Nearly the end of
the year, and I’d been sitting on this post, so now feels like a good time to
put it out as a reminder/focus to myself.
Personal/Relationship
Goal(s):
- Get
a visa for my girlfriend (when I go to see her in Feb/March next year.)
- When
my girlfriend visits England, and meets my parents, if all is well, we’ll get
married.
-
Endeavour (in a relaxed way) to be more dad like (my girlfriends daughters are
family)...
Career/Vocational
Goal(s):
I’m very happy with
my current employer and job, but next year will mark 6 years with the same
employer and same role, is it time to seek a new challenge? NO, I don't want to change. If circumstances change in the future, we'll look elsewhere. My goal:
- Work
hard to become a Senior Consultant
Admittedly motivation has been lacking recently. With the New Year and new opportunities, I need to reinvigorate myself and get my mojo back (find the element of fun.)
Material
Possessions Goal:
- Move
to a house with big garage and some parking space.
I’m thinking to
avoid new builds and estates, but open to good opportunities. I’ll probably
have to move further away from London. With Brexit in 2019, and currently still
building where I live, this may not be until 2020.
Resolutions:
- (Dedication
to fitness) Waking up early (0400) to do Insanity workouts up to 6 days a week! (5k/10k/+ runs too)
- Listen
to more music and watch less YouTube!*
- Read
more PDFs/Whitepapers for work.
- Read
more for pleasure.
- Continue to create content for
blogs and YouTube.**
*I am a YouTube
content creator (not a very good one), still I think if I never watch YouTube,
or only watched YouTube for educational purposes, that would be excellent.
**This is dependent
on having quality stuff to share.
Financial Rules:
- Stop
changing cars!*
- No
building up Credit Card debt, must be paid off every month (even if that
requires savings)
- Overpay
MG1 £499, MG2 £166, Personal Loan £333 every month without fail!
- Generally,
just be sensible, live within your means and make reasonable efficiencies where
you can.
*Leia and I are in
a long-term relationship (might colour change in 2020). The Audi might be sold
but can only be replaced with something cheaper or of very similar value.
Ideally the Audi stays until its warranty expires in early 2021!
Long Term Goal:
- Freedom!
Freedom to do what you love!
I am lucky to have
an excellent job. But if I won big on the lottery, I know I wouldn’t still be
doing the job I do now.
I’d love to travel
more, see places I’ve not seen, more trekking, more driving (and trackdays),
more skiing, quality time with the girlfriend and family, going back to
University and doing more degrees and debating, sharing more via blogs and
video (YouTube), doing good charitable deeds, helping people...
Note: If you’re not
disciplined - in your work, time, how you spend money, etcetera - the long term
goal will move further and further away!