Challenges
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on 12th November 2008
Getting through the BSCI is quite a challenge for me. A part of me tells me that I’m ready for the exam. But a bigger part tells me that I’m not even close.
On my way to work this morning (I always seem to get good moments of reflection while driving), I thought about a way that I can possibly get myself on a roll again. I’m thinking, “what if I reverse the effects of the challenges I’m facing and challenge the challenge?”
Here’s my idea: I’ll create a mini challenge for myself that I have to accomplish in short periods of time. For example, I’ll create a 10-day challenge wherein in 10 days I have to complete a whole series of labs. Or maybe for 5 straight days, I’ll watch no TV at all and do as little house chores as possible (pending wife’s approval 
) and just focus on finishing a certain technology like IS-IS or IPv6. Then I would give myself rewards like a whole day of doing nothing but watch football. LOL… Like I don’t already do that! 
After I accomplish the mini challenge I start over again with something completely different.
Hmmm… Now that I think more about it. It might just work. That would be a good test of how motivated I still am and prove to myself that I can be desciplined enough to meet my self-imposed challenges. I just need to think of what and how I’m going to do them. Of course, I would have to avoid creating a challenge about something that I already do. Then I would just entrap myself to the same unproductive habit I’ve been undergoing. It’ll have to be something that completely goes away from what I’m already doing. The purpose of course is to re-stimulate my focus and motivation. Any ideas?
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