{"id":983,"date":"2017-01-15T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T02:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/?p=983"},"modified":"2017-01-13T11:06:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:06:52","slug":"goals-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/goals-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals: 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span><\/span>\n

Rather than make resolutions, which tend to be a bit trite and are typically abandoned soon after making them, I thought this year I’d try to make some specific and concrete goals for 2017. I’ve also read that one way to make yourself more accountable for those goals is to share them since it add accountability, even if it’s imagined accountability.<\/p>\n

In my experience, goals benefit from being SMART. Variations exist, but for my purposes: S<\/strong>pecific, M<\/strong>easureable, A<\/strong>chievable, R<\/strong>ealistic, T<\/strong>rackable. The last, T, could have been T<\/strong>ime-based but since these goals are for 2017 and therefore time-based or time-bound isn’t relevant, but trackable is.<\/p>\n

That means there should be some sort of regular check in for progress. I’m choosing monthly as a period because it\u2019s enough to show progress but not so much that I lose focus.<\/p>\n

Goal 1: Health<\/strong>
\nWhat:<\/em> Get my weight down to my target goal and keep it there on my scale and maintain for at least three months.
\nHow:<\/em> Adjust diet, get more consistent exercise, maybe add in some resistance regimen.
\nWhen:<\/em> By 7\/1\/16
\nMeasurements:<\/em> Weight (Withings Scale\/App), Blood Pressure (Cuff\/Manual Entry), Data from phone\/app
\nSpecifics:<\/em><\/p>\n