Since last year, our family has had a formal goal-setting exercise every December, for the New Year. My goals last year were fairly ambitious, and a few weeks ago, we had a family meeting to revisit how each of us has done, and what our goals for 2020 should be.
My own performance has been patchy. Of course, I blame myself for setting the wrong goals, not for underachieving on them :) How did I do?
Report Card 2019
Exercise everyday - Yes yes and yes....at it, with my yoga and walking and now swimming, I feel good about this. Feeling chuffed at having kept up the fitness regimen, even during the winter, anything above 1-2 deg C and I am outside.
Meditate everyday - 20-30 minutes of deep breathing exercises and just sitting still. This has been a daily practice and now looking into doing a meditation retreat when I go to India next.
Read a Tamil book - So hard! I'm halfway through a novel, hope to finish in a few months. Yes, that's the speed I am at :(
Learn some Spanish - This has been difficult. I simply haven't been motivated enough. Part of the problem is that Ads speaks reasonably well now so when we travel in Latin America, I just fall back on his ability instead of trying to navigate on my own. I've dropped this from my list for 2020. Maybe later!
Craft a family mission statement - Hmm...we have discussed this and none of us is convinced we even need this :) So dropped.
Learn ice-skating - Big fail. 'Nuf said. Dropped! Life is too short to learn stuff that is completely useless :)
Learn swimming - Yes! In adult swim classes now. Progress being made. This is actually going on my bucket list (separate post)
Teach S how to cook - Lots of progress on this because I have a motivated student. He can make a mean omelette, dal, and with the instant pot curries have become super-easy. He rolls out parathas and rotis very well, and dosai has been mastered.
Teach Ads to iron clothes, cut veg, make Maggi - So far we have been doing a lot of veg chopping. I taught him how to use the washer and iron. Practice practice practice :)
Get on a nonprofit Board - Yes! Joined one Board, and talking to a couple of others.
Goals 2020
Learn swimming
Teach Ads some life skills - same as last year
Join another nonprofit Board
Work on Ads' college plan
Paint more - Plan is to have 3 more artworks complete by the end of 2020
Write more - On this blog, and Linkedin/Medium
Fairly confident about these goals. Lessened my ambition a bit this year, so they seem very do-able.
Wow!! Yoga and meditation everyday! Please accept my award!
ReplyDeleteDoing anything other than the'have to do' stuff regularly is such a great achievement. Are you one of those who have that as a character trait?
Tamil book - I try ever so often too. Started Ponniyin Selvan yet again now. So badly want to finish it but my not so great reading fluency is such a deterrent.
Your year looks super fruitful. Good luck for 2020 goals too!