It feels intuitively like the last year was my shittiest one yet - pardon my french - the sense being that all of the metrics which I have typically measured myself by are well south of where they should be. Most obvious is the flab around my waist, undeniable evidence that the 92kg reading on my scale is as factual as can be. There are other things of course, not least the sense of listlessness, the feeling of drifting and the increasingly dispassionate nature of my spiritual practice . A year ago I was certain that the year of being thirty seven would be my best one; the S bounce being a big part of that assessment. Reality though has been a less certain, more topsy turvy version of what I wanted it to be.
In addition to marrying S which is set to happen in the next couple of months, three key changes need to take place in my life to get me to where I want to be: sorting out my spiritual issues, losing weight and pursuing professional development activities that would leave me in a position to move jobs at the end of the year. Those correspond to three of the seven focus areas defined within the framework of my Life Plan (Spiritual, Physical & Health, Personal Development), the others being People & Social, Causes & Charity, Financial and Work/Career.
To keep things simple, and a nice round number, I’ve decided to identify a few goals for each of the three key areas as below:
- Spiritual
- Practice l ectio divina daily, using the WordLive daily email (find a phone app if possible)
- Physical & Health
- Complete a 5k three time a week
- Eat less than 50g of carbs daily
- Personal Development
- Obtain an internal auditor course and certification
- Read an hour every day (python, creative non-fiction, corrosion & materials, VBA for applications)
- Post on Quotidian Things three times a week
- Tuesday: The Diary
- Wednesday: Wordpress photo challenge
- Thursday: Creative Non-Fiction
- Financial
- Save 10% of net earnings per month