Day 2

On impulse I decided to share my resolutions on facebook. Normally like to keep the cards close to the vest on such things but decided differently for 2 reasons, Firstly, to see the reaction (couldn’t resist), and secondly, I figured I could use a bit of spotlight to my advantage, extra pressure to motivate. It’s putting out there but have always needed to overcome the fear of failure. Recalling Teddy Roosevelt helps . . .

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat

In thinking through the plan I have to be realistic – do I really have enough time? Maybe time to think this one through . . .

Resolution	Detailed goal	Assumptions	Time
1.       Get healthy	Deal with gout, sarcoidosis, cavities, warts, thyroid, blood pressure, arms and knees	About 15 doctor’s appointments (?) – possibly rehab?	1 hr / wk
2.       Lose 10 kilos (22 pounds)	same	Exercise almost daily	7 hr / wk
3.       Start a new business	Open an s.r.o for real estate investments – field some business plans – have some talks	Probably 5 day’s worth of admin over 3 months?	1 hr / wk
4.       Learn to play guitar	Get 3 to 5 songs learned well	Practice religiously 20 minutes a day and one day a week for 1 hr or a lesson	3 hr / wk
5.       Spend more quality time with the boys	Board games, hiking, Lego, puzzles, movies (?), hols, laser tag , ,  ,	Nothing new – better use of time	0
6.       Take up photography	Buy a good camera and take on nature hikes	Nothing new – better use of time – wake up early on 3 or 4 mornings to something at least a little bit special	0
7.       Learn a foreign language	Big progress in Russian – basic? Intermediate?	3 hours a day – watch a lot of movies?	3 hr / day
8.       Play board games instead of video games	Self explanatory – hobbit, chess, backgammon, alumbra, K’s new game, ubonga	Nothing new – better use of time	0
9.       Write a novel	Hmmm – 2 ideas – this blog, and the themed novel – blog s 30 minutes a day		3,5 hr / wk
10.   Become a Lean Six Sigma Master Black-belt	Pass the test	Part of work	0
11.   Get my PhD	Get over the hump. Publish 1 + 1 articles, socialize the next steps w AC / CEU	Partly part of work	?
12.   Stay employed (could be tougher than usual if I do all these other things J)	Work hard and smart – look for new job ops and network	Is work itself – but also the extras	3 / hrs a week
Total per week			39,5
Total per day			~5.5

Activity	Hours per day	notes
sleep	8	7 plus read 1 hour
eat	2	30+30+1
work	8	standard
relax	1	Net, games, movies?
available	5
synergies	~ 1 hr.	Relax (watch Russian movies), sleep (30 min read), eat (practice Russian), other tasks