Keep Learning, Keep Growing, Achieve More

I decided to write a blog in 2009 just for a spot to keep my thoughts, keep myself focused and hopefully set myself up for something to come in the future. The New Year is an obvious time to re-center yourself and think about goals to achieve in the coming year. Many people think that making New Year's Resolutions are for quitters because come on how many people actually stick to it and it takes a different kind of mindset to not work on yourself until a pre-determined date. Come on now get your ass in gear and make yourself a priority. The New Year is a great time to set up goals for the coming year and to make sure that you are on the path that you would like to be on but don't wait until this point to change your habits if you realize that you are not on the right path. Also if you made some resolutions and a week later you haven't kept them, ask yourself why and modify your thinking, routine, or goals. I have made a lot of resolutions but the main one is a change in my schedule, I actually am scheduling time to achieve all of my resolutions. Yea it is great being in college and having a set schedule but things get hectic and you often lose touch of your goals, especially after Irish Car Bombs and friends' 21^st birthday parties. Some different goals that I am working on are completing a full year workout plan (broken down in to 6 week sections). Another goal is taking an hour and half every morning to complete one important task for the day, which I will determine the night before. (This trick is taken from the 4 Hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferris, which I will review in a later post). This year I am really going to focus on myself; health, training, securing a job for after graduation, and gaining more knowledge. As you go through your day think of time wasting activities that you just do out of habit, watching that reality T.V. show that you don't particularly like, surfing the web with no destination in mind and try to switch it out with a mind enriching activity, reading a book, learning a new trade, or taking on a DIY project. You will find that you probably have more energy and feel better about yourself if you keep on growing your mind. Let me know some of your resolutions and how you are going to incorporate them seamlessly in your life and I will let you know my progress with my goals.