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New Year 2018- Resolutions Thread Because I function so much better with lists.....

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Posted 17 August 2018 - 07:25 PM

Dysentery?
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Posted 17 August 2018 - 07:59 PM

I'm gonna guess good old fashioned stress.
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Posted 17 August 2018 - 08:02 PM

View PostLuv2B_Sassy, on 17 August 2018 - 07:59 PM, said:

I'm gonna guess good old fashioned stress.


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Posted 02 January 2019 - 06:45 PM

View PostMacros, on 03 January 2018 - 10:39 AM, said:

make it all official to depress myself in 2019 when I haven't attained any.

financial/work

routinely put money away in my savings account, not to be touched. success sort of. there is one account that I have put money into that I dont touch at all, my ISA was raided in September, but it was for the driving range as I wasnt ready to approach bank for finance. calling this one a win
actually work the whole year and not take 2/3 months off cause I feel like it, this relates back to point 1 nope nope and nope.
get the finance organised for my driving range and get it built well I have been pushing this as hard as I can, but its been a slow battle, we have diggers in fields, and the cogs are in motion for finance, so I'll call it a 50% win, things are happening, we'r at the tipping point
Maintain my current wage, even if I change jobs to another project win, got a raise

health/lifestyle
cut out the crisps complete and utter fail
cut down/out fast food pretty much a fail
get into some kind of a regular exercise routine/ program fail
as Ment - drinking, I don't do much casual drinking, occasionally I'll have a few pints watching the match or a glass or two of wine with dinner but usually it's a massive rip or not at all. Need to learn to put the brake on a bit before I reach full dickhead mode of buying trays of shots. well..... its pretty much par for the course this year again. A few less nights out, but a night out usually goes the same way. only had 3 big nights over christmas which is very low for me, and I wasnt too bad on any of them, so taking it as a 10%/20% win going into the new year

social

kind of links to health, but also for social, be more active at the golf club, play more and attend more events etc. played more golf but no change on activity at the club
actually visit all my friends who have kids blegh, I'd say I got about 50%
stay in touch with my cousins better. definitely a win on this front

ETA - have set my Goodreads challenge at 60 books done





If I manage like a 30/40% range I'll be happy



not bad, considerably better than normal.
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Posted 03 January 2019 - 01:51 AM

View PostMentalist, on 03 January 2018 - 04:45 AM, said:

So, as promised, here it is.

For the 2017 edition, please see here:

https://forum.malaza...s-2017-edition/

my 2017 goals:

View PostMentalist, on 02 January 2017 - 05:07 AM, said:

Ok, so I'm finally getting over the hangover, I've spent the last 40 mins staring at my bookshelves updating the "to read" resolutions thread, and it's time to reflect on how my life's actually been moving along:



For 2017, I need to focus on breaking a lot of bad habits concerning my social and personal life, since work-wise I seem to be in a fairly good place. general comment: I did not do well with this goal, but towards teh end of the year I reconciled myself with this, and am in a much better mental head-space over it
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Personal/organizational goals
1) Maintain proper sleep schedule with no staying up late on work nights for no good reason - Partial success, but not really
2) Beyond general byweekly cleaning, at the end of each month, review all correspondence and paperwork at home Total fail - need to write this goal down to stick to it
3) Also, once a month, review all things related to PD, and spend time working on linkedin. Make that a stated goal and keep reminders another total fail
4) Once done recovering from the injury, speak to my father about driving Nope. Though I did admit to myself basically that I don't want to drive, so i'm feeling ok about this
5) Actually manage to stick to reading in French this time, since I've been writing this goal down for at least 5 years now. I don't recall when I stopped this time, but it was pretty early on in the year

Overall, in terms of these goals, the year was an abysmal failure.

Health and recreation
1) Make sure to swim at least once a week- goal should be to swim after every soccer game. - mostly successful
2) Ensure to continue exercising in the mornings, as this will help with motivation for proper sleep schedule Nope, this dropped off pretty much when I came back from vacation
3) Aim for 2 full workouts a week see 2
4) Continue playing soccer, but take it easier in the summer (4 teams was a bit of an overkill). Ensure to warm up and stretch properly before all games, and not be pressured into rushing to play, as I need to avoid injuries
-work on shooting, at least once a week. Improve control and touch with the left foot, and lose the fear of playing on the left. Generally, success. I missed about a month of playing in August due to an injury, but after my vacation got right back into it, and in the fall season I've been generally playing well, and becoming a more rounded player, ever so slowly

5) This goes without saying, but still: get my elbow fixed up, regain full ROM. Didn't happen - I have a permanent injury, that can be improved possibly somewhat by surgery, which I elected not to look into for now

Overall, I'm decently ok with this. I didn't gain any significant weight, stayed appropriately active and had few serious injuries.

Social
1) Keep in touch better with friends and family back home- make sure to speak to them at least once a month (with a new phone and Skype, this should be totally realistic) - not as regular as I would like, but I've definitely spoke more to people back home than before
2) Continue involvement with charity pool tournaments and trivia groups. Make sure to meet new people there each time generally a success
3) Actually speak to my friends about doing a regular outings to play pool Nope
4) work on actually meeting new people and expanding my social circle. Since my brain likes to make excuses about "my life not being in order yet" to put social stuff down the priority list, work on figuring out the real estate situation. Real Estate situation is beyond figured out. Didn't really maintain sociability level (though the summer was actually pretty nice in that aspect), but I'm in a much better headspace about that now than I was a few months ago

This area definitely could've been better, but once again, decent improvement as opposed to prior years. I had a bit of a stumbling block in the fall where I was going through a bit of a mental adjustment ont he background of turning 30, but with a lot of introspection, I feel I worked through most of those issues

Leisure
1) Stick to the "to-read" list. Try to top this year's 52 new books read 60 books read. Making a few dents in that list. Got a Kindle app for my phone, and can now use e-books to track down and complete out-of-print series
2) Stick to the "to play" list. Try to play at least 15 games to completion this year Nope. The year was dominated by one game, I only played 2 games off my list to completion and started a 3rd on the Xmass holidays
-Do not buy any new games unless I've completed at least 3 games for one new one bought Not quite there, but I spent A LOT less money this year on games

I spent A LOT more money on books than I probably should have. With me making a partial switch to ebooks, I'm hoping to cut down the expense factor, if not the quantity

Work/financial
1) Plan to go back home this summer to see my grandmother before Alzheimer's makes her forget everything. Have a decent amount set aside for that. done
2) Get a proper mortgage pre-approval done
3) Reduce student loan payments. bank 15 extra k by end of the year bough an apartment, so this kinda dropped. Had a decent chunk banked, but nowhere near 15k
4) Plan a good 30th birthday, and have a chunk of cash set aside for that. Done. Everyone there was fairly happy
5) Continue with good work habits, especially going over all WIP every 2 months, since it seems to be working Overall, the year was less work-intensive than 2016 (mostly because I didn't get saddled with a non-stop June of Doom, unlike last year), but in terms of raw results, the 2 years are comparable. And I got a raise, so my bosses clearly think I'm doing something right

Generally, success across the board here.


So, in general, a very productive year in terms of financial/work-related goals, not so much in terms of social/personal/self-development. This dovetailed nicely with my late-in-year epiphany that I really can be accurately described as a "workaholic" and that I'm okay with that, and with relationships and such not being a priority, regardless of what people around me might think. So I feel I'm in an okay spot with that.

I obviously need to work on maintaining and reinforcing positive organizational habits and work on maintaining a functional routine. I managed to condition myself that I have to swim regularly (no matter the weather outside) so surely, I can do the same for staying organized and on top of things?

Let's put some stuff down for 2018:

Work/Career related things

1) Maintain the same general pattern of reviewing outstanding/work-in-progress to stay on top of things
2) Attend Professional Development events in person (rather than via webcast). Network, build connections
3) By end of May, I need to look into the actual requirements for becoming a Certified Specialist in my field

Health/Sports goals
1) Continue swimming - the goal continues to be to fit one swim between soccer games
2) Continue playing soccer- stick to 2 teams/season.
3) Get back into morning exercise. ACTUALLY get up with the 1st alarm.
4) Get back to 2 full workouts per week

Social goals
1) Make speaking to family/friends a regular occureence Write this goal down
2) Continue participating in extra-social groups (trivia group, Ukranian Lawyers' Association, etc). Look into getting involved with some other groups
3) interconnected with work, but: network more

Personal/ self-improvement
1) Go through the pile of Law Society magazines that I've collected, extract useful info, then get rid of them
2) Look into getting life insurance- actually did this
3) Make monthly linkedin work a goal WRITE THIS DOWN
4) Try to make a dent in French readings (also look into more French music to go along with this)
5) Work on limiting binge-drinking- for one-evening nights out, set a cut-off point (preferably before I can no longer taste liquor) to avoid excesses such as puking/passing out/brutal next-day hangovers.

Leisure/Recreation
1) Read 60 books
2) limit paper book purchases
3) maintain current buying pattern with games. Work on the "to-play" list.



View PostMentalist, on 17 August 2018 - 11:27 AM, said:

I did not write stuff down. Not sure why.

Have life insurance paperwork, need to fill it out.

Stopped networking stuff when summer started.

Been doing OK with drinking until around Aug. In Aug I probably drank as much as the rest of the year combined (nothing bad happened yet, though, except weight gain of a few kilos)

Sleep patterns continue to deteriorate, I can't recall the last time I got up w/ first alarm OR did a morning stretch.

Social stuff's been not great either. Work is OK.

1 book behind schedule in Goodreads challenge. All over the place in gaming to-play list



The year's been all over the place, main thing that really defined it was a lack of anything significant happening.

I accomplished the one goal that was getting life insurance. I now have a monthly bill, so yay, mission accomplished.

My lifestyle discipline deteriorated towards the end of the year, and this culminated with me spending probably way too much money during November and December on games I will probably never get the time to play.

Social life.... yeah, blank. Moving on.
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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