Chaosplay

• Run
• Wake up before 6….. AM (Seems useless now)

1. Quit smoking
2. Learned a little Spanish
3. Learned a little Arabic
4. Read at least 9 books in six months (all Affiliate links):
   1. Outliers: The Story of Success
   2. The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Vintage)
   3. Head First Ajax
   4. Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations.
   5. PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) (Developer’s Library)
   6. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days
   7. Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter)
   8. The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
   9. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
5. Started running and being more active
6. Updated my old websites
7. Started new project, iGree.nu
8. Started new project with Patrick
9. Started working on a project with Blake

I am ending monthly goals as I haven’t been able to keep up with my goals in May and June. Instead I have just one goal for the rest of year that is to start my business.

I was reading Blake Ross’s interview in Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days (Recipes: a Problem-Solution Ap). He said something about giving an impression as if you are ahead of where you really are. If your project is done only 50%, you say that it is done 75%. The reason is not to mislead but to increase pressure on you to make your lie a reality. Its an interesting concept. Perhaps I will use it .

Blake Ross

I have been slacking but its okay.  I am glad that I choose to do mini goals for every month instead of one major resolution for whole year. I am able to tune my goals based on new information as I learn it.

Here is how I did in February, so far:

• continue going to dojo but  only twice a week – I have been going there regularly.However, I learned, MMA is not really what I was looking for. I am canceling my membership in March.
• finish SCJD project – I made some progress but soon realized that it is not going to benefit me immediately. There is something else I can do which should have more immidiate benefits.
  
• submit photos Alaskan Airline’s contest - This was easy.
• Weekend trip to Austin and stay in hostel there – Done it.
• read Weblogic book – Again it is not very important, there is something else I have been doing which should be more productive for me.

I still plan to do SCJD project but not now. So you are wondering what is that “something else” that is more beneficial for me right now. For now I can tell you it is an idea for startup. As my idea get more refined, I will let you know.

And now my goals for March are:

• Startup – phase 1 (honestly I am not sure what it means right now.)
• Workout regularly at my dojo until my account is canceled. Then at 24 hour Fitness.
• Spend less than $400 on food, entertainment and other non-essential stuff. This month I was way above my set budget, so next month I plan to spend way under my set budget.

Here are links to my previous goals:

• Goals 2009.1
• Goals 2009.2

Yup you read it right. Instead of having one or few major goals for whole 2009, I am going to have several smaller goals through out 2009. Year is very long period of time, and it is easy to sdtart slacking off. For example, in 2008, I had planned to quit smoking. I did it but not until 11:59PM on December 31st, 2008.

Plus I have seen that my life changes quite often. Something that is important now may not be so important six months later.

So I got this idea of mini goals from Tynan. He is not really doing monthly goals but more like 6 month long goals.

So here are my 2009.1 goals:

• Join ToastMasters
• Go to my dojo 3 times a week
• Re-organize my blog