"In my household, I'm the master of the laundry. I sort of enjoy doing it, but I'm not great at the follow-through. I'm great at the step where you plop the clean, warm clothes from the dryer onto the bed. Then I get distracted, and come back later, exhausted and ready for bed, only to find the bed occupied by a giant mound of clothes."
"Instead of folding them, I move them to the dresser or the floor. Over the next few days, I slowly pull clean socks or tops from the pile as I need them. I never actually put it all away. Sometimes it gets so bad I can't tell what's clean or dirty, and I end up re-washing a big, messy mix of both."
Vague tasks without a defined "done" state seldom become completed goals. Partial execution and distraction create accumulating clutter and rework instead of closure. Goals require documented plans, consequences, rewards, and measurable outcomes to be reliably achieved. Research dating to the 1960s shows that specific goals drive higher performance than vague intentions. The SMART framework promotes specificity and clarity. A 90-day timeframe balances focus with meaningful progress. Active priorities should be limited to a few, as more than three simultaneous priorities dilutes attention and undermines accomplishment.
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