It’s that time of year again! I’m happy to see that my major goals for 2011 were met and at 
times exceeded =D. Writing and revising definitely helps me achieve and stay accountable.
This year’s focus:
- More yoga
- More vegetables
- More organized and fulfilling food preparation and cooking
- More contributions
- More enabling of others to reach their goals
Guiding principles:
- New principle: Live each day as if it’s the best day of my year
- Same as those I applied in 2011: Be bold, follow my heart, say what I mean, take the most out of every moment, laugh lots, stay selective with how I spend my time and who I spend it with, work hard, play hard, rest hard.
New goals for 2012:
- Reduce my grocery and eating-out bills so I can help others eat more (Want to improve the lives of at least 15 people in developing countries this year)
- Get involved with some initiative to empower girls to be smart, ambitious, and healthy
- Supports others in leading healthy, happy and fulfilling lives
- Warrior dash within 35 minutes
- First Spartan Sprint
- First Tough Mudder
- 5K in 23 minutes
- Work up to a 400m swim
- Join a multisport team
- Complete the 100pushup challenge
- Do at least 2 pullups
- Learn neurolinguistic programming
- Learn to speed-read
New life habits:
- Savor every bite – chew slowly
- Eat more tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, garlic at breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Drink a fruit and flax or green drink smoothie 5x/week
- Stock up on veggies and meats, slow cook a big meal 1x every week
- Dry-brush 2-3x a week
- Track all cash flows through Mint.com
- Ensure I have lots and lots of movement every day (Central America escapades recently made me realize how sedentary my day-to-day can be if I don`t make conscious efforts to prevent that)
- Stay organized and clutter-free
- Yoga 1-2x a week
- Take more time with stretches after workouts
- Replace meat with vegetarian options 2-3x/week
Plan for 2012
Fitness
- Continue embracing my fitness addiction. This year’s focus is on P90x, swimming 3x/week, high intensity interval training, pushups, yoga, and training for the Tough Mudder. Tumblr is also now exposing me to loads of fitness inspiration – great opportunity to train my mind.
- Invest the time into downloading new music workout mixes – the right mixes definitely up my intensity.
Health
- Continue with sunscreen in summer, walks, floss
- Continue to savour every bite I eat, ideally walk after each meal
- Continue summarizing life through 280daily.com
Fun and Relationships
- Continue with fun, engaging and fulfilling social life
- Develop 3-6 high-quality new relationships a year
- Continue to maintain and nurture existing relationships
- Continue to be a positive influence to the people in my life; spread joy, love, inspiration and attention
- Continue developing new relationships, e.g. through Startup Weekend, IIE Events
- Continue running Toronto Social Foosball Club
Financials
- Grow net worth by amount specified in my financial plan (last year’s x 120%)
- Meet monthly spending forecasts
- Continue investing in index funds
- Complete all admin tasks within 3 weeks of occurrence
Contributions
- Double monthly contributions ($35 each month to a new entrepreneur through Kiva + $35 each month to Plan); In a few months may decide to triple these
- Continue advising Friends in Trouble and Women Empowered in Engineering
Learning, Growth, and Career
- Grow skills in facilitation, stakeholder engagement, analysis, leadership, management
- Continue reading lots
- Continue pushing my comfort zone (e.g. Tough Mudder)
- Have another enriching travel experience (This may be deferred to 2013)
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