Every year I try to write down my goals for what I want to accomplish. I've been doing this for a while but forgot to do it in 2024. I regret not writing them down last year, but c'est la vie.
I frame them with a regret minimization framework that I stole from someone else and like to use:
By the time I'm 80 years old, I won't regret having spent an abundance of quality time with my family, having read and retained the learnings of terrific books and being knowledgeable about the world (both the way things work and why they work that way), knowing myself and what makes me truly happy, having traveled and explored the world to my heart’s liking, spending time in nature, feeling like I’ve made people’s lives better and contributed to civilizational progress through my professional endeavors, and investing in the relationships that matter most with friends and family.
Ambitious, but why not? Also loaded with cliches, but they're cliches for a reason.
And here is where I am netting out for the year for my personal goals:
I set a reminder for July 1 to check in on these and see how they're going. I hope to update my progress here then to keep myself honest.
Happy new year and I hope you find it meaningful and filled with progress.
