三人行，必有我师

In purposefully charting out my life through Ideal Scenario, Aims/Goals, and Next-Actions, the road towards The Big Picture becomes clearer and clearer.

Nowadays, if I eat alone, I no longer just stone or watch downloaded TV. I doodle on my jotterbook: brainstorming on topics I said I would (such as, in a previous Next-Action), working on incomplete domains, or just dabbling with new ideas. Instead of dallying on facebook or youtube, I "procrastinate productively" by organizing, renaming, and uncluttering my digital files. At the clinic, there's less random running around, thinking of how to be busy when I have free slots, there's more perusal of the to-do list (which is now much cleaner than before) and working on something specific.

By looking at the ladders in life, The Big Picture, and dealing with them more intently, a welcomed side effect is the freeing up of more time to be do what I need, and what I want. This reminds me of what a wise friend mused:

"having an end in mind can help you see things in better perspective - and also make you a more effective person."

I will continue to map out all my desires for my Life domains. Inevitably, I'd come face-to-face with the two gatekeepers of success: Maintenance & Review — only after mastering them may I make headway in my journey to the bwest. It can be invigorating to have new productivity tricks or motivation to churn out work but self-improvement is both a process and an everchanging product. I had been at that stage, many times, where I thought I'd reached the holy grail of productivity, only to rest on my laurels and slip back into a laissez faire state of things. Nonetheless, I have faith that this time it is different; this is not the story of the 3 wise men, who are never heard of again after paying tribute. I'm in good hands this time because I have accountability to, and more importantly, support from, the Better Selves Project team. =) The road ahead may be long but I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

To quote yet another wisemen,

"To infinite and beyondd"