September October Goal Review

50% last month led me to consume a little more culture in September. Something a little more manageable, right? 😅

September Goal Review

1. Lay Out Less
   • Won! I spent less than 17% of the month with these 4-task days, but I realized something at the end of it: I need to reserve, say, the bottom of a workday (4 out of 10 tasks) to overflow and spontaneity. Will try this habit going into October, no goal required 🙂
2. 10 Hours Video Game
   • Failed. 6. 6-stinkin’ hours. I could not manage 10 hours of dedicated play. Big sad here. I cannot get over the sensation that solo play felt like… empty calories? A feeling pointedly lacking in this next goal:
3. Cold-Play BITS
   • Won! TLDR; a =huge= amount of learning and content was generated from * checks notes * 50 journal pages of the single mission played cold. It took at minimum 11.5 hours to play a single RPG adventure solo (writing the journal took a lot!), yet I had a fantastic time. Worth bookmarking future games to try this way – a few principles, a handful of tables, and a Magic 8 Ball. More on all of this in blogs to come!
4. Read Tools of Titans
   • Failed. Only ~200 some pages of the ~700 page book. It is still a quality tome – it will remain on my coffee table for the future. I might sneak further reading in October’s goal that in part tracks sleep. Speaking of which:

October Goal Proposal

1. Bio Tracking
   • In no specific order, but all of lasting importance:
     • Genetic Analysis
     • Full Blood Panel (at least one)
     • Glucose Monitoring
     • Ketone Monitoring / Manipulation (will involve diet)
     • Sleep Journaling
     • and more!
2. Efficiency Audit
   • What are my biggest time sinks? Work and home? How can I get 10% more by limits and cuts? 80/20 study, gun-to-head must-do? What am I not good at, but do anyway?? Find these answers, execute solutions.
3. Old Journals
   • Get started on the ol’ EOY letter. To do this, I have at least two journals from this year to review.
   • Bonus: Books and movies reviewed for the EOY. (This is a preliminary pass.)
   • Bonus: Music gathered and playlists started for the EOY.
4. Everything Everywhere All At Once
   • Cool movie. In my life, this means spending time and attention with the people I will share life and joy: birthday weekend, a week in Texas, a silent disco, dancing, perhaps some camping, and of course, Halloween! Failure here means forgoing these things because of my own weakness.

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50% again 🙃 And I regret nothing! All of it a learning experience – learning how much I enjoy the company of others, the gratitude for the work my past self has done, appreciation for the glut of opportunity in danger of drowning my busy body.

So take care of my body. Collect the facts. Celebrate in October with friends what a doctor has recorded as a “well developed” physique 💪 Here we go ~

Looking forward to celebrating with you in person or spirit as we enter the haunting month! Feeling swell and passing on these well-wishes your way. Cheers~