Author: spidern

Setting Life Goals

I enjoy thinking about my life goals. Every day I review them and make adjustments to my yearly plan. About 6 years ago I made a list of all the things I wanted to do and accomplish in the future. I’ve been updating that list ever since and I review it every day as it helps me keep focused. I wish I had started this sooner.

To define goals I use the following checklists:

Life Goals:

  • Things I want to do/accomplish
  • Things I want to have
  • Places I want to visit
  • Things I want to learn
  • Activities I want to experience
  • People I want to meet/say thanks to

Areas:

  1. Finances: Income, Give (Donate)
  2. Exercise
  3. Living Environment
  4. Relationship
  5. Family and Friends
  6. Work
  7. Learning: How many books I want to read
  8. Career: Which certifications I want to get
  9. Mentoring
  10. Blog
  11. Travel and adventure

One thing I’ve learned is that the order in which you pursue your goals is just as important as the goals themselves, and this has nothing to do with priorities, importance, or dependencies between the goals, it’s about increasing your chances of succeeding in accomplishing your goals. So, next time you are thinking about some goals for the year, think also about the order in which you will pursue them.

2020 Year-End Review

It’s May 2021, and for some reason I hadn’t been able to finish writing this review.

2020 was hard for everybody. I missed my family and friends. I missed traveling and going to events, but I want to focus on the things I learned and achieved during last year.

Books

I had planned to read 12 books, one per month, and I read 20.

  • The 5-Second Rule
  • Awareness
  • Letters from a Stoic
  • A Guide to the Good Life
  • Enchiridion – Epictetus
  • Principles – Ray Dalio
  • The Mask of Masculinity – Lewis Howes
  • Why do so Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It) – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Harvard Business Review)
  • Never Split the Difference
  • Ego is the Enemy
  • Leadership Strategy and Tactics
  • Make Time
  • The Magic of Thinking Big
  • The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols.
  • Never Eat Alone
  • The Ride of a Lifetime
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
  • The Third Door
  • Can’t Hurt Me
  • Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

Health

The plan for 2020 was to run a half marathon. I didn’t complete this goal, but I’m very proud that 2020 was the year I focused the most on exercise. I walked and run, and the last quarter of the year I started weight training at home, using Fitbod app. According to their website, “Fitbod’s training algorithm understands your strength-training ability, studies your past workouts and adapts to your available gym equipment.”

What I like the most about the app is how easy it is to use. It adapts and teaches me how to train. I don’t have to think about routines or how much to lift. As a beginner in weight lifting, this is very important to me.

Career

2020 I got the following certifications:

I still have pending the “Intro to Programming Nanodegree” course at Udacity.

In progress: Udacity programming course.

Courses – Online

Work:

Personal:

Courses – Other

Leather Crafting

At the beginning of 2020 I found on YouTube about Leather Crafting, and after watching a few videos I decided to try it.

I took two classes at Tandy Leather, one to build a wallet and another one to build a passport holder.

If you want to learn about Leather Crafting these YouTube channels are a good way to start:

2020 Favorite TV Shows

  • Outlander
  • The Crown

2020 Favorite Learning Resources

Websites