You read that correctly – day one. This means I am starting again because I continue to not meet the targets that I’ve set myself.
Yesterday I sat down and set some new goals for a new period. There are three keys that are going to help me meet these:
- Commit to doing these and acknowledging I’m going to have to make sacrifices.
- Improve my ability to avoid negotiating with myself once I’ve said I’ll do something
- Acknowledge that I can’t make exceptions. I am at my best when I make a plan and stick to it
- Side note – I need to make more plans because there is a lot of unplanned activities and days at the moment
- Have a plan in place for when energy/mood drops
There are 181 days until the 28th of February 2025, and here are the daily targets until this date
- Achieve an average of 8 hours input per day
- This allows time off as long as my average remains intact for this period. My life will change dramatically if I can do this
- Average a calorie deficit of 7,000 per week until Queenstown half marathon so that I’m under 85kg and shredded for that half marathon. Then eat at maintenance until we leave for overseas but remain around 85kg
- 1 LinkedIn post per day
- Under 5 emails in inbox per day
- Under 2 hours screentime per day
- 1x Gratitude note for my partner each day
- 15 minutes on business finances each day
- 15 minutes on personal finances each day
These are the goals, if I achieve them, then on the 28th of February, my life will look completely different – there is no doubt about that.
So now it comes to taking action which is going to be through:
- Developing a plan on how I tackle each day to bring me closer to these
- End of every day review the days actions against my plan and identify if it took me closer. Then adjust the plan before tomorrow.
Becoming a person who can do long periods of uninterrupted work without distractions, food, needing stimulation, is the single most important trait I can develop through this 191 days. This is the ability to sit at my desk despite how uncomfortable it might get at times, and just keep moving forward.
Whether I achieve this or not is going to be based on the quality of thoughts I tolerate in my mind, the actions I take because of my thoughts, and then my ability to reflect and refine.