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Making it happen. Owning your life list. - Giant Conference 2015
- 1. OWNING YOUR LIFE LIST.megan o’neill - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
- 2. giant conference 2015 - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
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- 9. SO NOW WHAT?
- 10. 30candles.net
- 11. 1. Take trapeze class at SF Circus School 2. Skate a roller derby banked track practice 3. Travel more around the USA 4. Learn to pickle vegetables 5. Give blood 6. Make BBQ sauce from scratch 7. Throw a Halloween party 8. Take a ridiculous Splash Mountain photo 9. Run a 5k 10. Enter a pie into a county fair pie contest 11. Throw a themed dinner party 12. Go on a hot air balloon ride 13. Go to Japan 14. Learn basic Japanese phrases for trip 15. Go on a mother/daughter vacation 16. Go to a U-pick farm 17. Learn how to make homemade pasta 18. Learn 10 awesome cocktails recipes 19. Go to a taping of the Price is Right 20. Organize items at Mom and Dad’s 21. Create a font 22. Take Strengths Finder test 23. Have a BBQ on the beach 24. Message in a bottle 25. Read the happiness project 26. Run a 10k 27. Be more spontaneous! 28. Better my computer drawing skills 29. Fire an Uzi 30. Do a random act of pizza 30 before 30 list
- 12. Accomplished 1. Take a beer making class 2. Buy a house 3. Submit a patent at work 4. Have a patent filed 5. Fly business class 6. Go on an international business trip 7. Zip lining through the Santa Cruz mountains 8. Become a senior level designer 9. Take a kayaking class in Santa Cruz 10. Compete in a hackathon 11. Be in the sports section of a newspaper 12. Meet Grumpy Cat 13. Take a glass workshop (fusing and molding) 14. Complete Toastmasters CC manual 15. Have a fabulous wedding 16. Submit solo session to SXSW Interactive 17. Speak at a work related conference 18. Host a typography scavenger hunt Work in progress 19. Own a corgi 20. Decorate my home office 21. Write a book 22. Run a 1/2 marathon 23. Run a 5k in 30minutes or less 24. Complete a 365 project 25. Sew a dress 26. Drive a monster truck 27. Find 10 letterboxes 28. Grow a square watermelon 29. Own a fruit salad tree 30. Volunteer to take photos for local SPCA 40 before 40 list
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- 15. OVERVIEW - crafting your list - psychology related to life lists - staying inspired - overcoming challenges - activity
- 16. WHERE TO START
- 17. SHOULD WANT NEED
- 19. SHOULD WANT NEED
- 24. LIVING IN THE MOMENT?
- 26. WHERE TO START - find balance - speak up - don’t be an emu
- 31. LONG TERM GOALS
- 36. RELATED PSYCHOLOGY - create memories - think long term
- 37. STAYING INSPIRED
- 39. FIND YOUR TRIBE
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- 44. giant conference 2015 - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
- 46. STAYING INSPIRED - find your people - share your goals - inspire others
- 49. writing another medium article attending more meet ups volunteering design resources taking a skillshare class networking with other professionals working on your portfolio posting more to social media redoing my website learning a new coding language reading more news articles polishing prototyping skills better work / life balance mentoring more
- 52. giant conference 2015 - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw IMPOSTER SYNDROME
- 56. “ “Don’t compare your insides to somebody else’s outsides” - Hugh MacLeod giant conference 2015 - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
- 57. OVERCOMING CHALLENGES - slow down. - you ≠ imposter
- 58. TAKE AWAYS
- 59. CRAFT YOUR LIST CONSIDER WHY STAY INSPIRED CRUSH CHALLENGES
- 60. “ “a year from now you will wish you had started today” - Karen Lamb giant conference 2015 - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
- 61. JUST START & SHARE WITH OTHERS
- 62. THANK YOU.megan o’neill - #giantlifelist - @hellomeganw
Editor's Notes
- show! don’t tell!
- photo from work for intro personal advice insert photo of paypal badge
- photo from work for intro personal advice insert photo of paypal badge
- add photo from japan
- Excited to be working toward an actual career that i was interested in UI design, front end
- inspiration (making it lovely), 2.6 million hits on google….
- 2010 started (27/28) 2012 ended (29/30) Favorites being 13 - Japan (and 14 - Japanese phrases), 15 - mom/daughter vacation, 19 - price is right,
- php script 2708 days till i turn 40
- Relatable item to the audience here we are tying it back into why this is interesting for them advice, tip, and insights that i gained that I wanted to share
- Where to start - crafting your life list out of comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at). encourage personal development. provide learning or growing experience create memories
- first draft list too many “shoulds” however, tend make time for “want” goals Should - Negative self talk and others influence on our lives Want - genuinely enjoy doing or see the value Need - blockers from getting to where you want to be
- #citizenfail example Photos to insert - three other goals that accomplished doing something that i enjoyed with friends
- first draft of list contained too many “shoulds” however, tend make time for “want” goals Should - Negative self talk and others influence on our lives Want - genuinely enjoy doing or see the value Need - blockers from getting to where you want to be
- speaking up for what you want Recent all hands story.
- Recent all hands story.
- career list work party
- Laura advocating
- “do the work" incremental progress and development “emu syndrome”, getting distracted by the next bright, shiny thing or trend
- “do the work" incremental progress and development “emu syndrome”, getting distracted by the next bright, shiny thing or trend
- Where to start crafting your life list Don’t be too specific. (SMART goals) Get you out of your comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at). Does it encourage your own personal development. Does it provide a learning or growing experience Things that create memories
- now that we have a starting point, we can peel back some of the layers to understand why this methodology works for many people.
- Daniel Kahneman's (noble prize winner psychologist) peak-end theory Creating memories - perception of reality Not duration of time but life measured in memories
- When there are peaks, we typically will remember them and were we ended up
- My career path
- anticipation delayed gratification time to reflect
- learning rail style and printing up maps
- learning phrases
- learning phrases
- examining our relationship before getting engaged bonding experience something that we never thought we would do
- Look for the peaks and where you end up
- Don’t go seeking others personal stories of success. Seek out stories and examples of things that genuinely inspire you. Medium article.
- bri: 50k (31 miles) lexi: group fitness certification aim: 44 next week (3250 miles total) since october down 30 pounds
- Not sure who to share with? Nicole, speaking at a conference
- Where to start crafting your life list Don’t be too specific. (SMART goals) Get you out of your comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at). Does it encourage your own personal development. Does it provide a learning or growing experience Things that create memories
- and set backs.
- Making time frantic living - always feeling like you could be doing more in a competitive career
- - frantic living - always feeling like you could be doing more in a competitive career exhausted never good enough -Giving up that it can all be done -Buying back time at work -examining your current processes and identifying areas that you can weave in some of these items (passion projects, stepping out of your current role…etc)
- examine your processes use your time wisely and on things that matter
- slow down to speed up leverage your successes
- -my work should speak for itself but i should also speak up when the environment is noisily (do the work, show your work, archive what you are proud of, tell your story and why you accomplished this) -Stop comparing others outsides to your insides -instead of jealousy or being bummed out that your progress or journey looks different than others, think “wow, that’s possible"
- Whitney quote
- Whitney quote Laura advocating
- slow down to speed up imposter syndrome, get over it!
- craft - finding balance of should, want, need, speak up, and don’t get distracted why - create peaks/memories and plan long term inspired - find your people and inspire challenges - examine your existing process and get over imposter syndrome
- Where to start - crafting your life list out of comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at). encourage personal development. provide learning or growing experience create memories