My New Year's resolutions for 2010
Ah, it's New Year's Eve, and time to actually make some resolutions for the coming year. I don't recall if I made any last year, and if I did I don't have any idea what they were.
- Keep a to-do list for my personal life like I do at work. At my job I am reasonably well organized with a to-do list that maps out all of my active tasks. I've lately been finding myself somewhat unmotivated, probably because I can't see at a glance what I need to work on - which means I procrastinate and feel overwhelmed.
- Along with my to-do list, I'm going to try to keep a list of active projects, both at work and at home, so that I can get a good bigger picture view of what is going on in my life. This is a piece of the Getting Things Done system that I tried to implement once, but never managed to keep going.
- Continuing on in the GTD vein, I'm resolving to do a weekly review, both at work and at home. My work one will be Friday afternoon, and my home one will be on Sunday afternoon.
- I'm also going to really try my hardest to write a new blog post at least once per week. That means every week I'm going to write at least once. I guess I'd better sit down and come up with a good list of topics. Any suggestions?
- I'm organizing the Animal Advocacy Camp coming up in just a few weeks, and I'd like to resolve to organize a series of smaller events focused around envisioning animal rights. If that topic doesn't seem to be a good one, then I'll at least aim to organize a series of smaller dialogue events about something to do with animal rights.
- I'm also going to resolve to read more books by women this year. To make it measurable let's say I'll read 4 novels written by women this coming year.
Comments
Glenn:
Thanks Alison! The to-do list, weekly review, and active projects list ideas are all from David Allen's Getting Things Done.
I wrote a little review of the book a while ago:
http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/activist-tips-getting-things-done/
Alison C.:
Glenn, those are such great resolutions. Thanks for sharing. It even helps me with my resolutions, I think, to read yours. I like your idea of a weekly review. I've never officially done that before. I review the number of hours I've put into a week, but not the actual tasks I've accomplished. I also like your idea of a list of active projects. Something for me to think about. And reading more books by women authors. Wow, I just want to read more books, period!
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