Principles
- No Corruptive Influences
- Work on Goals Every Single Day
- Radical Honesty
- Radical Accountability
Its Jan 1st
I'm grateful for my good fortune in life [wonderful family, productive meaningful work & talents/passions I can freely pursue] yet something's missing
The last decade was fun but ended with a gnawing sense of potential unrealised, opportunities squandered. Time to make a choice: continue as before, or reset
Typically a quiet month working off festive excesses, no big change here. Mostly I introduce the format for tracking progress and failures (classic spreadsheet: ugly but effective). Set some outrageous targets and we are off to the races!
The reality of trying to do a million things sumultaneously on a daily basis hits hard. I'm overstretched (understatement much). Some hard failures to learn from here. The outrageous mini-goals list is going still going strong though - high five!
WFH becomes a thing! Bad for the world, great for the list. I also slim down the array of daily duties to a more manageable amount (swim, dance etc gone). Added some intermittent fasting and reversed the dearth of spirituality from last month!
I decide to catalogue all the food I eat in about as confusing a table as it's possible to create. Body starting to feel battered so it finally clicks that going to war everyday wont last. Despite this there's a huge morale boost at the end of this one!
Discovering a few new weaknesses, the invincibility cloak has been well and truly cast off. Reality sets in at the enormity of the challenge. Very tough to do this solo - "i get by with a little help from my friends". I decide to PAUSE!
Back after a month off (mostly). After some useful feedback my tone previously i'm much kinder with myself now. Off days are now coloured purple (not red) and some serendipitous synchronicities bring some sparkle to proceedings!
Summer is here, lockdowns are over and its glorious. Pretty focused on running now as a marathon is booked. Long runs make it tough to do much else. A pretty robotic reflection here!
The magnifying glass is out to zoom in on one specific day, one specific run, and the madness of the mind at full tilt. Italy sets the stage as I travel for work and pleasure. God is it a pleasure!
An omniscient mentor offers sage wisdom to relate the specific outcomes from TYNF to wider qualities/attributes of value in realising potential. A calf injury induces reflection!
Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse struggled so hard that eventually he turned that cream into butter and walked out
Don’t ever let your memories become greater than your Dreams. This mad cap twelve months has finally come to a close, felicitations and commiserations abound