2009

It's certainly a topic of conversation at the moment.......

70 days left till the end of the year...for those with any goals still to knock out.

Nick

Jesus, time flies. It feels like only the other week that you published your initial post.

Ive achieved 2 of 5 goals I set at the beginning of the financial year.

Just missed out on me 2 hours...... and way behind with the KB and the waist measurement!

But I am far better than I would have been without having the goal in the first place.

Great thread Nick. Let's hope more take part in the 2010 version!

Brian S wrote:Nice thread.

1 - Complete fully kitted up Paras10 race in under 2 hours, and raise £1,000 minimum for Help the Heroes and Air Training Corps.

http://www.paras10.com/

2 - Pyramid a 24 kilo kettle bell snatch from 1 to 10, and then back to 1 again (totals to 50 reps each side) non stop.

3 - Have a chest size more than 10 inches bigger than my waist.

4 - Ensure none of my cops get any extra orifaces.

5 - Keep the family happy and safe, with my sons continuin to develop at the rate they have done so all their lives.

This was the best thead of the year in many ways in my view. Not many takers though! Here's my end of year failure report!

1 - Nearly under 2 hours..... but I'm counting this as a success.

2 - Fail. Bad back and poor determination. One for next year when Nick puts the thread up!

3 - Our survey said? Ur URRRRRRR! As 2 above.

4 - Thankfully this seemed to go well. Some minor injuries but nothing classed as serious.

5 - Success.

Anyone else for thei end of year reports. Pass or fail, I'm better than I would have been without the target!

Before I launch the 2010 version there's a good drill to help you improve on next years performance and that's the AAR

1. What were your 3 biggest accomplishments in 09?

2. What did you learn from each of them?

3. What were the 3 biggest disappointments?

4. What preceded them, what caused them, what could you have done differently etc?

5. How did you limit yourself? Were there certain patterns that kept repeating?

This exercise is a good one to help you realize you might be limiting yourself by things like procrastination, self-sabotage, taking on too many projects etc.

If a common theme does arise tackle that first i.e. if you procrastinate buy a book on how to stop, if you take on too much stuff learn to say "No" to people etc.

Doing this often creates one of those "aha" moments and will help with tackling next years' goals.

Nick

PS: Approx 17 days till the end of the year so it's not over yet by the way.

You might want to try this...let's say you had a big arsed goal to lose 200 pounds in a month and now you realize it's not going to happen. Rather than give up and log it as a failure tackle a smaller goal instead like giving up soft drinks, or walking every day. Doing this smaller goal, and achieving it, keeps the momentum going and, a lot of big successes are made up of a multitude of small victories.

PPS: Can't wait for the 2010 one myself.

1. Get my full shodan at the daigaku summer school - SUCCES

2. Land a method air, and a nose grab, snowboarding - SUCCES

3. Ride two new mountains - FAIL - still rode 5 mountains, hopefully add some new peaks when season kicks off again this winter - This one will continue into 2010

4. Grade in Brazillian Ju-Jitsu - FAIL - injuries kept me away from training for long periods, and other more immediate training/rehab goals took priority, again, this one continues into 2010

5. Pass the B.C. driving test - haha - FAIL, due to being a procrastinating lame-ass

6. Get a pay rise and/or more holiday time - SUCCESS - 2 months off for traveling in jan/feb!

7. Find a M.A. club that I can spar hard at - FAIL/SUCCESS - found the club, and instructor, but he is waiting to get his work permit so that he can open his dojo - still managed to train with him a few times privately

8. Go to a specialist and get my knee sorted out, and actually follow the rehab properly. - SUCCESS/in progress... seen specialist, follwed rehab... knees getting better slowly

9. Plan for 3 months travelling in 2010 - SUCCESS - well... i have 2 months -

10. save monet for 3 months travelling in 2010 - SUCCESS (2 months)

Ade wrote:1.Make some further progress towards a Bsc in Psychology.

2.Come to terms with my ailing physicality,and find ways to live with it.

3.Generally get my shit together and stop stumbling around in circles.

4.TRAIN.

1.Now studying counselling and psychotherapy,not much progress recently due to some family issues that take up most of my attention.

2.Pretty successful

3.given up all hope of ever getting my shit together...trying to stumble around in bigger circles to compensate!

4.Some progress,but not as much as there could have been.

More of the same next year! (with a few additions)

Is it 2009 already?

I sabotage myself with procrastimation. Surely one of my biggest weakneses.

I'll answer the rest of your points later.