Dreaming of Getting Things Done

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan but also believe" - Anatole France

I am in the midst of a mess that stretches from the main floor to the basement. The time has come to move my home office back to our basement simply because I have run out of room on the main floor for all my promotional "stuff".  Catalogs, samples, files - they all take up room and I can't stand being crowded into a confused mess. Something had to give.
   I won't say that moving my office back to the basement is a great accomplishment, but it will mean quite a bit to me and my operation. My dream of having the room to turn around once again was acted upon and now I believe I will be living my dream of being organized once again shortly; funny how that works.

    When I was a young man, I was very goal oriented. I would brainstorm to come up with worthy goals. I would write them down with action plans and measurement rubrics. I would faithfully track my progress, but ultimately this process was unsatisfactory for me. My goals always seemed to change on me. I would be one month into a quarterly plan and the  goal posts would be moved, usually due to events out of my control. (Or, I lost interest) It all became very frustrating for me and I ended up not believing in the process.
   About 20 years ago, instead of setting goals, I started dreaming. In the intervening years, I have found that instead of goal setting,  if I visualize where I want to be in a month, a year, 5 years, etc. I am a happier person. I have also found that my life has become considerably more interesting. I have never had a real long attention span, so my visualizations allow me to pursue divergent short term goals while always keeping my long-term dreams intact.
   The amazing thing for me is that I am remarkably closer to what I wanted to be when I was a young man than I ever thought I could be before I started dreaming... and believing.