New Year Resolution 2007

It all started with Mr Photographer mailing us his list of New Year resolutions. Mr Cockroach followed soon after.

And then I put mailed them mine.
As you all know, the only way to get Mr Ego up and going is to tell the whole world first that you will do something, and then worry about how to do it. That's how I get things done, like with the Standard Chartered Half-Marathon that I prromised.

I have broken the list up to 3 sections, focusing on the 3 areas of Wealth, Health and Self.

I try to make my targets as SMART as possible.
S = Specific
M = Measurable (quantifiable)
A = Attainable (goals need to be slightly stretched to be meaningful)
R = Realistic (doable)
T = Timely (ie. by the end of year 2007)

There are some numbers I will prefer to keep private, so I will replace them with the letter X.

Wealth

1. Have 1 steady source of monthly passive source, generating X dollars per month.
2. Earn X dollars from stocks for this year, including proceeds from IPOs.
3. Have 1 more source of extra active/passive income.
4. Change job by this year if all the above 3 cannot be achieved.
5. Save X dollars a month.

Health

6. Take part in all local major running events that are between 10 to 21km, provided there is no rain.
7. Sleep before midnight for at least 6 nights a week (I'm aiming for Thursday to be the only exception).
8. At least 1 complete healthy meal a day.
9. Lose 3 kg. ie. obtain 65kg.
10. Complete Standard Chartered Half-marathon in 2.5 hrs.

Self

11. 1000 hits per week for Cup of Ice. (Currently at 200-250 hits per week)
12. Hit level 70 for all my characters in World of Warcraft.
13. Be able to conversate in basic (broken) Malay.

It doesn't mean that I will be able to complete all 13 resolutions. But I will print a copy of it and do a reflection at the end of every month. And see how it goes.

Completing some resolution > Having no resolutions.