First Month Failures

01/25/15

So, as far as goals for the year goes, not really off to a great start, Stephan. To be fair, I planned a lot of stuff and made no real plan to execute those things.

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That doesn't sound like a good excuse when I write it down. It's as my brother says, "A goal without a plan is a wish." Seems like I was doing more wishing than planning. I guess working towards an actual plan might be a good step.

The Meta Plan

Okay, so I need to build habits that lazy me agrees to. I need to build personal rituals that get me into a right mindset. I mention last Feburary a lot, and now another Feburary is coming up. It's time to shotgun everything I can think that I did last year to get into that amazingly productive period of my life, but now with more knowledge, experience, and know-how.

So, what was I doing?

• Going to sleep at the same time everyday
• Counting calories
• Running about 2.2 miles per weekday
• Extra-curricular work before actual work each day
• Consistent diet patterns
• Consistent cleaning habits

What wasn't I doing?

• Drinking soda
• Eating candy

What did my environment contain?

• ....

What was not in my environment?

• Cats
• Dogs
• Weed-infested yard
• An unmainted, dirty area

Some differences (aka, the lack of cats and dogs) are impossible to reverse, but I can reset a lot of these variables back to their status a year ago. Not much to sacrifice, and maybe a lot to gain.

I might as well try it. Maximizing my personal state-of-mind should give me the resources necessary to work towards an actual plan for the myriad goals I have for the days, weeks, and months of this year.