Hello
I'm a belgian in his mid-twenties. Since I was a young child I always was very ambitious. Now in my mid-twenties I'm still the same person. I have a master degree in educational studies and I'm employed. I'm also single and don't go out a lot. I do have a good social network though, but I should take care of it more.
Since a couple of years I'm interested in productivity but I had some setbacks and suddenly all I was doing for the past months was going to work, play CS: GO , play PES 2013 and go to the gym occasionally.
Even though I didn't do well for the past months I'm pretty close to a promotion. I realised again that I am this really ambitious guy and that I was wasting my life. If I wouldn't change the way I was behaving I would become miserable.
A lot of the stuff that is coming now is inspired by Schnitzelfisch and books I read
Analysing what went wrong
In my previous attemps I think I made a crucial mistake. I used this technique where I pictured myself at my own funeral so I could see who I wanted to be .. what I actually did was picturing someone that my friends would want me to be. I missed some crucial points and overestimated other ones. The biggest problem is probably that I never updated my vission statement.
My new vision statement
I want to be a kind person. Not the extravert I described in my first vision statement, but just being myself and improving the person that I am (read: not becoming another person).
Making a difference
My biggest concern is that I make a difference. This could mean a lot of things. I'm still not sure what it means. I want to make a difference at my job, but I also want to make a difference in the world (or in somebody's world). I really want to mean something for poor people or a poor person, maybe even make a structural change ... I'm not sure yet. It's not a problem that I'm not sure, time will tell what it is.
In the future I see myself as a wealthy man that has enough money to spend. This means that I see myself spend money on people that really need it.
How others see my better self
I'm a friendly guy. Moderatly shy at first but really social when you get to know me. I do my friends a lot of favor and I'm a correct person. I'm a good listenner and show empathy.
Next to this I'm adventurous in my own way. I travel and go to places, not to party and get drunk, but to see stuff of the world and culture.
I also make time for my family and have a nice girlfriend.
Material stuff
I want to buy myself a house, buy a very very nice car (atm I have a Hyunday Coupé Tuscani, wich is fairly nice but far from a dream car). I want to have a lot of money, enough to live without worries and enough to spend it on other people.
Longterm Goals
Financial/carreer
Making $30k a year playing poker
Making +- $30k a year working and having an important role
Being a coach (maybe even making extra money on this)
Social
Going out weekly and enjoy it
Girlfriend
Investing in the world --> making financial deposits for charity
Physical
Cooper-test 3km
Deadlift: 160kg
Squat: 130kg
Bench: 100 kg
Shortterm goals
I will update this regularly. Atm i want to create new habits:
- Waking up: 7:00
- Jogging: 1x week 10 minutes
- 2 x gym (wendler schedule)
- Making a promotion
- Plan social activities weekly
I still have a long list. I use different lists :
Tasklist, next steps, reference and dreamlist
Once I feel I internalised some of the habits I will start focussing on other habits or increasing time on some of the activities.
Future habits
Reading more educational books
Take a class
Spending more time at poker study
...
Let's dooo thiis !
It's nice. I know all this stuff, I just get insecure ..
Went to pukkelpop last week and this week was budy poker .. i should pick this up again