A Slower Pace

My post earlier this week gave an update on a slice of my 2012 personal goals. I have since finalized all of them and have written them down adding progress indicators to those that I have already worked on. Other than some obvious anonymizing of data, I am posting them here publicly to share as well as to keep me accountable. Like my 2012 reading list, I will add a sidebar link and continue to update progress on my 2012 personal goals.

1) INTELLECTUAL – Complete 2012 reading list by the end of the year.

• Identify list and order – STARTED 12/27/11
• Follow schedule

• Financial Peace Revisited – FINISHED 1/02/12
• QBQ – FINISHED 1/03/12
• The Servant – FINISHED 1/14/12
• Switch
• Hurt Healer
• Make It Count
• One Minute Manager
• EntreLeadership
• The Reagan Diaries
• The Tipping Point
• In Praise Of Slowness
• Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
• Epicenter
• Maximum Success
• The Leadership Challenge
• Jesus, CEO
• The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
• Multipliers
• The Red Badge Of Courage
• The New Rational Manager
• Team Of Rivals
• Better
• The Checklist Manifesto
• Big Ideas
• Decision Points
• 1001 Ways To Reward Employees

2) SPIRITUAL – Read through the Bible in entirety – STARTED 12/28/11

• Select Bible in a year reading program – COMPLETED 12/27/11
• Complete daily Old Testament and New Testament readings each day – STARTED 12/28/11

3) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Take family on a mission trip in 2012.

• Proposal to Charity President – COMPLETE 1/13/12
• Compromise with wife – 1 week mission trip, 1 week relaxing vacation – COMPLETE 1/22/12
• Schedule and plan weeklong family participation with Charity
• Volunteer and work

4) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Plan and implement weekly family devotions.

• Identify time and day
• Identify readings
• Follow schedule

5) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Get K and D into Southeast Christian Church youth groups by end of 2nd Quarter.

6) FAMILY – Visit 4-6 historical sites w/kids by the end of 2012.

• Identify sites, number
• Schedule and calendar
• Follow schedule

7) FAMILY – Identify 50 geocache sites and find them by 2012.

• Join Geocaching.com and get app – COMPLETE 1/28/12
• Identify targets, number
• Schedule and calendar
• Follow schedule

8 ) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #1 – get a living will created and notarized for me and wife.

• Contact legal resource – COMPLETE 1/23/12
• Identify primary and secondary POA – COMPLETE 1/23/12
• Created and signed – wife – COMPLETE 1/26/12
• Created and signed – Dan

9) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #2 – get a will and trust created for the family.

• Contact legal resource – COMPLETE 1/23/12
• Identify executor and guardian – COMPLETE 1/25/12
• Create and plan trust
• Sign/notarize will
• Create and document financial trail for executor

10) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #3 – implement Financial Peace Jr. by end of 2012. – COMPLETE 1/02/12

11) PHYSICAL – Exercise routine that maintains 190 lbs – STARTED 12/27/11

• Cardio for 30 minutes 4+ times a week – STARTED 12/27/11
• Wii Fit to track days and cardio duration – STARTED 12/27/11
• Start a daily food journal

12) PROFESSIONAL – Create first iOS app

• Refine current flow – COMPLETED 1/02/12
• Create proposal – COMPLETE 1/10/12
• Send to #1 prospect – COMPLETE 1/11/12
  • Follow up  – COMPLETE 1/23/12
• Send to #2 prospect
• Send to #3 prospect
• Send to #4 prospect
• Outsource programming – eLance app

Note how I tried to hit the various spokes of the wheel (as written about in this post). I am excited because even into February now, I have maintained my momentum on these goals and look forward to continued action and accomplishment.

…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net