My November goal was to better moderate my work and play time. And fortunately, I think I pulled it off! It was just a change of mindset in how I used my time. As in, “I’m going to hang out for a few hours, but then I’m going to go study.”
Simple, profound, successful.
My December goal is straightforward. I’m dedicating these next three weeks to doing as well as I can on my final exams and papers while not forgetting to have a good time. It’s easy to make the weeks leading up to and including finals miserable, so my goal is to avoid that pitfall.
It’s a very similar goal to November, to practice moderation. I’m certain it’s worthy of a second month.
What are your goals for finishing up the year? You didn’t forget your 2008 New Year’s Resolution, did you? If so, you should read up on my alternative and give it a try.
I really need to stop procrastinating. For one thing, I think I will make a goal to set my Facebook notification settings so I receive emails whenever anything that would really require my attention occurs, and otherwise I will not go to Facebook, and I will leave the site once I have addressed the subject of the notification.
I also would benefit from not opening my RSS reader when I have work to do, and generally just doing my work first. I think I may take a look at some self-improvement podcasts.
Michael - Disabling Facebook emails was a huge step for me… but now I find myself randomly checking it throughout the day. I need to work on that, too.
Also, something prohibiting me from checking my rss feeds while I need to get work done would be fantastic.
We share similar problems.