The-Year-of-Living-Intentionally on A Geek's Life

The Year of Living Intentionally - Revisited

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 22:02:14 +0000

\\\* 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.

The Monthly Wrap: March, Much Ado About Nothing (Much)

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 03:48:48 +0000

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

The 2019 Actions

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:24:38 +0000

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