A documentation of my journey to improve my life
Tag: structure
Step 2: Automate to Execute To truly be effective at the important things I need to first get through the mindless things. I can’t count how much time I regularly waste on last minute grocery shopping, trying to figure out what I’ll make for dinner, paying bills, searching for information online, and on and on… To fix this issue my plan is to get as many of these things off my plate as I possibly can by implementing some of...
The Productivity Plan If you’re anything like me your biggest problem with productivity isn’t motivation; the biggest reason I don’t get anything done is because I’m either overloaded, distracted, unfocused or all 3. Besides battling constantly to try and put a dent in my endless lists of unfinished work and generally struggling with prioritization and time management (see GTD article) I am regularly fighting with personal distractions and a lack of focus. After researching for the last few weeks and...
3 hours 32 minutes, 4 cups of tea, half a box of somewhat stale Triscuits and 1 celebratory beer after we began I took a step back and I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. My girlfriend Brittney and I had just spend the better part of an evening writing down and filing every single last “need to do” in our lives. And when I say every I mean Every! “Finish installing the return-air vents, send thank you cards to friends,...
Cooking Reflections If this month’s cooking challenge has taught me anything its that I suck at planning ahead. I don’t know if it’s just a male thing or maybe something to do with my birth month (I’m a Libra if you were curious) but scheduling, and planning ahead are just not my areas of forte. This has really seemed to bite me in the ass this month as apparently cooking a good meal is only about 20% actual cooking and 80%...
12 goals in 12 months, I had decided and there was no turning back. Now just pick 12 goals and start dominating, right? Only one problem, I had no idea what my 12 goals should be. After all this wasn’t a small decision, this is what I would be doing with the entire next year of my life.
Since writing my last post this question of how I can scale my life has consumed me. It’s the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing I can get out of my brain at night (making my ability to go to sleep at a reasonable hour impossible..). After nearly a week of unrest I realized my problem; I have all of these aspirations and goals but not the focus and dedication to follow through on them....
It’s Saturday 9:30pm on January 2nd 2016 and I’ve just spent my day considering what I want my new year to look like. I guess when I think about it, I’m considering what I want my entire future to look like. I know it’s cliché to think about these things at new years but maybe I’m just a sucker for a cliché. Maybe I should go back..
