On Saturday I posted up my 2013 review, sharing part of my ongoing attempt to bring order to my life and self. Below you can read the forward looking equivalent, my plan for 2014. I’m publishing these here for you to read and to help me to concrete their facts in my self image.
2014 will build on the compound results of last year and years before, positive and negative. Through these reviews, plans and other life functions I am trying to bolt down as much of what is within my control as I can, I’m confident that through conscious awareness of self we can be content in ourselves and a positive addition to the people we encounter. We choose our futures, whether consciously or not.
This is just my outlook, and here is my plan for 2014:
Goals for 2014
- Launch Book (My sci-fi novel) and recruit my first 100 true fans
- Build a regular monthly income of £8k+ through a SaaS or other low-maintenance business (WordPress plugins?)
- Get a mentor
- Guide student (read padawan) to setting and achieving 1 big goal
- [Bonus points for] Great North Swim
- [Bonus points for] 12% body fat
- [Bonus points for] Win UK Catan Championship
To Learn/Hone in 2014
- Launch Marketing & Email List Building
- Writing
- Consciousness, Rationality & Philosophy Generally
- Networking
Planned Actions/Rituals/Habits to build:
- Organise Wilderness holiday (boating, camping, hiking)
- Organise America trip (WDS 2014!)
- Organise 1 x other secret trip
- Organise Bold Book Launch
- Read Daily
- Meditate Daily
- Play Loop Daily
- “Friday Tidays”
- Clear back all tabs – read/save or close
- Cull all new projects/domain names started this week that aren’t coherent to vision or provable
- Delete, Act on or file the weeks fragmented notes in Evernote
- “Soul Saturdays”
- JRE podcasts
- Akala, Lowkey
- Find more epic enlightened music, books & film
- Do good
- Amplify Others Good Signals
- Regular, positive influence in family & friends lives
- Float monthly
- Record metrics & log achievements, books read, happenings monthly
- Visit my Dad once a quarter, minimum.
- Quarterly refresh of actions/rituals/goals (avoid short term re-addressing in micro)
- [Bonus points for] Chess Night Mondays
- [Bonus points for] Tai Chi Thursdays
Health Specific Commandments 2014:
- Eat slower, be aware of all consumption. Chopstick eating
- Minimal Alcohol & Crap food intake (95% clean diet)
- MED exercise to feel fit
- Ice baths fortnightly
- Kill sugar & sugary things
Personal Commandments 2014:
- Always be the better Woody
- Absolutely No Debt
- Absolutely No Punishing Self
- Always Win-Win
- Always include a margin of safety [20%+]
- MED life (Minimum Effective Dose)
- Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
- Eustress not Distress
- Life Experience > Money/Objects
- Don’t rush. Act at calculated pace, with confidence
- Spend less than you make, ensure 10%+ is always safe
- Focus on a singular metric for each pursuit
- Go hard. Be Bolder. I am at home in the stretched extreme of attempts
- Use stakes to ensure goal completion
- Avoid moving or other stressful/energy consuming subplots – focus, make smaller circles
- Channel excess energy to avoid bad habits
2014: Diligent growth in business, book and network. Investment in philosophy and amplifying good signals. [Try titling your year – its fun!]
* * *
It’s scary to put this all “out there”, which is a silly false fear, so I had to post it. In the future I intend to write a blog sharing thoughts on my journey and a software to help us find structure in this perceived chaos, I’m not there yet and I’m conscious of potential pitfalls ahead but if your into conscious self analysis and exploring this stuff join me here, you won’t here from me unless I get it out and its super legit.
Watch this space, 2014 will see this blog archived, my sci-fi novel launched and future posts split between a new “Author” site and perhaps a Conscious Thought blog. I intend to keep writing novels until I succeed and I’m happy however long that takes. Either way this blog will stay up only as an archive, so catch me @woodyhayday or WoodyHayday.com for new stuff. Lets see what happens!
Thanks for reading this, Stay Awesome.
* * *
P.S. A word on the format of my 2014 plan: This is as it left my head, do you have a better format or some interesting input? Care to share your 2014 plan or 2013 review? Drop me a comment below or get in touch via this page. I’m here to optimise self & share!
P.S.S. I use “commandments” without intended religious connotations. I’m into self governance and basically I mean serious rules.
One Comment
Inspirational!
Comments Archive
Hi there. This is my old blog and it's archived, so you can no longer post new comments on this post (2014 Plan: Futures.).
Read my new blog about writing software and stories at WoodyHayday.com