Milestones On My Mind

So true. I like this quote:

"Unfortunately,

life doesn't know how to follow a schedule." 

Good morning, Michael... Disney Land was a milestone in my life... I grew up in the 1950's desperate to see it and was a daily watcher of the Mickey Mouse Club after school each day. I finally got to see it when I was 25 years old... so for me it was a memorable milestone. After that I got to visit Disney World in Florida several times, but it was never as memorable as my first visit to Disney in California.

Another interesting post and discussions to follow in the comments. To me, milestones are memories that remain very vidid - some good, some bad.  Generally a lesson of some sort, or just powerful emotion. But your quote about life not following a schedule - so very, very true. 

Hi Michael:

It's fun to look back and remember various milestones...whatever they are and whatever they meaan to us. Funny how some memories remain so vivid while others fade.

Jeff

Hello Michael,  Milestone are always interesting to look back on and remember for each one of us.  

Milestones....and small steps as well are memorable.  part of life's fun is sharing those milestones with others.

I love your quote selection.

Our own Barbara Todaro is reaching her five millions points milestone on ActiveRain.

Michael Jacobs - That quote is quite a wake-up call! When you're in business, life is so much more than annual goals and strategic planning. As you flip through the pages of your mind and think about the milestones you achieved since childhood, it does seem like decades of memories. Suddenly, you reach an age and time has passed and then starts the flooded memories. I don't think it's fair for any of us to stop dreaming and achieving life goals. And when we know, it's not possible, we better be prepared to adjust and keep going. 

Perhaps life doesn't know how to follow a schedule, however, each individual has the opportunity to utilize their time wisely and strive for peak performance as every milestone is one step closer to achieving our goals. Time IMO is our most important asset after maintaining our good health.

My head is swimming on this one - I'm very much a 'celebratory' person - when someone hits a milestone, I'm all about making a big deal out of it. Personally, I may think about it but, am typically laser-focused and don't want to spend time on my own milestones. 

However, just as your quote indicates, LIFE sometimes gets in the way of those milestones and can certainly be depended upon to wreak havoc on a schedule - especially if you're a schedule-blocker! 

As for Disney - I've been many times to World but, never to Land! One of these days....err, years!

Well, you know, you always send me down these rabbit holes, Michael! 

They should be called swimming holes instead. And, for the swimming hole du jour, I always feel that I need to don my flippers when visiting your pondering posts...but, I love every minute of it!

life doesn't know how to follow a schedule!  I love it!  Thanks for posting such lovely blog posts.  I really enjoy reading your musings

"...life doesn't know how to follow a schedule" this is a very interesting post to ponder upon.