ROW80 – 2024 – Round 1 – Check-in 1 (January, 14th 2024)
Hi everyone!
Note: To keep posts short, I’ve made a Trello board with my goals for the year and beyond. Feel free to check it out if you want to know more about the bigger plan.
My word for the week is READJUSTING.
To work first. I’m having a hard time feeling that I’m back to work. For some reason, my mind remains on holiday mode, so I get the job done but my heart’s not in it sometimes. Probably because what I really want to be doing is sorting and decluttering, which I do, but not as much as I want since I need to spend time in the office too.
I also needed to readjust a few goals, but that was to be expected. I found I usually need to start something to get the full measure of what it’s going to take. And of course, there’s always the few little things you forget about when you plan… So there are a few extra goals here. On the plus side, I realized some of my business goals could be completed in a few minutes, because I had prepared them before dropping them altogether after Granpa passed. I didn’t even remember being so far ahead with them so that was quite a nice surprise.
Academically, I managed to get quite ahead even before the start of the semester tomorrow, so I think things will just flow.
Anyway, so far so good.
January
February
March
Round Goals
Writing
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CS2 "Harmonies"
Translating
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Meditation Project
Publishing
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Meditations
Work
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Online
I'll fix issues ASAP and resume sharing content.
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Quality
I'll keep up-to-date with my field's evolution and make necessary adjustments.
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Japanese
I'll make lessons for Genki na Nihongo, hopefully up to chapter 4.
Home
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Cleaning
I'll keep cleaning, organizing and decluttering as preparation for future renovation and improvement. For this round, I'd like everything to be in the right room at least.
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Barbie House
Along with the sorting effort, I'll put everything we can use in the new workshop. And since it also has to be fun, we'll start making small pieces of furniture. And I'll take some photos to journal all this.
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Saving
I'll try and save for future renovation work.
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Bathroom
I will prepare a work area so as to be ready to finish those walls in June. (But maybe that can wait until April or May, so Round 2 ^^)
Personal
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Studies
I'll start the Japanese Academic Writing course.
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Reading
I'll focus on primary resources for my research and academic articles both for my research and courses.
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Well-being
I'll meditate at least once a day and I'll practice mindfulness and gratitude in general. I'll rest when I need to and spend quality time with my loved ones.
Yearly goals
I usually start strong, so the green is not so surprising, but I know things will also slow down at some point, especially as the semester begins and classes start taking up more of my time. I’ve done my most demanding courses though, and last term was my last semester over 50%, so I’m confident it will be easier to balance life, work and studies from now on.