We’re about one quarter of the way into the year now. I’m biting and chewing off lots. Making progress in some areas, and failing catastrophically in others. The show goes on. I’ve long forgotten many smaller, daily failures, but I’ll recount best I can.
- Find the reason
- Find out what you will do to mitigate against this, or move forward otherwise
| Date set | Goal | Date reviewed | How/why I failed | What I learned | New date to review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Lose 2kg | 23-April-2026 | I’ve been in holiday mode since October 2025. The weight has been fluctuating up and down. Training intensity ramping up. Life too chaotic to dial in diet. | Cop the loss, dial in next. I’ve been failing every month, to date. I need to work on consistency. | June |
| January | Continue building campervan - add solar panel | End of January | I was in limbo for how to fit a solar panel on to of my roof pod. Mentally had a picture but didn’t do anything about it. | The more ideas you have, the more work you have to do to create them. | February |
| January | Sell my hatchback car | End of January | I vacuumed, washed, cleaned out my car. Ordered replacement parts for things that needed replacing. Then did nothing. | If you need to do something, explicitly make time to do it. | February |
| January | Finish building bike - cable/derailleur install | 23-April-2026 | I haven’t touched the bike in so long. I’m scared to just struggle and regain my bearings. I don’t even think there’s that much work to be done for it. | I succumb to laziness, and am more driven by my feelings than I think. | End of June |
| January | Eat meals without watching something | 23-April-2026 | I’m still doing this. Ugh. | If I want to relax, I should be intentional and relax. | End of June |
| February | Build a shoe shelf | 23-April-2026 | Pushed off doing this for 3 months now. | Make it. Just give it the time it needs. Focus. Block out other options. Don’t settle for later. | End of April |
| February | Spearfish with a mate | 23-April-2026 | Seasickness. Flipper broke. Time constraints due to work. Not enough practice. | More freediving practice. More swimming practice. Come in more physically fresh, rather than exhausted. | End of December |
| April | Sprint Triathlon | 23-April-2026 | Groin strain, 2 days before the event. | More rounded training. Attention to strengthening counteracting muscle groups. Smarter recovery planning for training | June |
| January | Finish fixing my 3d printer | 23-April-2026 | There’s too much work to do. Too much RnD. I need to print things. There’s 100 things broken. | Cop the huge loss in time spent. You learnt lots on the way. Move on. You will buy a new printer and not let this hold you back. | N/A |
| January | Dunk a basketball | 13-May-2026 | Too much going on. Travel. Bad sleep. Bad nutrition. Minor injuries. | Perfect conditions do not exist. You’ve still made substantial gains. Maintain current state for now, and seek improvement later down the line when you have additional capacity. |
patterns
- oversubscribed
- too much mental and physical clutter