A new year and some (not so) new goals.
Once more I couldn’t complete my goals in 2022 and even keep track of them. However, setting some objetives for me is an excellent practice of discipline.
I’ll be doing a quick review of last year goals before defining what I’ll be trying to accomplish this year.
Goals for 2022:
- Keep writing down my projects and researches in this blog;
I wrote some posts, but not as much as I wanted. My writing skill in english is awful. - Keep reading, listening and writing in English;
This one is the easiest goal. I kept doing it almost everyday of the year. - Have all my photos from Japan edited. Have some of them at Shutterstock;
I didn’t even began to figure out how I’ll do it. - Have Home Assistant fully functional at my new home;
Home Assistant is working, but my server setup didn’t allow me to use the full potential of the system. - Try again to learn to write in Arduino and make some DIY projects;
I didn’t do it either. - Study programming, data science and machine learning;
I wish I could have studied more, but I didn’t. Nevertheless, I managed to make progress doing some scripts to be aplied at work. - Do periodical physical exercises;
It’s easier to say that my progress was 0 from 100. - Meditate;
It’s easier to say that my progress was 0 from 100. - Keep reading books;
I did it! I read 12 books during 2022. - Avoid getting involved with Work;
I did it, only for 4 months during the entire year, but it was a beginning. - Do (small) courses/projects related to Work.
I did some courses, not enought but it was better than nothing. - Study for new jobs available
I have failed miserably.
Now 2023.
Goals for 2023:
- Keep writing down my projects and researches in this blog;
- Keep reading, listening and writing in English;
- Have all my photos from Japan edited. Have some of them at Shutterstock;
- Have Home Assistant fully functional at my new home;
- Try again to learn to write in Arduino and make some DIY projects;
- Study programming, data science and machine learning;
- Do periodical physical exercises;
- Meditate;
- Keep reading books;
- Avoid getting involved with Work;
- Be preprared for the work of the future
I know I’m not being creative repeating almost all goals of 2022, but they are nice ones and many of them I didn’t accomplish.
1. Keep writing down my projects
Organizing my ideas and writing them down helps me learning new skills and writing in english. I’ll keep this goal and it’s numbers. I’ll try to write 2 posts per month (1 every 2 weeks)
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: once every 2 weeks, at least
How: writing this blog
2. Keep reading, listening and writing in English
I’ll just keep doing what I already to everyday. Listening and reading in english. I’ll try also to write more in english.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: at least 3 times a week listening and reading; at least once every 2 weeks writing
How: listening podcasts, reading news on the internet and writing this blog
3. Have all my photos (from Japan) edited
Lets try again editing my photos.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: 1 hour per week
How: editing on Lightroom
4. Have Home Assistant fully functional at my new home
I already have plans this year to make a new server to run my Home Assistant fully functional.
Start and ending period: starting now until July
How often: as often as possible
How: studying, editing and implementing devices
5. (Try again to) learn how to write in Arduino
I’ll have to study everything again to try to implement some Arduino automations.
I plan to implement 2 devices until the end of the year.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: when possible.
How: creating projects for home automation
6. Study programming, data science and machine learning
Last year I progressed studying programming languages. This year I want to keep studying it and implementing even more on my daily life.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: 2 hour a week at least.
How: programming using Python and Javascript
7. Physical exercises
Yoga. 3 times a week. That’s all.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: 3 times a week for at least 45 minutes each
How: Ashtanga Yoga and Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa
8. Meditate
Meditating will be a necessary activity this year.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: 3 times a week
How: try different sort of meditation styles until finding one that fits me better
9. Keep reading books
12 books for 2022 was a very doable goal. I’ll keep this number.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: daily
How: read 12 books this year or 1 book every month
10. Avoid getting involved with Work
The same goal, but with different aspects. I won’t be able to avoid getting involved with Work, but I hope that Work doesn’t interfere with my peace of mind.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: remember every week if I’m being able to keep my goal
How: not getting worried if things doesn’t work out
11. Be preprared for the work of the future
I’ve changed from “Do (small) courses/projects related to work” to “Be preprared for the work of the future” because it’s not about being better at work, but being able to keep working without being left behind.
This goal includes courses at the e-Gov platform but also some softskills, some networking and more. It’s quite difficult to be quantified, but I’ll try.
Start and ending period: starting now until the end of the year
How often: 1 course per month
How: subscribing on the available courses