Sometimes the things that we think we "should" be doing for our new year resolution don't help us meet our real goals.
For example:
Goal: Be healthier
Resolve: Gym 6 days / week
Unintended consequence: Less time with loved ones
Result: Not worth sticking with
Goal: Ship more code
Resolve: Wake up 2 hours earlier to code 3 days a week
Unintended consequence: Not enough sleep - feeling grumpy
Result: Not worth sticking with
Goal: Be more organized
Resolve: Use a new fancy productivity system
Unintended consequence: Less time in flow
Result: Not worth sticking with
What's your realistic resolution that will make your life better?
Small incremental steps lead to better results in my personal opinion
2 examples below:
Goal: Learn Spanish
Method: duolingo 15 minutes a day
Result: 8 months in, still doing it
Goal: Learn Guitar
Method: play the guitar daily for 15 minutes
Result: 8 months in, still doing it
I can help you is my native language and you can help with my English is a litter broken.
Hey, check out my indiehackers project, leerly.io, for learning Spanish :)
¡y buena suerte! Estaba muy sorprendido encontrar que aprender español llegó a ser mi hobby favorito.
No sabes lo feliz que me hace saber que hayan personas tan geniales que les guste nuestro idioma.
Haha por supuesto! Hay montones por todo el mundo que les encanta el español :)
I track every hour of every day with an app I built for myself: www.everyhour.xyz
From my years review published here, I came up with these goals:
I believe that the simpler the productivity system, the better to stick. Also, better to establish stupidly easy goals so it´s easy to accomplish, get motivated and establish more complex goals from there.
Here is the antidote to that kind of thinking:
https://www.madisontaskett.com/lazy-bastard-productivity
In all seriousness, it's a good article and a sound approach to productivity and self-improvement.
Thanks Steven!
Stretch for 15minutes every morning and go for a daily walk
Awesome. Good luck Cara!
Mine is to meditate twice a day :)