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Went Well

  • Transition to new role at work
  • Restarted a weekly Thankful Thursdays feature on here, in a bid to build an attitude of gratitude
  • Significantly increased my monthly run distance peaking at over 100km for July & August
  • Came through my regular BP checks in August without any need to adjust meds etc
  • Interviewed for AOC role, waiting to hear back on a potential offer, also waiting to interview for a senior M&C role at an oil major in the next few days.

Didn’t Go Well

  • Spiritual life is still out of sorts,
  • Suffered occasional bouts of panic, negative self talk and lack of self confidence both at work and my personal life. Need to get a regular meetup and support set up with an older wiser head/ mentor (eg Pastor W?)
  • Didn’t write as much as I thought I would. Need to establish a series of rituals to make this happen semi-automatically
  • Relationship with S appears stalled, with us both living our separate lives and not bonding as well as we should, current living arrangements being the primary cause I believe.

Year Objectives and Status

The 11 things:

  1. Daily Practice of Prayer and Bible Study: AMBER
  2. Reduce weight to <85kg: RED
  3. Read 25 books: RED, significantly behind, currently averaging 1 book a month only
  4. Improve sleep to > 7 hours: AMBER, increased over previous quarter but still shy of 7 hour target
  5. Become proficient in Data Science, analytics and machine learning
  6. Reduce blood pressure to < 130/90: GREY, not currently tracked.
  7. Meet up with a male friend at least once a quarter: GREEN, met up with D.A in U-Square in September
  8. Speak to Dad weekly and siblings at least monthly: GREEN, met targets
  9. Write sponsored kids once a quarter: RED, failed to write the kids, needs focus in Q4 + give a gift to address
  10. Attend mid-week church at least twice a month: RED, church attendance in general hasn’t been the greatest for me.
  11. Acquire a CP or Welding certification: GREEN, achieved the API 577 certification in August 2019

Q4 Focus Areas/ Key Actions

  • Focus on trying to complete hard mode reboot for all of Q4 (90+ days)
  • Aggressively begin to explore London/Greater London area M&C jobs
  • Restart my Data science studies (Dataquest or Udacity Nanodegree)
  • Make daily reading a habit (at least a chapter daily)
  • Have a detailed chat with S and agree joint objectives for the next year of being married.