Goals for 2010
I only ever set 5 goals as a New Years thing… More than that and I get distracted. These goals ultimately spawn a list of tasks and sub-goals, but they are the “big rocks” – the themes I’d like to keep in mind as I journey through 2010.
Here they are as of 3am on the 31st of December 2009:
1. Romance my wife and daughter.
2. Fall back in love with the Bible.
3. Make a noticeable improvement to my physical fitness.
4. Unhinge myself from caffeine and nicotine.
5. Get out of the rat race.
Some are ambitious, some are simple and clear. This blog will be, in part, a story of the progress of these goals through 2010.
Happy New Years to all!
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So in line with goal 3. I suggest running both S2S and C2S with me this year. You’ve got 6 months to train. Get running…
You know I love you and support you, thus I can say these things.
Your goals are good, but very vague. You know how goals have to be S.M.A.R.T? One of the letters is M for Measurable.
How can you measure the level of romance so you know if you have achieve? How can you measure your love for the bible? What exactly does a ‘noticeable improvement’ mean? Does unhinge mean stop completely?
Saying all that I do like your goals and I can’t talk because I have two goals that aren’t exactly measurable
1. Be a good dad
2. Find out God’s favourite colour (translation: I want to have the relationship with God where we are like best friends and even know each other’s favourite colours)
But I think measurable is definately good.
I’m interested to see “Getting out of the rat race” in there. What does that mean for you? How much passive income do you need to earn in order to achieve that? Or does it simply mean quitting your job and working on your own things?
ps. I just realise that may have been a little harsh…they good goals after all. So sorry if it was harsh
i approach new years eve resolutions as “what is important to me this year” not so much “what metrics can i set myself to determine whether of not i’ve succeeded of failed this year”.
i’ll have succeeded at the end of the year if i can honestly say to myself (and no one else really, although i might share how i’m feeling about it in this blog) that i consistently applied myself to what was important.
for me setting metrics that determine my success of failure for an entire year at a single point in time is pretty much a recipe for disappointment. metrics and specifics are important, but my specific goals are under constant cycles of review and change, they need to be strived for but at the same time need to live and breathe.
this is how i run things anyway. not saying its right or wrong.