2010 The year of me
Keep a Gratitude journal: There are many things that I have to be thankful for. I should pay more attention to the things that I have.
Listen: more.
Pause: take three breaths before responding to any situation or conversation.
Wake at 6:30am on weekdays and 9am on the weekends: Why waste precious hours in my bed not advancing my goals. There are a lot of things that I "don't have time for", but that's because I sleep a lot.
Read a book each month: Novel or selfhelp, it doesn't matter. Just spend more time reading and less time watching TV.
Maintain organized office: sloppy office, sloppy plan, no success.
Purge monthly: no excess mail, no excess crap/paper.
Send one handwritten letter each month: take time to give special attention to my closest friends.
Payoff all credit cards: no credit except work credit and expenses.
Become size 10: a loose size 10, though preferably an 8!
Only purchase clothing in smaller size: only if it fits.
Volunteer at least 6 times for the year: any six times and preferably once per month.
One random act of kindness every week: actively do something for another person without agenda.
Personal trip: go somewhere unrelated to work. Preferably with partner, but alone and responsible is ok.
Go to church: If I'm home on Sunday, I should go to church.
Monday, December 28, 2009
My Evaluation
The New Year will arrive in 3 days.
It's amazing how fast time passes when I'm not paying attention. I have been thinking about resolutions as I'm sure many people have- and after attacking myself unabashedly and without courtesy, I've decided I will simply resolve to be a better version of me.
I think of who I am and who I want to be. It's difficult to decide if a better version of me will in fact still be me. I'm not sure where to draw that line, but I figure if I can sustain the better me for at least 18 months, it will in fact become the new me. I may have to suffer through withdrawal from the old me. Then again that's just fear talking.
There is a specific place I want to be by June 2011 and it involves an announcement. If I'm honest with myself, I'm not fit for anything in my current state. I can see clear flaws and realize that they are all internal and intertwined. 2010 will be my personal overhaul year. My greatest flaw is A-D-D when it comes to commitment. Three days have been my make or break thresh hold in the past. Now I'm working on lifestyle changes, and it's makes clear, random, sense that now 3 months should be my new thresh hold. If I can do it for 3 months, then I can do it forever.
The Goal:
Personal overhaul by June 2011 mastered in 6 quarters.
The Plan:
Each Quarter I will introduce a new personal upgrade. My intention is to form habits every three months so that each quarter only has one un-mastered upgrade.
The Steps:
It's amazing how fast time passes when I'm not paying attention. I have been thinking about resolutions as I'm sure many people have- and after attacking myself unabashedly and without courtesy, I've decided I will simply resolve to be a better version of me.
I think of who I am and who I want to be. It's difficult to decide if a better version of me will in fact still be me. I'm not sure where to draw that line, but I figure if I can sustain the better me for at least 18 months, it will in fact become the new me. I may have to suffer through withdrawal from the old me. Then again that's just fear talking.
There is a specific place I want to be by June 2011 and it involves an announcement. If I'm honest with myself, I'm not fit for anything in my current state. I can see clear flaws and realize that they are all internal and intertwined. 2010 will be my personal overhaul year. My greatest flaw is A-D-D when it comes to commitment. Three days have been my make or break thresh hold in the past. Now I'm working on lifestyle changes, and it's makes clear, random, sense that now 3 months should be my new thresh hold. If I can do it for 3 months, then I can do it forever.
The Goal:
Personal overhaul by June 2011 mastered in 6 quarters.
The Plan:
Each Quarter I will introduce a new personal upgrade. My intention is to form habits every three months so that each quarter only has one un-mastered upgrade.
The Steps:
- Create opportunities for active improvement for each upgrade.
- Use quarterly countdown to keep pace.
- Daily check-ins with myself. At the very least, this will keep me off of the couch for a few minutes each night.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)