2016 represents a new year and as such I have created and shared my new years resolutions (you can view these here). I have started this year with a focus on “doing the right thing” and therefore have dropped my previous approach of keeping a to-do list. I found that no matter how hard I worked and how many items I crossed off the list, my to-do list always had more items on it. In addition I also caught myself adding items to my to-do list which I had already completed just so that I can score them off; the act of adding these already completed items being a total waste of time other than providing a false sense of satisfaction. Instead this has been replaced by a weekly list of what I hope to achieve in a week. This list is not a specific list of tasks but more a limited list of areas which I wish to address. I have tried my best to limit this list to a maximum of 5 work areas per week.
I also have an Urgent vs Important board in my office however I have done little with this so far given prior to Christmas I managed to pretty much fill the board to the point that the urgent and important axis were no longer visible. At this point it ceased to be of much use for me so at the moment sits as it was prior to the holidays. This will need to be revisited in the coming weeks.
Within my weekly focus list I have also added my PLN commitments with regards blogging, reading and contributing to twitter. So far I would say I have done reasonably well on this with my current book, “The Silo Effect” currently lying half completed after only a week which by my standards is quite impressive. In addition I have been reasonably involved on Twitter making use of Buffer where possible for more general contributions in addition to engaging in chats such as #sltchat or events like #appsharelive. I hope that I am able to continue with this pattern.
The one area which I would see as in need of action is the physical side of things in that I haven’t engaged or planned to engage in any physical activity which I am conscious has always been an personal area for development. My hope would be that I can plan to address this starting in the coming weeks, however I should note that after 7 years in the Middle East, outdoor activities in a UK winter are proving to be less than enticing.
If you contributed and shared your resolutions how has your first week gone?
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