I wrote a quick note some days ago, on general principles I try to help me guide through the redicolous mix of activities I enjoy calling my life.
Kick ass whatever I do – simple, and oh so difficult to stick to. But the fact is, most of us don’t even give our best efforts most of the time, and if you don’t know what I talking about – think again. Slacking off a little bit here and a little bit there is the common standard. Sad to say, I do it too. Will try to keep it at a minimum, though.
Work out regularly. I have a program for the next weeks, that I’ll try to stick to – basic cardio 3 times a week, and increasing efforts throughout, ending in Oslo Marathon September 27. I don’t have any hope of getting a good time – a finish will be a victory in my book. After that, I’ll try to mix in some strength. The idea, cut some fat before starting to build. For nutrition – just trying to stay fairly healthy.
Be an awsome person to relate to. I would describe myself as an extrovert introvert. I enjoy other people’s company, but the fact that I am writing up this post @ almost 2:00 AM says a lot. But I don’t want to fight that. I want to fight my urge not be as good with people as I want to be – be it colleagues both at work and in Red Cross, clients, friends, and random strangers – not to mention with my awsome girlfriend. I want to be even more trustworthy and easy to have relationships with – no matter what kind of relationship it is. There – I said it, now it’s just about following through.
Stop procastination and manage how I spend my time. I have a huge procatination problem at times. I keep a pretty up-to-date todolist and calendar. But I am not good enough at executing the things at it right away.
Control my finances – Money, good or evil, controls a lot of what we can do and not. It’s not enough to manage time-spending, of course, the money is as big of a part of the equation as time. (“If you got the money, I got the time…”). I don’t do too bad with this, but a reminder is always in order, as I – as the most of us – don’t have the luxery to be able to let this thing rest.
The last item on the list is, in my book, the all-reaching and most important one – one point to rule them all, you might say.
Knowing my goals, and making sure that each day I am working towards them. I don’t have any plans of going through life just doing whatever comes up. Keeping tabs of what I am spending my time on, vs what I ulitmately think of as my values in life is necessary. Of course, not all the time, but from time to time, it’s a good thing making sure that things don’t get missed for less important opportunities.