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my 2017 goals:
Mentalist, on 02 January 2017 - 05:07 AM, said:
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-\
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.
This post has been edited by Mentalist: 03 January 2018 - 04:48 AM