.

He shows up at her parents' door the next day with the painting of the bird she'd so adored, and offers it to her as a gift. He refuses to accept any payment for it no matter how much she insists, but asks if she'd be willing to take a walk with him instead. She agrees. They end up spending the whole day together, just talking. For the first time, Padme doesn't feel like she's drowning in her own feelings or floating with no direction. She feels a lot like she's finally come home.

[roseofhybrids]

keep the egg warm, teach it math

[90stvqueen]

it is so hard to break the habit of consumption but once you start trying, once you really start to ask yourself "do i really need this brand new piece of garbage?" whenever you're at the target dollar spot, or wherever else, it becomes easier and easier to say, "actually, no. this will not bring my life new meaning. it will maybe provide a tiny dopamine rush, and then it will have served its purpose." and you'll start to realize that not only did you not need this $3 piece of plastic whatever, you didn't actually really want it. you'll go home without it and you won't regret it and the next day you won't even remember it

[merge-conflict]

Goro needs V as a lightning rod because if they aren’t around then all of this shit is only happening to him, and it sucks.

Like, that man has a temper, but he is so carefully polite in that diner conversation. Even though he has every reason to resent V, he seems to have entirely let it go. He's very pragmatic about his ridiculous plan for vengeance and that makes him so compelling. You can even goad him into saying FUCK YOU outright and after a little while he apologizes. Not the sort of behavior you expect from an elite Arasaka soldier who just went through such a devastating loss and is primed for revenge.

I don't know- it's just fascinating to see that he's determined to do whatever it takes to take Yorinobu out at the knees. Up to and including being polite and almost friendly to the idiot thief he pulled out of a dump. Unexpectedly subtle for an old guard dog.

[gemkun]

so i was talking to @oneireth this fine wednesday morning and we were discussing the stonehearts and the ipc in all its villainy but also the role dr ratio has in all this. i don't think we'll realise the ulterior motive behind his presence in penacony but i will be mildly disappointed if he was just damage control under the title of " technical consultant ". regardless , i think he will be present during the charmony festival or so my delusions lead me. but we also looked back to double indemnity and pinpointed a specific line that struck us both.

i think this was overlooked way too easily like : yes , dr ratio is a prominent figure in the guild and the ipc assigned him to penacony but this implies that he is up there with the higher echelons. the ipc is not exactly paranoid but i would wager that they are extremely tight with their personnel and access to information and resources. for veritas to be among these levels is significant.

as we discussed it could be the payment that allows the ipc to oversee and utilise his research which as we know has revolutionised various aspects across the galaxy. so , yes , ultimately this is a business transaction. but this also has me recalling the mission pertaining to calderon chadwick and how screwllum even alludes to how they are waiting for the next calderon. ever since that quest i couldn't help but steer eyes to veritas i mean he simply foots the bill. considering he successfully fired an anti — planetary weapon it just slots in too cleanly.

if anyone has a viable way to get him to leave the ipc , please share.

[robyntheredhead]

2024 personal accomplishments

• attended an actual art class, like I’ve wanted to do for years. It was awkward at first, and my family thought it was weird that I was drawing nude models, but it’s something I wanted to learn and I’m so happy I did it. I think in the new year I want to try and visit a drawing studio to practice more regularly.

• watched ALMOST 100 new things this year. My list (a combo of movies/shows and 1 short film) got to 95, but a few items were listed twice if I considered the ‘viewing experience’ separate (ex: seasons 1-2 of Bridgerton I counted as one entry since I binged them back-to-back, and I counted season 3 as it’s own entry since I watched it a few months later as the episodes were released weekly). I didn’t realize how close I was to 100 until I counted it at the end of the year, so I think I will make crossing that threshold a goal for 2025!

• travelled solo again. The last time I travelled alone was in 2022 (my first flight) for my Disney CEP program, and I was so happy to get the chance to go somewhere alone again. It wasn’t as grand, just to Minneapolis for a couple days, but the independence was so nice. And on that note:

• went to the Dan and Phil Terrible Influence tour. I travelled alone, I planned everything myself, the ticket was my first real impulse-purely-for-myself purchase. It was something I wanted to see, and usually I’d let my family’s opinions stop me from going, but I did it anyway. And dammit! I’m proud of myself for going, and I had a great time!

• passed an infamously tough final evaluation at work with 97%. I’m still currently in qualification, but my manager told me that I got one of the highest marks in our office, AND I got 100% on one of the earlier evaluations as well. It’s just something I’m super proud of and was a nice way to close out the year.

[maburp]

I’m in my early 20s so sometimes I forget I don’t live in a vacuum. If I fail here, if I pause here, there is so shame or rush, there are people around me that can help break my fall and I’m so lucky for that. My only job is to explore and figure out what will leave me with a fulfilling life and how my friends and family fit into that.

[emptyspaaace]

My even hotter take is that the what we do in the shadows fandom treats the vampires and vampirism in much the same way that a certain brand of dudebro treats bojack horseman or rick Sanchez. Yes they are relatable but you are not supposed to idolise them or use them to justify your own behaviour you’re supposed to think they’re arrogant unselfaware and have arrested development brought on by the fact that the idiots cannot die no matter how stupid they are. Guillermo is the only competent one amongst them BECAUSE he is not a vampire, he is the only one who suffers consequences for his actions, ergo he is the only one who learns from his mistakes. Becoming a vampire would take that away from him. Nandor needs to improve to be with Guillermo, Guillermo does not need to stoop to Nandors level

[she-anemone]

opened up rpgmaker for 30 whole minutes today. game mastery here I come!!

[overalledfrog]

REALISTIC TILLY GREEN???

[gummybearinthehouseee]

100 followers??!! YIPEE

Omg i forgot to do this

but THANK YOU FOR 100 FOLLOWERS!! This is a huge accomplishment!! I did not expect to get this much followers for my goobery! I was honestly expecting negative number followers lol

but jokes aside, I am very so grateful for all my followers! Thanks for sticking around!!😊😊😁

[whamss]

i’m glad that the time spent on tumblr has created enough overlap between my tumblr and twitter usage that i’ve started typing “reblog” on tweets in addition to me slipping in “retweet” on my posts here. law of equivalent exchange

[lifblogs]

Lif's New Year's Resolutions

Read 103 books.

Get back to writing Brother, Hold Me Up.

Work on original writing.

Work on music.

Continue healing from TBI.

Continue learning how to live with severe POTS.

Turn the stalled Tech Bingo 2024 into Tech Bingo 2025!

Read friend's fics.

Try a new movie.

Try a new TV show.

Try some new music.

Continue to work on singing.

Continue work in PT.

Try going to the gym again.

Learn even more about makeup.

Find a new therapist.

Go to some new specialists.

Try out some new recipes, or old favorites.

Play more video games.

[willoftrees]

i sometimes miss having angry friends, ppl who would get mad for me. it's tiring being mad for myself, I don't like being mad. I don't want to be mad. But anger is a response to being wronged and pressed and when things are unfair. And it's really wearing on me. Hubby and i are trying to get it to where we can basically stay on the property. we're gonna be leaving every 10-12 days and staying gone a few so it's clear we're not "living" there so we don't get audited. Electricity is already hooked up, it just needs to be turned on. We have a spring we can fetch water from but that's it for water. No tap. No signal but we are hoping to get starlink. don't rly wanna support the person who owns it but it's the only choice we have for the area. We have a camping sink that works with 5 gallon tank and a foot pump so we can wash our hands and dishes when need be. We have a primitive compost toilet for now but will eventually get a fancy one that u can goth 1 and 2 in (when we can save a couple hundred or so, but we have other priorities ahead. primitive toilet requires u to pee elsewhere so the poo can dry faster from the mulch.) With electricity hooked up we can run our mini fridge, a small heater, and charge our devices. For shower we probably will come back to the rv park. Could also probably run a toaster oven to cook some things if we are unable to cook with fire. We do have lil thingy we can use for burning wood to cook, as well as a lil butane stovetop thingy as well. And the shed is still leaky so we can't exactly stay in it but we also have our own leaky rv that will suffice well enough. Just having our own space will be nice but really i am looking forward to not having to deal with the roomies.... maybe alice can come with if she finds it comfy enough. I can tolerate her messyness. I can tolerate her lack of cleanliness and setbacks in hygiene because she makes up for it by being a wonderful friend. my other 2 roomies tho.... i really can't stand them much longer.

[akeisaa]

To find love and be love in all things you do in life is enough of a goal for me now... I just want a partner/family group to serve and love and make happy.