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and kind?</blockquote>These are the sorts of ethereal questions we want should be answering with our goals.My personal goal-setting practice is inspired by Tim Ferriss and his <a href="https://tim.blog/2018/12/28/past-year-review/">past-year review</a>. The essence of the past-year review is to go through the calendar week by week and write down the things that are life-giving and the things that are draining.Then, I can be making better goals that are focused on what I want to be doing more of and what I want to be doing less of.But even still, a year is just too long.2020 has been an absolute whirlwind, and the goals I set on January 1st have NO bearing whatsoever on what’s happening.Since January 1st of 2020, I have gotten engaged (yay!), graduated college (without a ceremony), interned at Intel, left Intel, interned at a startup, and now will be leaving that startup. I also have been locked in my house because of a pandemic and also because of smoke, and I’ve dealt with multiple serious diagnoses of illnesses in my family.Everyone has a list like that for 2020.The person I was on January 1st, 2020 doesn’t exist. I’m here now, and I need goals that are set for me.Instead of waiting until January to write my goals, I have a goal-setting afternoon once per month, (usually on the 15th for some reason). I’m not making lofty goals that are impossible to measure and quantify and hope to cover a full year, I’m ins

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tead making specific goals each month that are based on what I did last month and where I’m at today.Last month’s overarching goal? To write 30 blog posts on Medium. I did it, and it felt really good. You can read about the <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-made-9-86-in-my-first-31-days-on-medium-and-ive-learned-from-every-penny-cd816db59958">lessons I learned here</a>.This month’s goal for Medium? To get into larger publications like The Ascent, Illumination, and The Post-Grad Survival Guide. (Editors, if you’re reading this, feel free to reach out!)But I have personal goals also. One of my goals for this month is to exercise every day and to lose 5 pounds. So far, I’m 3 pounds in and I’m doing push-ups and sit-ups daily. I’m planning to join a gym this week to make this goal easier to accomplish.Next month? I’m still figuring it out, but one of my ideas is to not watch any TV shows or movies so that I can focus more on reading and writing.I’ll plan to update this on October 15th with my plan.By setting goals that are more regular and more consistent, I’ve been able to follow through a lot better. These goals have actually been life-changing.My New Years’ Resolutions have never changed my life.I’m working to grow, learn, and improve my skills exponentially from where I’m at, and I can’t do that by checking in once per year. I need to be thoughtful about my goals at least once per month to make a significant change.</article></body>

How New Month Resolutions Changed My Years For Good

January Joel Can’t Come To The Phone. Why? Cause He’s Dead

New Years Resolutions are the Buzzfeed quiz of goals. They’re fun, they don’t take too long to do, and they don’t actually mean anything.

Every January, gyms are crowded, fast food restaurants are empty, and Barnes & Noble has more sales than any other time of the year. But by February, (or before) everything is back to normal.

Nothing lasts.

Goals shouldn’t be set every January 1st and then left to wait until next January. They should be thoughtful reflections on life.

What’s happening?

What’s working?

What’s not working?

How am I growing?

Are the activities and projects I’m in the ones I want to be in?

What is my life building towards?

Where am I going?

How can I become more thoughtful, humble, and kind?

These are the sorts of ethereal questions we want should be answering with our goals.

My personal goal-setting practice is inspired by Tim Ferriss and his past-year review. The essence of the past-year review is to go through the calendar week by week and write down the things that are life-giving and the things that are draining.

Then, I can be making better goals that are focused on what I want to be doing more of and what I want to be doing less of.

But even still, a year is just too long.

2020 has been an absolute whirlwind, and the goals I set on January 1st have NO bearing whatsoever on what’s happening.

Since January 1st of 2020, I have gotten engaged (yay!), graduated college (without a ceremony), interned at Intel, left Intel, interned at a startup, and now will be leaving that startup. I also have been locked in my house because of a pandemic and also because of smoke, and I’ve dealt with multiple serious diagnoses of illnesses in my family.

Everyone has a list like that for 2020.

The person I was on January 1st, 2020 doesn’t exist. I’m here now, and I need goals that are set for me.

Instead of waiting until January to write my goals, I have a goal-setting afternoon once per month, (usually on the 15th for some reason). I’m not making lofty goals that are impossible to measure and quantify and hope to cover a full year, I’m instead making specific goals each month that are based on what I did last month and where I’m at today.

Last month’s overarching goal? To write 30 blog posts on Medium. I did it, and it felt really good. You can read about the lessons I learned here.

This month’s goal for Medium? To get into larger publications like The Ascent, Illumination, and The Post-Grad Survival Guide. (Editors, if you’re reading this, feel free to reach out!)

But I have personal goals also. One of my goals for this month is to exercise every day and to lose 5 pounds. So far, I’m 3 pounds in and I’m doing push-ups and sit-ups daily. I’m planning to join a gym this week to make this goal easier to accomplish.

Next month? I’m still figuring it out, but one of my ideas is to not watch any TV shows or movies so that I can focus more on reading and writing.

I’ll plan to update this on October 15th with my plan.

By setting goals that are more regular and more consistent, I’ve been able to follow through a lot better. These goals have actually been life-changing.

My New Years’ Resolutions have never changed my life.

I’m working to grow, learn, and improve my skills exponentially from where I’m at, and I can’t do that by checking in once per year. I need to be thoughtful about my goals at least once per month to make a significant change.