The-Year-of-Living-Intentionally

\\\* 2019 was my Year of Living Intentionally; the central idea being to stop living life on the huff but instead to define a plan and live by it. Five key themes came out from that period of reflection; Learn, Prepare, Engage, Diversify and Measure, with fifteen discrete actions identified across those themes. The screenshot above is of the dashboard that tracked the key metrics from the year. All told, a few great ones, several meh ones and a few epic fails. Data apart, I think the big benefit from this for the year is the visibility of my performance. I now need to build a practice of regular assessments and reviews to enable the Act-Check portion of the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. ...

Highlights Broke 50km distance for the first time in 2019 Kept up my daily devotional streak, thanks to the CoE’s Lent Pilgrim app Completed a book! (James Clear’s Atomic Habits). Still behind on the year plan though Lowlights Habit streak tracking still patchy at best Finances ended up a mess - home improvements were unbudgeted for but perhaps add value to the house (not quantified though) Next Month Focus Area ...

List of running actions and habits for 2019 for tracking, derived from The Year of Living Intentionally: Read The Hero With A Thousand Face Utilise the hero’s journey in updating my Life Plan Identify my band of friends and brothers and engage them individually once a month Identify devotional to use for 2019 (should involve reading 10 or less verses):YouVersion selected Track performance vs KPIs (various), report monthly, quarterly and annual Find web filter app for Linux and install Remove phone and laptop from bedroom Run >=25km a week Practice intermittent fasting Eat <100g of carbs per day Exercise daily (run or fitness blender) Limit coffee intake to one cup per day (morning) Explore options/ procure a blood pressure monitoring wearable Save >= 10% of net earnings (less GAYE) Restrict spend to <110% of budget Clarify medium/long term work plans (data science, corrosion/materials/welding/inspection) and location Update M&C roadmap, include gap analysis and closure plans (vs XoM competencies) Complete Data science Data Scientist track course, decide on Udacity Nanodegree Join a Data science for good meetup/ hackathon Identify/ complete a creative non fiction writing/ blogging course Learn to use kdenlive or other editing suite, also inkscape? Build list of books to read/ themes for 2019 Read a chapter of a book per day Write compassion kid once a quarter Identify/ complete assertiveness training/ coaching Find a mentor for work and personal life Call siblings / in-laws once a month, call Dad weekly Meet up with one of Rotimi, Deji A and Deji Ajayi once a month build stock picking tool (strategy and triggers) Identify app for tracking daily/weekly actions completed vs planned Determine my target macros (fat, protein, carbs) and total calories