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How to change my life for the better! You can do it too.

On Saturday, I mentioned a method, which I thought might help me to achieve my goals – CVS to BVS (Current View of Situation to Better View of Situation); I want to be:

  • Independently wealthy, successful businesswoman (EthicalBeads.com)
  • Seamlessly & effortlessly balancing my work, study & social lives
  • Happy & healthy
  • FREE (i.e. no longer living with my parents)

CVS to BVS (Current View of Situation to Better View of Situation)

The main thrust of this method is instead of thinking about how to make your life (or specific 'problem' areas of it) a bit better than it is, think about how to make it lots better: Imagine your life ten times better than it is now, then work backwards to figure out how to get there. It's also a good way of thinking outside the box.

Areas marked for improvement

Living arrangements

25% better: Cadging whatever freedom I can, rejoicing in small victories like being allowed to stay out later.
10x better: Moving out.

Independently wealth

25% better: Getting promoted at Next, doing some work for Night Island, pay off debts
10x better: Leaving Next to focus on my own projects, earning tonnes for Night Island with bigger & better contracts, have someone else pay off my debts

Career / Entrepreneurship

25% better: Spending a bit more time on EthicalBeads.com, getting the word out amongst King's Entrepreneurs
10x better: Investing serious time & money in EthicalBeads.com, actively marketing to King's students generally.

Life: Work-study-play balance

25% better: Fiddling with iCal & Google Calendar
10x better: Dying of exhaustion. Well, okay, that one was a bit tongue-in-cheek, admittedly. :)

My take on 'CVS to BVS' (Current View of Situation to Better View of Situation)

How I see it, the 25% better plans are like the short-term, urgent solutions, the 10x better ideas are the long-term, important solutions. The key point is that it's the important goals that give meaning to a life, they're the things about which you're so passionate. Think about it, what makes you more excited, thinking about paying the bill that's due at the end of the month or going on that trekking holiday you've got on your 'things to do before I die' or 43things list?

What is of value in this CVS to BVS document is the motivation and inspiration to focus on your important goals and concrete ways to achieve them. Procrastinating on my goals only hurts me, so I need to step up!

First step, start working on the steps leading to my 10x better goals.

Second step, work on the business plan for EthicalBeads.com.

Third step, review living arrangements!

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Posted on 16 October '06 by Kathleen Bright, under Lifehacks, Personal, Reviews.

2 Comments to “How to change my life for the better! You can do it too.”

#1 Posted by IanW (16.10.06 at 23:11 )

Another aspect of the CVS to BVS plan is that it's frequently the case that the steps that lead towards the 10x viewpoint start off being very different than the ones required for the 25% better view.

By all means treat the 25% as short-term and urgent, but do be careful not to let those steps *conflict* with the ones to the 10x view.

Other that that, I think they're great goals, and I'll help all I can towards them.

Good luck, and do keep us updated on progress!

#2 Posted by Kathleen (31.12.06 at 23:15 )

The question of conflict is an interesting one. What if one of the 25% steps conflicts with one of the 10x ones, surely I could just tackle that once the urgent things are out of the way?

I think, on some level, there will always be some conflict between the two, even if only because doing one means I'm not doing the other…

What do you reckon?

K