So 2020 was a bust, as was most of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I lost a lot of productivity, both at work and at home, both in my obligations and in my hobbies. At first I thought it was because I was running 2 Dungeons & Dragons games, but that quickly turned into 1 D&D, and I think I spent like a couple hours a week prepping for that D&D game and that was it. Then, I thought it was because I was playing a lot of Final Fantasy 14, but outside of Raid Nights, I actually don’t play that much FF14 anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I realized the truth. Without hard schedule points, I was getting stuck in a loop of endless procrastination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
So I decided to try something new. I bought a planner. I’m a planner person now. By scheduling what I want to do and when, it helps me keep moving forward and getting stuff done, instead of just procrastinating all the time. Already, it’s made a difference. I’ve cleaned the house, I’ve gotten my hobbies back in order, I even managed to write this blog post. We’ll see if I can keep up this momentum going into the next few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Combining this with Habitica and New Years Resolutions (both of which worked for me in the past), I think I can get my life back in order again. But the year is already almost 8 months gone, so I guess this is Old Years Resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Resolution #1: Discover New Music<\/strong> – Like last year, I want to try listening to new music to see if I find anything I like that’s not just Black Sabbath and Metallica. So far it’s working. I discovered Diamond Head. (I mean, I knew about them from Am I Evil, but turns out the rest of the album is good too.) In the next 5 months, I want to try 5 more bands. Currently listening to some Slayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resolution #2: Reading List<\/strong> – I’ve fallen behind on my reading list. I think I can get 2 books done by the end of the year. I’ve chosen Mistborn book 3 and Diamond Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resolution #3: Cook More<\/strong> – I’ve fallen behind on the cooking in the last year. I should cook more. I hope to cook 3 new dishes before the end of the year, and also blog about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resolution #4: Upload a New Piano Video<\/strong> – I really should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, aspirational goals, but I’d like to get at least 8 workout days a month and at most 6 cheat days a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And there’s that. Hopefully by posting this, it’ll keep me accountable and help me actually keep to my goals. Otherwise, I guess I owe somebody steak dinner again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So 2020 was a bust, as was most of 2021. I lost a lot of productivity, both at work and at home, both in my obligations and in my hobbies. At first I thought it was because I was running 2 Dungeons & Dragons games, but that quickly turned into 1 D&D, and I think […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-new-years-resolutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}