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by chuckdotis 1635 days ago
My condolences for your loss. Congrats on 2 through 5.

1. I started a new job digital marketing job making the most money I've ever made

2. I read 14 books (my goal for 2021 was 12 - I've never read that many in a single year ever).

3. I started training BJJ again after 1.5 year break because of the pandemic.

4. I started blogging/writing again after an ~8 year break.

From personal experience, writing down a handful of goals at the beginning of the year, I find that I'm far more likely to follow through with them.

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Was it hard to write again after the long break? What did you did to gain momentum again?
I was never much of a writer, but I find that writing down ideas I'm not only better able to articulate them verbally, but I'm able to better make sense of them.

In terms of momentum, I spent a month forcing myself to write everyday with the goal of writing two sentences for something I was working. Some days I wasn't feeling up to it so I just wrote the two sentences, but oftentimes it was much more than two sentences.