<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/P6090017.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6003" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/P6090017-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>On Day 256, I took all the notes from <strong><a href="http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/wds-2011-the-heart-attack-of-awesome/" target="_blank">The World Domination Summit</a></strong>, ate them, and digested them.

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O.k., o.k.  I didn't really do that.  But <strong><a href="http://jenlemen.com/blog/" target="_blank">Jen Lemen</a></strong> of <strong><a href="http://www.mondobeyondo.org/" target="_blank">Mondo Beyondo</a></strong> fame did that once.  For reals!

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For the life of me, I can't remember what her<strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/12/day-252-soul-explosion/" target="_blank"> "word"</a></strong> was, but she wrote it down, crumbled it up, munched on it, and digested it.  Literally.  She wanted to INTERNALIZE her word in a powerful and dramatic expression.  I am telling you -- her word was very moving.  But once you are 40, short-term memory flies out the window.  I knew I should have written her word down.

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For my purposes, I merely mentally digested my notes.

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You know how it is when you go to conferences.  If you're anything like me, you take copious notes (with the exception of powerful words that you wished you could remember later), and then when you arrive back home, those notes are tucked away for future reference.  And "future reference" rarely happens.

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In education, kids are sent home for the summer with their little brains chock full o' information, and then...when they don't use it, they lose it.  The Summer Slide sets in.  Teachers spend the first two months of school reteaching what the kids learned last year.

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<span style="font-size: medium; color: #800080;"><strong>The SuperMojo speakers from WDS encouraged us to not give in to the Post-Conference Slide.</strong> </span> They urged us to formulate a Plan of Action:  at least one step that we would take to halt the slippery slope leading to inertia.

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To be honest, this is always my intended "plan" post-conferences.  However, I'm usually overwhelmed by the task ahead of me, because a Virgo overachiever type feels as though she needs to create a Super Plan with action step after action step after action step mapped out over a course of days, week, months, maybe years!

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Be glad if you were born Type B.

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So I like this whole "one step" idea.  That doesn't stress me out at all.  I can't imagine not doubling the request and coming up with two steps, but I'll start with one and grow from there.

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<span style="font-size: medium; color: #800080;"><strong>After combing through my notes, I devised my Plan of Action:</strong></span>

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	<li>This was a no-brainer.  Mondo Beyondo rocked my world.  <strong><a href="http://samfrancisco.me" target="_blank">Sam</a></strong> is signed up for the July 5th start date.  I will join her.  Even though I am tempted to think that throwing an online course into Work, Life, Blog and Puppy is sheer INSANITY, I feel that the dreams and ideas that will manifest through this workshop will be BIG.  Therefore, I am willing to be crazy for the length of the course.</li>
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	<li>I'm just saying "no" and stopping the insanity.  I don't need a second step just yet.  Although...I'm already internalizing <strong><a href="http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/" target="_blank">Jonathan Fields's</a></strong> wisdom and "ritualizing" my work and blog routines.</li>
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	<li>Oh!  And I almost forgot.  Ahem.  But this one is easy, trust me.  Because my "word" was "play", I'm incorporating more "play"-themed ideas into my days which you will read about soon.  :-D</li>
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*****

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How about you?  You didn't have to attend WDS to come up with a Plan of Action.

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What is your current dream or aspiration?  What is ONE STEP that you can take to move closer to your dream?  No need to be neurotic like me and aim for more.  It's a law of physics -- an object in motion stays in motion.  (Let's ignore the "unless" part for now.)  It takes only ONE step to begin the motion!