Goals: January 7 2024-March 30 2024
SoC Season 2 kicks off on January 7th and I’m excited! It’s been a month since Season 1 concluded and I’m ready to get back into having a structured week with concrete goals. It also helps that the new year just kicked off so resolutions and positive progress seem to have a little more enthusiasm behind them (at least for a bit). The time off from monitoring my tasks was really helpful for my mental space and allowed me to refresh so I can go into Season 2 with some pep. Perhaps in the future I’ll be practiced enough to jump directly into a new Season or take less time off in between, but for now the break was required.
I’ve done my best to account for the lessons learned from Season 1 (link) and organized my schedule and tracking tools to give myself the best chance of success for Season 2. The necessary prep was completed during the rest period following Season 1 so all that’s left is for me to start, which in my opinion, is the second hardest part of change; the first is continuing the work even when progress isn’t yet noticeable.
Many of the Season 1 goals are to continue into Season 2. I want to build upon the things that worked and free up more headspace to focus on the things I struggled with. For example, under Health & Physical, I don’t want to switch up how I train or start a new program but instead stay consistent and build upon the Season 1 tasks as I’m still very far from my goals. Towards the end of Season 1 I became very consistent with my workouts, but I wrestled with my diet. I need both to get to where I want to be. Therefore, I will continue with the same training but concentrate on bettering my diet.
There are also goals from Season 1 that crashed and burned and I want a second crack at accomplishing them (like stretching and splits). As part of lessening my mental load, I’ve decided to continue practicing what I’ve already learned with crocheting instead of stepping into a new craft. I’ve barely scratched the surface of crochet and I don’t want to lose what I’ve already acquired.
Something new for Season 2 is a Bonus goal. This is a goal that I really want to work towards, but I’m not sure I can fit it into this Season. I’ve set this goal to start one month into SoC Season 2 but it will only actually kick off if I’m flying through Season 2 with no issues. Otherwise, I’ll tack this goal onto my to-do list for a future SoC.
How I prepared for Season 2:
- Updated the tasking in my TickTick app
- Read How Not to Age and compiled recommendations to implement into OneNote
- Customized a new green smoothie recipe to easily add more fruits and veggies into my diet
- Obtained the books I needed for my Study subject
- Purchased yarn for crochet blanket
So, without further ado…my SoC Season 2 goals:
Health & Physical:
- Increase my strength, lower body fat, and increase physical fitness and health
- Strength train 4 times a week
- Cardio for at least 150 minutes a week
- At least 15 minutes of daily physical activity
- No missed workouts
- Be able to perform side splits
- Stretch and do splits for a minimum of 10 minutes 5 times a week
- Eat a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet for 80% of my daily calories
- Implement the recommendations from How Not to Age
- Track my daily fruit and vegetable intake
- Allow myself one “cheat” day a week
Studies:
- Study Etiquette
- Devote 50 minutes 3 times a week to study (college semester equivalency)
- Read at least 3 books on Etiquette
- Write a summary/report of what I’ve learned at the end of the season
- Study languages
- Continue my Duolingo practice in Spanish
- Start Duolingo in French and Music
- Watch 30 minutes of Spanish-language show 4 times a week
Arts and Crafts:
- Continue to practice crocheting
- Crochet a minimum of 20 minutes 3 times a week
- Crochet a blanket
Traits:
- Be more patient with others
- Take a breath before responding
Stops:
- Stop wasting so much time. No media outside of working hours until after 7pm on weekdays and a max of 3 hours of weekends
Other:
- Build in time for God:
- Goal to memorize one of my favorite passages of the Bible each week
- Read Biblical study guides and non-fiction texts 20 minutes a day
Bonus:
- Spend 17 minutes daily on the piano
- Learn to play Greensleeves
