In January 2017, I set myself 8
objectives for the year. Let’s see how I got on…
1 Hit my fitbit target (10,000 steps per day) 90% of the time
I
like my fitbit. It does provide motivation to get out of the house and get some
exercise, especially on days when I’m feeling lazy (aka most Sundays!). It also
has an app for your phone so you can check the historic data really easily.
Here are the number of days in each month that I hit my target:
Jan 28/31 - 90.3%
Feb
28/28 - 100%
Mar
27/31 - 87.1%
Apr
28/30 - 93.3%
May
29/31 - 93.5%
Jun
26/30 - 86.7%
Jul
28/31 - 90.3
Aug
27/31 - 87.1
Sep
27/30 - 90.0
Oct
28/31 - 90.3
Nov
27/30 - 90.0
Dec
26/31 - 83.9
Total
329/365 - 90.1%
Objective achieved (just)! The dogs also benefited from me extending their evening walk just to hit the daily target!
2 Lose 5kg (~11 lbs)
I
was quite careful not to say how much I weighed in January but losing 5kg would
take me below a symbolic round number of kilograms. I weigh myself when I’m at
the gym which pretty much most weeks of the year. Looking at the data, I lost
weight in January and February, and managed to achieve my target by the end of
March (go me!). My weight then pretty well stayed the same for the rest of the
year. I’d put a bit on during a holiday but would lose it again soon
afterwards. By the end of the year I had lost 5.4kg so objective achieved!
In March I started a secondment at
work that lasted the rest of the year (and into 2018). I am enjoying the new job
but it has definitely coincided with me going to the gym much less often. For the
last two years I would mostly go three times a week (and it showed in my weight
and fitness). By the end of the year I was managing once a week. I do miss it
so I think I will try to up my attendance again…
3 Run 5k in a race
I
have run quite a few 5kms on a running machine but not in anything I could call
a race – so objective not achieved. I have managed to get my personal best down
to 27min 34s which I am quite proud of so it’s not all bad!
4 Go to at least two Lib Dem meetings
I
wanted to be a bit more politically engaged but wanted to be realistic about my
normal motivation to go to evening meetings after a long day at work. I did
manage to make it to a local party meeting in February and the Social
Liberal Forum (SLF) conference in July so it’s another objective achieved!
5 Deliver leaflets for someone standing for election
In
January 2017, my plan was to do some deliveries for local candidates standing
in the County Council elections in May. Theresa May then decided to hold an
early General Election In June so the campaigning got a bit mixed up. I managed
at least three sets of deliveries (I wasn’t good at recording when I did so it
is a bit of a blur!). I do enjoy delivering leaflets – I get some exercise, get
to know my local area better, and get to be nosey about other people’s front
gardens. Objective achieved!
6 Get paid by 6 people to give them
a massage
I
didn’t plan how or when I would do this so it is not surprising that I didn’t
massage anyone in 2017, let alone get paid for doing so - objective not achieved.
I did enjoy massaging people and could definitely do with some extra cash so
keep an eye out for this in 2018!
7 Write 6 blog posts (that are not just News You Might Have
Missed)
My
blogging had basically turned into posting monthly news round-ups so I wanted
to express myself more. I did manage to post four posts in February about my
LGBT heroes as part of LGBT history month:
And then one post in July about
the SLF conference:
If
you throw in my original post about my 2017 objectives then that is six blog
posts so I will call that objective technically achieved!
8 Go to one genealogy-related event
I
had wanted to kick-start my genealogy hobby by going to a real world event but I
never really planned anything so the objective was not achieved. I did invest
in the Roots Magic software and did do some more online genealogy but that wasn’t
quite what I had hoped to do.
Summary
So I managed to achieve 5 of my 8
objectives. My main lesson learnt was that it isn’t enough to just set an
objective for the year. I need to follow each objective up with a plan and then
monitor my progress. That is hardly a revelation as I have had project
management training but I find it easier to do in a work context rather than in
my personal life. So now I just need to come up with my 2018 objectives…
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