2023 Resolutions
2023-01-16
When I think of a good New Years resolution, I think it needs to touch on three things:
- Focused - Having 100 things means you're spreading your attention too thin - and less likely to actually move the needle on any one thing
- Ambitious - It can't be a layup, it has to be something you stretch for
- Finish - You gotta do the thing, not just write about it.
And for a years now, I've written ambitious New Years resolutions - and the formula is the same each time:
- Get really ambitious - new year, new potential
- Document ALL my ideas into a notes app but no prioritzation
- Get really exhausted and not look at the resolutions for the rest of the year
For example, here are my 2020 resolutions:
2020 Resolutions
- Volunteer 2/month
- Lunch w/ new person 1/month
- Bike to work 2/week
- Run Half Marathon
- Write what I’m thankful for 1/day
- Finish pet project
- Play team sport 1/week
- Write an article 2/week
- Practice public speaking 2/month
- Pass GCP/AWS cert
- Hike 4 National Parks
- Read/Listen 1 book/month
- Weekly goals check-in
- Headspace 1/day
- Journal 1/day
- AK/Holly Date 2/month
- Start a business
- Woodworking 1/two months
- Get 4.0 GPA
- Score 90% on all GRE sections
- Have complete mastery of finances
...okay, so I failed requirement #1. And unsurprisingly, I didn't do any of these things.
Here are my 2021 resolutions:
2021 NY resolutions
- Finish flight school
- Successfully fix a car
- Run a half marathon
- Convert into the PM ladder - FINISHED
- Buy a house - FINISHED
- Start a company
Great! Definitly have a bit more focus and these are definitly ambitious but did I get to requirement #3? Nope. I started almost all of these in 2021 - but I only finished 2 out of 6.
So this year, my big focus is not necessarily starting new things but FINISHING what I've started.
2023 NY Resolutions
- Finish NFL GM Game
- Finish Scheduling
- Run a half marathon
- Cook more