New year , New goals — 2023
In the past, I have not been someone who sets goals for the year. However, I want to change that and have decided to set some goals for myself this year. I hope that by sharing these goals publicly, it will motivate me to work towards them and make some positive changes in my life.
Here are the goals I have set for myself for the year 2023. I believe that consistency is key to achieving these goals, so I have chosen a theme of daily effort and commitment. I have followed blogs, read books and listened to podcasts and all say the same thing, in order to achieve your goals you gotta be consistent. Hence, based on this theme I am listing out my goals below.
Average work done consistently over a long period of time results in extra ordinary results
Goals
Workout every single day of the year
That is right every single day of the year unless I am sick. This is a very challenging task for me as I have struggled with consistency in the past. So, in order to build a habit I just have chosen a specific time and workout every single day. I have been doing this already since a month now and it is doing wonders to my mind and body. I cannot resist my self from working out and also not to break my streak. This year, I have chosen to focus on Calisthenics workouts and will be sharing updates on my progress every quarter. If you would like to be notified of these updates, please hit the follow button.
Read at least 12 books
I am setting myself a goal to read at the least 12 books for this year i.e 1 book a month. Reading is my favourite past time but for last one year I have not been able to focus, hence setting an achievable goal here.
Code and Commit every working day of 2023
As a Staff Engineer, I have found that my focus on actual coding has decreased over the past year due to increased responsibilities such as planning and collaborating on various initiatives. In order to refocus on what I love the most, I have set a goal to prioritise coding and spend more time on it in the year 2022. It can be my work related or my personal projects but I like to focus on writing more code. Does not matter what language etc as long as I am doing a bit of coding every single day.
Read my kid a book every single day of the year
Yes, I am a father of two and a half year kid and I like to teach him to read and what better way to do it than reading a book together. The books can range from stories to simple number to simple alphabets. But, staying consistent with reading is all matters. This should help my son to learn importance of being consistent and help him form a habit of reading.
These are the most important goals that I am setting this year and I hope to achieve all of them. I will update my progress every quarter if you are interested to know about it :)
