Alright guys, it's that time of year again when everyone has more time and thinks they're gonna accomplish something but never does. Or rather, THIS TIME, you will accomplish something. Post your goal here, and post when your next step to meeting that goal will be done. We will then ask each other how it went when that time rolls around, and about overall progress from time to time in order to provide accountability so that we actually do shit.
How to Goal:
Step 1: Decide at least general goal
Step 2: Decide how to track this goal
Step 3: Decide what the current thing you must do to progress is, then post it and when you will do it
Step 4: Update us on that step and overall progress*, then go back to step 3 if the overall goal is not completed
How to Account:
Step 1: Check thread
Step 2: See if anyone is late on an update
Step 3: Be all like "Hey, @Forumer, how did the thing go?"
Step 4: Don't be a dick
For example, as stereotypical as this is, my goal is to be less of a lazy bum by working off my "Freshman Fifteen" this summer. I'm not going to weigh myself any, I'm instead going to measure my success in terms of what I can do. I'm doing this because* until this last fall, I had been actively training in martial arts for about 9 years, and during my two week break between the Spring and Summer semesters I got to go back to my school and train. I had lost so much of what I had built over those 9 years. To correct this, I'm going to do stuff. I want to have my endless boots to the head back, so I'm going to do a lot of sit ups, running, kicks, and push ups too because why not. I'm gonna start with shooting for 60 sit ups in a minute, running two miles continuously, doing two hundred kicks without dropping my leg (This part sounds like a lot but actually is fairly modest), and 40 push ups in a minute (You guys will be astounded at how disproportionately weak my arms are, I seriously think this one might be out of reach for me). Tomorrow I'm gonna run a lot, then do kicks and sit ups. I'll post my full plan with the update for tomorrow, then update again Friday, and then probably just make it a weekly update on Friday.
If I do not update you guys by the day after I said would, you should be like "So, uh, @Firedemon, how did that thing go?" and I will, in return, do the same for you guys for whatever your goal may be.
*Exposition not required
How to Goal:
Step 1: Decide at least general goal
Step 2: Decide how to track this goal
Step 3: Decide what the current thing you must do to progress is, then post it and when you will do it
Step 4: Update us on that step and overall progress*, then go back to step 3 if the overall goal is not completed
How to Account:
Step 1: Check thread
Step 2: See if anyone is late on an update
Step 3: Be all like "Hey, @Forumer, how did the thing go?"
Step 4: Don't be a dick
For example, as stereotypical as this is, my goal is to be less of a lazy bum by working off my "Freshman Fifteen" this summer. I'm not going to weigh myself any, I'm instead going to measure my success in terms of what I can do. I'm doing this because* until this last fall, I had been actively training in martial arts for about 9 years, and during my two week break between the Spring and Summer semesters I got to go back to my school and train. I had lost so much of what I had built over those 9 years. To correct this, I'm going to do stuff. I want to have my endless boots to the head back, so I'm going to do a lot of sit ups, running, kicks, and push ups too because why not. I'm gonna start with shooting for 60 sit ups in a minute, running two miles continuously, doing two hundred kicks without dropping my leg (This part sounds like a lot but actually is fairly modest), and 40 push ups in a minute (You guys will be astounded at how disproportionately weak my arms are, I seriously think this one might be out of reach for me). Tomorrow I'm gonna run a lot, then do kicks and sit ups. I'll post my full plan with the update for tomorrow, then update again Friday, and then probably just make it a weekly update on Friday.
If I do not update you guys by the day after I said would, you should be like "So, uh, @Firedemon, how did that thing go?" and I will, in return, do the same for you guys for whatever your goal may be.
*Exposition not required
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