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2007 Resolutions/Goals

It's almost that time of year again. 2006 is drawing to a close, and I find myself thinking about 2007 and how I can fine-tune my day-to-day activities to align with my bigger goals.

What's everyone else thinking on this sort of thing? Or am I ahead of the game for once? (I usually don't start thinking about this sort of thing until February.)

I might re-listen to Merlin's "Fresh Starts & Modest Changes" podcast series from early 2006.

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I think there's an added...

I think there's an added pressure among those of us who get "into" this productivity stuff - we're all so aware of the failure rate of most New Years resolutions that we may be hesitant to do any planning around the new year, lest we curse ourselves to failure.

That said, regardless of the date on the calendar, there are a number of things I need to plan at various altitudes. And despite the low success rate of NY resolutions, the end of one year & beginning of the next is kind of a good time to make some changes.

I do think I'll carve out some time to do an uber-review as well, and actually mind-map some things so I've got something that's somewhat concrete to work from.

 
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