I realize just by writing this and publishing it, I may be negating some of the benefits of keeping my goals secret, but i’m going to explain what I want to do… and then use this to keep score.

Cover Photo: Rodrigo Sarsfield

I did a quick lit review on goal setting on Christmas, and now it’s Dec 30, so I’m ready, officially, to come up with both goals and a plan to achieve them.

Health

Motives

• To be around my family for as long as I can.
• To set a positive example for my family that you can start something and make your life better whenever you want.
• To improve my mental health.

Goals

• Before I go to work, I will go to the gym, put on my exercise clothes, and do at least 5 minutes of exercise, but no more than 10.
• After I exercise, I will shower, shave, brush / floss my teeth, do my hair, put on cologne, take my medicine, and put on clothes which I pre-selected the night before.

Routines

Motives

• To operate at peak capacity in home, work, play and spirituality.
• To give myself a mental health rudder.

Goals

• I will maintain my habit of waking up no earlier than 4:30am, but no later than 6:00am.
• On Mondays, I will perform a weekly recap / planning session at 6:15am.
• During my commute, I will read at least 5 pages of a book on my reading list, but not more than 10 pages.

Implementation

To support these efforts, I’m going to be using one specific tool: Streaks.

On the first page is my list of goals I’m planning to accomplish. On the second are smaller habits, but not really things that make me achieve anything specific. I really want to make the first page happen, and the second are ideal things, but less crucial.

I don’t know how I’ll be reporting progress yet… i’m more concerned with gathering the data and then using that to form a retrospective on Monday. I’ll figure out the best venue for the display later.