This is the third “weekly review” for my yearly goals, the Groundhog Day Resolutions. I have always done monthly reviews for my GHDRs, but it finally dawned on me this year that I needed to do them WEEKLY because I keep forgetting what I’m doing. To be fair to myself, I have been focused on activities that are relevant to my goals, but my progress has seemed…haphazard? More random than I’d like? Let’s see if I did any better this week. (more…)

This is the second “weekly review” for my yearly goals, the Groundhog Day Resolutions that I have been doing for about 10 years. I have been thinking that I don’t spend enough time looking at them because I get sidetracked by billable projects. In last week’s review I wrote down some important insights and set a few specific goals. Let’s see how I actually did. (more…)

You know what I am terrible at? Remembering what my “Groundhog Day Resolutions” are. You’d think after over 10 years of doing these things I would have it down, but sometimes these things take time. As an aside, there’s a great Malcolm Gladwell podcast on how long it takes for things to mature, a wonderful ramble through Elvis Costello’s worst album through the lens of Picasso vs Cezanne as artistic masters of quite different styles (link: Revisionist History S1E7 “Hallelujah”)

Anyway, back to how I’m terrible at remembering my Groundhog Day Resolutions. The only time I remember them is the day before they are due. I can feel sort of good about maintaining the RESPONSIBILITY of doing the review, but clearly the process can be better. I am therefore instituting weekly reviews of the goals, just so they are fresh in my head. I’ve looked at last month’s review to get a sense of where I was, and will devise some kind of plan to put into motion during the week. (more…)