2022 - Goals Update…

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I spent some time this week figuring out how I want to quantify my various goals, so that I can look for patterns and track my progress (I don’t normally like to use the accountant part of my brain too much at home, but sometimes it comes in handy). After some trial and error, I think I’ve got it straightened out. 

For week one I had no data. You may recall that I tried to wing it, and kept no records - a mistake in judgement that ultimately led me down this path.

So starting with week two I had a 70% success rate. I’ll be honest, I’m actually surprised I started out that strong. I think the key here was setting targets that are achievable right out of the gate. I can always adjust targets down the road, but if I don’t give myself a fighting chance to change behaviours first, I would just be setting myself up to fail.

Week three brought noticeable improvement - 79% success. The biggest factor was making up some of my missed exercise days on the weekend, which I neglected to do the week before. Hopefully this week I’ll get my full five days in, and keep it going after that.

Trends? Sleep is still my nemesis. With my target set at a minimum of five hours a night, I’ve managed meet it only 5 times out of 14 nights. And, just like I mentioned last week, failure to meet the sleep target immediately led to failures in other areas the following day. Now that I have a decent tracking system set up, I really need to start making some notes about what’s happening on nights where I’m not sleeping, so I can get an idea on what to focus on.

That’s it for this week. See you next week when I wrap things up for January. =]