40 Goals while 40

2/28 Weekly Update             Just over a month has gone by since I embarked on the quest to complete the 40 goals.   We may still be at 1 goal complete, but there are a great many that are making progress.    Perhaps more importantly since this is what the goals were about, I feel like my habits are changing.   On multiple evenings, just as I was about to plop down on the bed, I remembered that my pushups weren’t done and knocked them out before going to bed.   The behaviors are changing and hopefully this will lead to accomplishment.      It may just be the Spring weather, it may be the longer days, but one way or another, I'm growing very optimistic about both the goals and life in general.  It's a lot of fun frankly.     Skimming through the goals, I really need to get onto the thank you list.  I've got a lot of people to thank, I just need to start doing. ...

            One down, 39 to go!  I finished my first goal!  With a 5-star soduku in under 40 minutes, we have one complete.  Hooray.  I’ve also been working on the Sunday crosswords, but I’m beginning to wonder if I might need to find a MUCH more basic newspaper.  Those Sunday New York Times are tough.  For now, I’ll hope that they put one in my wheelhouse.             In other news, I fell off the vegetarian bandwagon pretty hard this week.  Between both a business and home dinner of Dim Sum and a fancy meal that offered a bit of sashimi in my bowl, I had plenty of meat this week.  However, unlike previously, I didn’t take the meat for granted and made of point of enjoying it.  So, while I may still be eating meat, at least it is consciously.             A few other goals really moved this we...

2/7 Weekly Update             The good news is that I didn’t directly fail at any of my goals this week.  The bad news is that I still have plenty of the goals that are well behind their projected target.  However, there are some that are moving right along and, thanks to a lot of flying/traveling, even the book reading has come along nicely.  Whoever might be reading this, both Sapiens and The Dream Manager were excellent.  I would recommend each, though for very different reasons.  If you end up reading Sapiens  and it doesn't change the way you think about the world you live in, I'd really like to chat with you! Progress Notes Physical #5 - Up to 210 miles on the year.  That's 70 miles a week vs a target of 77/week.  Nearly on pace! #6 - 825 push-ups as of this morning.  Almost on pace! Mental #13 - One attempt, one failure.  I thought I had it before realizing...

2/7 Weekly Update             I’m officially going to miss one of my goals (good thing I allowed for that buffer).  The Krispy Kreme challenge 2018 was an extremely cold morning and I blame that for not being able to get the donuts down any faster than I did.  In 2017, the donuts took less than 5 mins to eat.  This year, it was over 9!  So I missed the 40 minute goal, though unexpectedly that was not because of the running.  In fact, I was going faster on the return trip than the trip out!  The bright spot is that I finished 8 spots higher this year than the prior year (87 vs 95) so it seems other people struggled as well.             Other goals are off the ground, though there are still a few that need a kick.  I’m still significantly lacking in the mental goal area.  I wonder what that says…. Progress Notes Physical #5 - Lig...