I decided to make some New Year’s resolution for 2025, to help channel my energies and set some sort of direction for the next 12 months. The below list – organised by category – is somewhat long and probably over ambitious, but I’d rather be more ambitious than less. I have included the overall goal, and the specific practical and specific actions / activities that I can use to track ‘progress’ so to speak. So even if I don’t achieve the overall goal, as long as I complete the activity, I would consider it good enough.
- (Personal Growth) Complete a “KonMari”cycle of discarding and decluttering. At least one round of each category by year end.
- (Personal Growth) Be open to new experiences and people. Bias towards saying “yes”. Have at least 1 new experience per quarter.
- (Health & Wellbeing) Aim to get an average of 7 hours’ sleep a day on a weekly basis. Be in bed at 23:00.
- (Travel) Visit at least 5 new countries. Middle East? Peru / Brazil? Monaco / Luxembourg?
- (Travel) Dive. Do at least 1 dive trip.
- (Athletic) Achieve open singles time of 1:30 or less. Improve pro doubles time with tie aim of potentially qualifying for World Championships. Run at least 3x a week. Aim for 500 wall balls (or DB thrusters) per week. Aim for 150 weighted lunges per week (ideally 1 session if possible).
- (Athletic) Complete a shoulder stand lift, and a kick / straddle up into handstand against a wall. Work on handstands 2x a month (class or specific session).
- (Athletic) Work on L-sit progressions. Continue daily mini routine (push up, hollow hold variation, side plank, leg lifts). Attend Calisthenics classes where possible.
- (Career) Find a new job. Submit at least 1 (aim for 3) application a week.
- (Career) Pass the next level of CGMA. Complete all Level 2 modules by 31 March, register for August exam (TBD). Aim for 1-3 modules per week.
- (Career) Review / complete AIC materials. Spend at least 1h a week on it.