Happy new year y’all! It’s 2022 and I, for one, am soooo glad 2020 and 2021 are over. It’s been quite a ride for me these last few years.

Covid + my 3 year-old doggy has kept me land-locked this year in Texas. Rather than my normal ‘escape the winter in Texas’ 3 month hiatus to the Caribbean I’m staying here for the most part. My dog is a little codependant.

In any case, at the beginning of the year I like to set my goals (1 month, 1 year, 5 year goals). Normally this is a private thing, but for whatever reason this year I’m posting it publicly. Perhaps it’s to inspire you to do the same exercise?

Goals:

1 month:

  • no drinking alcohol – at all!
  • cut down / quit smoking cigarettes
  • begin working out again
  • begin to simplify life (get rid of extra stuff I don’t need)
  • complete my overdue taxes for 2019 and 2020
  • clean my office

1 year:

  • find a Christian girlfriend
  • no sex until I’m with someone who’s extremely likely to be my lifelong partner
  • grow closer to God
  • organize the house and finances
  • up my investments in Crypto by at least 200%
  • buy a home / investment property

5 year:

  • get married to my best friend
  • have a kid or two
  • buy the home I currently rent

Progress report as of 1/15/2022:

  • no drinking alcohol – at all
  • Doing great! My last drink was on 12/27/2021.

    1/15/22

  • cut down / quit smoking cigarettes
  • Meh – doing ok, I’ve cut my smoking down by about %33 so far this month

    1/15/22

  • begin working out again
  • Meh – doing ok, my knee still bothers me from that failed backroll behind Josh’s Malibu last summer, but it’s getting better

    1/15/22

  • begin to simplify life (get rid of extra stuff I don’t need)
  • Doing great! Sold the stand-up jetski, traded my 4×4 golf cart for a simpler (and newer) 2wd EzGo. I have the parts for my bass boat project, just waiting for a few warm days to install them and then I can sell it.

    1/15/22

  • complete my overdue taxes for 2019 and 2020
  • Doing great! Taxes are done (and I reduced my IRS debt by $13,000.00!). I’ll even get a refund from the IRS for 2021 for the first time in over 15 years.

    1/15/22

  • clean my office
  • This is about 50% done.

    1/15/22

    Welp – there you have it. If you found this exercise helpful, feel free to send me yours!

    Much love, James