5 Little Life Goals (In Writing)

"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine."  -Brian Tracy

My 5 Little Lifelong Goals (In Writing)

          Writing exercise by DWCOON

If you're serious about a goal, you have to put it in writing.  I cannot stress this enough.  At least writing of some form.  Email it to family, text it to a friend, blog it just for yourself, handwrite it in your journal or scratch it on a post-it note.  Get your Goals in Writing!

And the fact is that if your too lazy or whatever to write down your goals then you aren't really serious about completing your goals.  I don't know why your goals aren't already in writing if you really want them to become reality, but hey,  but to each his own, I suppose.

I strongly suggest that if you really want to achieve your goals, that you write something down everyday.  Daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals, yearly goals, 10 year goal or 20 year goals to name a few to get your brain thinking.  Write down what you need to do, step-by-step in some cases to achieve your goals.  Develop, evolue, elaborate your plan to accomplish small and big goals.

Write down past accomplishments and failures.  Note what you did right, what you did wrong and what you would do differently next time.  Set rewards for finishing small goals.  If you put your mind to it, and take active EVERYDAY, I believe that you can achieve anything your imagination can dream up, that or you'll die trying.

Considering your alternative is that you do nothing and just see what life brings you (which by the way if that's not obviously the dumb choice, unfortunately that's what most people do by default).

So Goal Writing seems to be where it's at.  Either you end up working a job you hate (soul-sucking job) with a life in the Bottom Tier of Consciousness (see 3 Tier of Consciousness reference link below) or make your dreams come true, it is really up to you what you do.   And truthfully you're the only one that can make it happen.

And starting right now, today your life can go in either direction you choose.  It all starts with goal writing or doing nothing...

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That said, here is a little writing exercise I call:

My 5 Little Life Goals (In Writing)

Directions are self explanatory.  I recommend doing this writing exercise at least once a month.

Clarifying your 5 Life Goals every time.

Read more to see DWCOON's 5 Little Lifelong goals....

The Village of Ballston Spa by dwcoon

 A brief summary of Ballston Spa, the hometown of DWCOON. 

by DWCOON September 3rd, 2014  

Ballston Spa is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 5,556 at the time of the 2000 US Census.  The Village of Ballston Spa was named in the honor of Rev. Eliphalet Ball, a Congregationalist clergyman and an early settler. The village lies on the border of the Town of Ballston and the Town of Milton, just southwest of Saratoga Springs.

Village Mayor John Romano (1995–present) says that “the VoBS strives to be a model of a revitalization of the modern day village.”  And with more than 25 years of experience as mayor of this bustling little village, John Romano knows what needs to get done and how to do it.  “The VoBS is focusing on creating a community of family driven independent business. We have a vibrant shopping district with that hometown downtown feel” said the mayor.

Many of these local businesses stretch back decades, like O'brien's Pharmacy which has been proudly serving the village for more than 40 years. “The businesses are different today from what they were 40 years ago, not just your average grocery stores and gas stations” said the mayor. (see  BSBPA website for full list)  The VoBS features dozens of unique antique shops, restaurants, jewelry makers, artisans and more. All this stimulating new growth, is drawing more and more people to visit this “Village of Friends”.  This must be what the village’s unofficial motto means by “Discover the Charm of Ballston Spa”.    

The VoBS is a great place to live, work and raise a family.  Located in the heart of the Capital District, the VoBS is just 6 miles from Saratoga Springs, 15 miles from Schenectady, 20 miles from Glens Falls and 30 miles from Albany.  This makes Ballston Spa a great location just a short drive to one of the biggest, fastest growing companies in New York States. GlobalFoundries in Malta, the $2 billion hi-tech chip plant has said it will create another 1,300 jobs by the end of this year.  

Globalfoundries’ state of the art plant, just 15 minutes into Malta, is set to hire more than 5,000 new employees by 2018. This is drawing even more people into the area.  Real-estate prices on the rise due to growing demand for new jobs in the area.  This creates even more jobs as the thriving business sectors scrambles to serve the needs of the growing population.  And the village residents couldn’t be happier.

Other area attractions like the National Bottle Museum located in the middle of the village make Ballston Spa a unique place to be..  Also just minutes away is the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), the Saratoga Horse Race Track, National Museum of Dance and more.  There is always something fun going on.  Check out the calendar to see all upcoming events.  

VoBS also features one of the best School District around.  Perfect for raising a family. Clean, safe and growing, the VoBS truly is a model of revitalizing the modern day village.  

- v1.02  VoBS   9/3/14  1429  dw     

Google Plus Circles - A Beginner's Guide to G+

What the heck is a Google+ Circle? Good question.  You've found your answer right here....

A Beginner's Guide to G+ 

by DWCOON 9/3/14 2024

So what is Google+?

Google Plus (G+) is a social network many times more innovative than Facebook. G+ is a social media platform comparable to Facebook, however G+ is in many ways, a more evolved and innovative product than Facebook.

     So innovative in fact that concepts like "Circles" are not very intuitive at first. Many are put off by the confusion of a new concept like this that they fall back to what they're used to on Facebook: "Friends".

But once you take a few moments to understand what Circles are, you'll find that organizing people by Circles is far superior to just adding people as "Friends". Human relationships are much more complicated than categorizing everyone you know as a "Friend" "Close Friend" or "Acquaintance" as with Facebook.

Your Google Plus account is based upon your Google Profile (learn more) aka your Gmail account. Your Google+ Profile contains your basic information that other people with Google Accounts can see when you email them. According to Google, the purpose of the profile is to help shape what you see when you search your own name online.

You control what information of yours is visible to the world. Most importantly, you can add a profile picture that everyone sees when you email them from your Gmail. Also you can build your personal bio, share any information you want like your address, phone number and email address, plus links to your personal or professional Websites and other social media.

Google lets you decide which audiences can see each section of information. Don't want the whole world to know where you live? You can choose to share that information with select groups of people (i.e 1 or more Circles) or share with just one specific person or keep it private altogether. If you're sensitive about your private information, you can build a Google profile using only your name -- Google doesn't require you to include additional information.

Learn about details about Circles and how they work from this helpful guide by HowStuffWorks.

Creating Circles

Circles are an easy way to organize your life. Circles are not only the people you know like in real life. You can add, people, places, things, ideas, concepts, business, celebrities, genres and so much more.

They make it easy for you to share with just the right people, whether you're sending an inside joke to friends or sharing that unbelievable photo with everyone. You have 3 circles to start out with, and you can create new circles for even more flexibility.

I currently have more than 40 Circles with more being added as needed. A few examples that I use often: USMC (for all of the Marines that I know), My Influences (people I know plus famous people who are/have influence me), Jesus (Christians plus other related material), Zombies (people whom I want with me in the event of a zombie incident), Trust News, Music, Fun and many more.  You get the idea, best to jump in and start creating your own Circles to find out for yourself.

So basically, the more important someone is to you, the more circles you add them to and vice versa. Some of my best friends are in ten or more circles, while other people who are less important in my life are in just one or two circles.

People Can't See To What Circle/s You Add Them

When you add someone to a Circle, they do get a notification, but it only tells them that you added them on Google Plus and to how many circles they added you too. They can not see what the names of the Circle/s you added them to are called.  So maybe they added you to a Circle named "Favorite People" or "Dumbest People I Know."  You'll never know other than how many Circles they've added you too.  

You Can Add People To Multiple Circles

This might not be obvious for everyone, but yes, you can have one single person in several of your Circles. And knowing that they neither see where you add them, nor that you add them to more than one Circle, should put you at ease with trying different combinations. It goes without saying that people can also not see who else is in one of your Circles with them. 

I am always pleased when people add me to more than one circle.  It shows me that they value me as more than just one thing.  Also it shows me that they have their own personalized system of organizations the people in their live more than just generic categories like friends and family. 

Organize Circles Based On How You Want to Interact

You should by all means experiment with Circles and see which ones work best for you. Instead of just creating Circles based on how you know people (friends, family, colleagues etc.) try creating Circles based on what you want to share with them or how you want to interact with them. Are they a science buff?  Add them you a Science Circle, so that when you come across cool science stuff you find online, you can share with just the people who are interested in that kind of stuff.  

Remember that Circles are not only shown on Google Plus, but also as labels in Gmail. You can even search mail in Gmail by circle, e.g. circle:friends. Moreover, if you regularly use Hangouts with a specific set of people, you can use Circles as Invite lists.

Manage What You See In Your "Home Stream" (same as your Facebook Feed)

Say you just want to see what is going on with everyone in your "Smart People" Circle.  G+ allows you to do just that.  In your Home stream you can see what your Circles are sharing with you. However, you decide that is shown in the All tab and you can choose a different setting for each of your Circles.

From the menu on top of your Home stream, select one of your Circles. As you view the stream from a specific Circle, you will see a slide control in the top right. When the slider is in the left-most position, none of the posts from people in that Circle will be shown on your Home stream. In the right-most position, all posts will be shown and you will be subscribed to notifications.

This is super innovative. I've never seen anything like it before.  I totally didn't understand it at first, but once I got it, I never saw Facebook's primitive system the say way again.  Best way to understand this is to try it out for yourself.

You are what you think about most of the time...

If you are not always thinking about ways to improving your life, specifically thinking about how to do that all the while actually taking action to make it happen....  

If you're not always thinking about that then I hate to tell you friend, but you literally have a lower level of consciousness then the people who are going to be the most successful in our world....

And you're likely living your life in the lowest tier of consciousness....  Oblivious that life could be so much better..... 

Please allow me to explain...   Simply put, you thoughts,

the stuff that you think about most of your waking hours, literally beckons your intangible ideas into your reality....

This concept is commonly referred to as the Law of Attraction.

 Law of Attraction is always at work, creating your thoughts into existence, whether you're conscientious about it or not. Law of Attraction simply says that you attract into your life whatever you think about. Your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest. But the Law of Attraction gives rise to some tough questions that don’t seem to have good answers. I would say, however, that these problems aren't caused by the Law of Attraction itself but rather by the Law of Attraction as applied to objective reality.

DWCOON says that there are three tiers of levels of consciousness. 
   

The 3 Tiers of Consciousness:  Lowest, Middle & Top Level

by dwcoon August 30, 2014

1)  The lowest tiers of consciousness are where most people live their entire lives:  5 Levels

Apathy– Feeling hopeless ...  Grief– perpetual state of sadness ...   

Fear– Seeing the world as dangerous and unsafe. Paranoia. People remain trapped in this level for a long time, such as in an abusive relationship ...   Desire–  addiction, money, power, drinking and doing drugs   ....   

Anger– the level of frustration, often from not having your desires met at the lower level. This level can keep you stuck in hatred.  In an abusive relationship, you’ll often see an anger person coupled with a fear person. 

2)  The middle tier of consciousness is about 25 percent of the world:  4 Levels 

   

Pride– The first level where you start to feel good, but it’s a false feeling. It’s dependent on external circumstances (money, prestige, etc), so it’s vulnerable. ... 

Courage– The first level of true strength.  This is where you start to see life as challenging and exciting instead of overwhelming. You begin to have an inkling of interest in personal growth, although at this level you'll probably call it something else like skill-building, career advancement, education, etc. You start to see your future as an improvement upon your past, rather than a continuation of the same. 

Neutrality– This level is epitomized by the phrase, 

“live and let live.” It’s flexible, relaxed, and unattached. Whatever happens, you roll with the punches.  You don’t have anything to prove. You feel safe and get along well with other people. A lot of self-employed people are at this level. A very comfortable place.  The level of complacency and laziness.  You’re taking care of your needs, but you don’t push yourself too hard  ...  

Willingness– Now that you’re basically safe and comfortable, you start using your energy more effectively.   Just getting by isn’t good enough anymore. You begin caring about doing a good job — perhaps even your best.  You think about time management and productivity and getting organized, things that weren't so important to you at the level of neutrality.  This is the level that you really dive into the development of willpower and self-discipline.  

These people are the “writers, teachers and activists” of society; they get things done well and don’t complain much.  If you’re in school, then you’re a really good student; you take your studies seriously and put in the time to do a good job. This is the point where your consciousness becomes more organized and disciplined.

This Willingness Level is

DWCOON's Level of Consciousness

as of August 2014.

3)  The TOP tier of consciousness consists of only about 2-3 percent of humanity.  

Few humans ever each theses top levels. Mozart, Einstein, Darwin, Steve Pavlina,, Marx, MLK and Da Vinci just to name a few....  

At the very top, less than a handful will ever achieve the ultimate level of true enlightenment. Jesus Christ, Buddha, ....

DWCOON doesn't feel qualified to teach about the TOP Tier levels at this time....   someday....    

I want to be a Doctor of Philosophy, aka a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as PhD, Ph.D., D.Phil., or DPhil in English-speaking countries and originally as Dr.Philos. (for the Latin philosophiae doctor or doctor philosophiae), is in many countries a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities. 

The academic level known as a Doctorate of philosophy varies considerably according to the country, institution, and time period, from entry-level research degrees to higher doctorates. A person who attains a doctorate of philosophy is automatically awarded the academic title of doctor.

I'm on my way....  

www.reddit.com best website on the internet today

If you're new to Reddit, welcome and your welcome. 

If Google is where you go to find stuff on the internet, 

Reddit is where to go to find the best of what people are finding....

www.reddit.com

start Redditing today, you won't regret it

Reddit is quite possibly the best source of information from the community of people interested and knowledgeable about that subject.  

Behold the power and beauty of Reddit, as of the end of August 2014 there are according to redditmetrics: 

442,858 subreddits

And there are hundreds of new subreddits being added every week. See http://redditmetrics.com/ for more detailed infomation.  

This new form of free global public communications is revolutionizing how concepts grow ever for deep and complex.  

This technology combined with humanity's knowledge open and free to everyone will change democracy, science, public opinion and policy, politics, the justice system, medicine and healthcare.  

Because of new innovative brilliant website like Reddit, communities of thousands, and on the top subreddits hundreds of thousands of people participate in discussion and conversation on every possible conceivable subject imaginable.  All subreddits are moderated by the community, every link and comment made is voted up or down by people interested in that subject. This system, this method of instant community feedback and moderation is so shockingly good at sorting the best from the worse that the result is incredible.  

Need advice? Got a question? Interesting in a special subject? Connect and talk with them anonymously or not. Learn from them, teach them, share your thoughts and opinions.  What happens is you get is real.  Some ugly, some stupid, some sweet and some brilliant.  This works because the majority of people in this world are good.  

This excellent video by CPG Grey explains what Reddit is in 5 minutes

dwcoon's favorite subreddits & stats

dwcoon's Top 7 subreddits

as of August 29, 2014

Subreddit subscriber count + stats accurate as of 8/28/14 1535 dw

•            1)  www.reddit.com/r/ADHD     
  27,314 reADHDitors discussing AD...  hey sure is a nice day today isn't it? Want to go/do something?
  
•            2)  www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit   
  6,501,403  subreddit subscribers asking and answering questions
  
•            3)  www.reddit.com/r/askscience   
  3,303,614  scientists discussing science
  
•            4)  www.reddit.com/r/IAmA   
  6,167,014 who are a something interesting. I Am A diplomat/doctor/judge/drug dealer....  AMA ask me anything
• notables IAmA:
• reddit.com/r/IAmA/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/  23,968 comments
  

•            5)  www.reddit.com/r/aww   
  what happens when you give 5,078,626 people a place to share pictures of cute things, and then have all thoses pictures compete in a never ending contest to find the cutest thing ever? You get the best, ever growing collection of the cutest things humanity has ever known.  aww isn't that awesome lol   awwExample
  
•            6)  www.reddit.com/r/trees  
  621,109 human beings who enjoy/or need marijuana for mental health or recreational reasons
  
•            7)  www.reddit.com/r/sex  
  477,836 people sharing stories about their lives, and wow, I've read some interesting stuff....
  

These subreddits plus the reddit app (I use reddit is fun) = literally endless reading material that is highly interesting to me. (It's endless because there is always new material being added, lots of it...) 

Conclusion:  Whatever interests you, there are subreddits for that. So if you like to read, you should make a reddit account right away, you won't regret it....

USMC Ribbons, Medals and Awards

Cpl Coon's USMC Military Awards

8/30/14 1203 updated dw