As every year even this year I am going to set some goals so I have some targets in front of me. Last year has been very successful and pushed me miles ahead and I am very great-full for this. And let’s be clear, I am not talking about money here. Money is not my priority. The priorities are personal growth, quality time, new experiences, good health (not in this order obviously).
I have not managed to achieve all goals I setup up last year but I am feeling pretty good about all the stuff I managed to achieve. Here is the list for this year.
- Build a Ruby on Rails web application
- Write lot more posts on lewro.com
- Learn more about web servers and web services
- Travel more + take lot more pictures with my Canon SLR
- Drink lot more water
- Practice yoga more often
- Trynew types of food
- Help others more
Many people ask me where do I find to do all the stuff I do
I guess the answer is in the simplicity of life I am living. I managed to get rid of the TV out of my life couple of years ago. Trust me it was not easy. I used to watch TV for hours every single day. This was the biggest time waster in my life. Once I realized that I fixed it. But I do understand that there is not that much time in our life. We go to work every day and when we get home we are tired. But even doing little means we are moving. That is my whole trick. I can’t work every day for hours after I came back from my job but I can do at least something. It does not matter when. One day I wake up early and spend an hour working on my projects, next day I spent 2 hours after work and I do not get up early afterwords. The only question is. Do you really want to do it? Do you have the passion? If the answer is yes, then you will find time.
Once you realize you actually do not need all these hours and hours to achieve your goals then you are on the good truck. There are many examples where few hours of work a week end up being successful result. 37signals could be the one in the tech word but the same can be achieved in personal life. Getting fit “cost” you only 3-4 hours a week. Who does not have that much time. Everyone does!
So let me wrap up. I have no magic formula I just forced myself not be lazy and I do have to do it over and over again. I do want to achieve more.
What are your new year’s resolutions?