I see this as useful for my abstract goals too. for example, i have a goal of “get my life together”. but i also have goals like, “get out of debt”, “find balance”, “ignore the bad in people”, “work more efficiently”; which all have to do with getting my life together. so this means I end up having 5 separate goals on my list, that really should be organized together.
But I don’t want to just put “get my life together” because that I know that will take years, I would like to be able to cross some of the sub ones off the list. But I don’t want to remove “get my life together” as a goal, because I want to remember exactly why i’m trying to find balance in the first place! (like, specifically what I am trying to get out of it).
Cons: I see the problems with this, out of 43 things, someone could endup with really 1000 because of all the subgoals. SO, I would be fine with the sub-goals still counting as one of my 43 things. I mainly would like to see them organized from a visual standpoint. Like So:
1. Get My Life Together
—2. Get Out of Debt
—3. Work more Efficiently
—4. Find Balance
5. Get an Oil Change
6. Run a 5k
—7. Run 3 times a week
—8. Buy a new pair of running shoes
9. Watch less tv
10. Redesign Website
—11. Learn Flash
etc etc.
