Monday, December 13, 2010

Action Planning

Today's #reverb10 prompt: Action. When it comes to aspirations, its not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen. What's your next step?

When thinking about what career and heritage based actions I would like to take next year the first thing that comes to mind is planning. But, does planning count as action? It's an activity and at times a very important first step. However, planning is often a predecessor to actual physical action. Despite its apparent lack of physicality, I think the importance of planning gives it merit to be included as an action, even if it is more of a mental action.

My next step is to begin prioritizing and planning what long term activities are going to help me grow professionally in 2011. I need to prioritize based on gain, enjoyment, and effort inputted into the activity. Currently, I'm debating about trying to focus on one or two volunteer activities or one volunteer activity and one major project to take on in the new year.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What kind of major project? I'm intrigued!

Krista McCracken said...

Not entirely sure yet. I was asked awhile ago if I would consider editing a commemorative work that a church is producing. In addition to that text, it would be great if I could convince them the value of placing their already digitized photos online.