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💡 Every year I sit down and reflect on the new year with the following topics:

  • IDEAS
  • NEW PERSPECTIVES
  • What would I like to change about myself?
  • What would I like to change about my lifestyle?

I also choose a theme/topic focus for the year. And in 2025 I want to focus on simplicity and having fun. After a year of focusing on my health I feel like I want to enjoy time outdoors and travel a bit.

IDEAS

  • Keep it simple!
  • I want to have a central paper planner to have a nice overview of my year and weeks. This planner will integrate work and personal projects and my calendar.
  • I will also use my paper planner to jot down some gratitude notes every day.
  • I want to remember and reinforce concepts of simplicity and minimalism.
  • I want to increase my time meditating each day.
  • I want to remember to have fun and return to activities that I’ve been avoiding, like playing video games.
  • I want to be able to do forward cross overs on both directions and start backward crossovers in ice skating.
  • Continue running and hiking. Get more muscle mass going to the gym.
  • GTD: stick with what works and keep it simple. Avoid switching apps and overthinking my system. Focus on doing.
  • Start some long-term financial goals (thinking about future retirement years).
  • Travel more. Travel somewhere in Canada (first idea: road trip to the Maritimes).
  • Balance my reading with having fun playing video games.

NEW PERSPECTIVES

  • I miss a bit of a tactile experience to plan my life. I will start using a year paper planner to integrate my life vision/plans.
  • I want to have simple but effective tools. For example: Journaling in Standard Notes instead of having one more app to manage.
  • I want journaling to be even more present in my daily routine.
  • I will focus on having in person experiences.

What would I like to change about myself?

  • I want to be more relaxed and focus more on having fun and feeling good.
  • I will be braver and write more on my blog. I have so many things to say, I have ideas, and I want to put them out there, even if nobody reads it and even if it feels unfinished. I want to become a a regular writer and expose myself more.

What would I like to change about my lifestyle?

  • I currently like my lifestyle. I don’t think I want to change it for this year.
  • I will still be working my full-time job with clear delineation between work and personal schedules.
  • My free time will be for reading, exercising, relaxing, having fun and taking care of myself.

🎮Some Games to Play (that I already own):

  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (PS4)
  • Dorfromantik (Steam)
  • Stardew Valley (Steam)
  • Pillars of Eternity – Definitive Edition (Steam)
  • Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Steam)
  • Citizen Sleeper (Steam)
  • Trine 4 (Steam)

I will write a separate post on my Reader Goals for 2025!

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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.

So, 2024 is practically over! 🎉

When I sat down a year ago to think about my goals, I wanted 2024 to be the year of rest and taking care of myself.

And I’m happy to look back and realize I achieved these goals.

In 2024 I focused on Health:

  • It was great to get the monoferrin infusion which raised my energy levels, and I felt much better.
  • I continued regular therapy.
  • I saw a naturopath to address my digestion issues and started taking probiotics and supplements for my gut health.
  • I did an endoscopy and adjusted my acid reflux medication, which mitigated some of the symptoms I was having.
  • I adjusted my diet and other medications.
  • I kept my morning routine to the point it became automatic. It doesn’t matter if I’m on vacation or not, I will do my morning routine rigorously.
  • My wellness is more important than anything else.

I’ve also worked on managing stress and workload thanks to these practices:

  • Morning routine with yoga + meditation + journaling
  • Time Blocking at work to manage workload
  • Work Shutdown routine to manage stress
  • Regular exercise

Some other wins or successful outcomes in 2024 🏆

  • We installed a ceiling fan for our living room.
  • Got a new daily bag for myself.
  • Got a new bed mattress for our bedroom.
  • Completed this Course: ADHD, Managing Time and Overcoming Distractions by David Greenwood [Udemy].
  • Completed the 30-Day Yoga Journey 2024 – Yoga with Adrienne.
  • Completed the Down Dog May Yoga Challenge 2024.
  • Enrolled in 3 Races for 2024 (10K Races completed).
  • Filled in Tax Return Fiscal Year 2023/2024.
  • Fixed my ALL time reading log spreadsheet with stats for each year.
  • Found a pair of figure ice skates that fits me well.
  • I did some experimentation with Rocketbooks, and discovered I enjoy paper sometimes.
  • I read 58 books in 2024.
  • I went to Scintillation, Montreal, Kingston, a Halloween party, Hiking, ran 3 – 10K races, joined a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
  • I traveled to Brazil for the end of year Holidays! 🎊

📺 Movies/Shows I watched:

1. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Netflix

2. Knights (2015) Curiosity Stream – documentary

3. Story of Europe (2017) Curiosity Stream – documentary

4. The Grand Tour: Sand Job (S05 E03) – Amazon Prime

5. Raccoons: Survival Warriors (2022) – Curiosity Stream

6. Fallout S1 (2024) – Amazon Prime

7. Renfield (2023) – Amazon Prime

8. Oppenheimer (2023) – Amazon Prime

9. The Ascent of Woman (2015) – Curiosity Stream

10. The Grand Tour: One for the Road (S06 E01)

11. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) – on the plane

12. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) – on the plane

13. Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023) – on the plane

14. Barbie (2024) – on the plane

🎮 Video Games I started or played:

  1. Banished

  2. Dorfromantik

  3. Stardew Valley

  4. Islanders

  5. Pillars of Eternity

  6. Trine 4

Conclusion

So, I’ve achieved the focus of taking care of my health. All the health-related changes were life changing to me. And in the last quarter I started to have more mindspace to think about having fun and relaxing more.

As I step into 2025, I’m carrying forward the lessons I’ve learned and the joy I’ve cultivated, ready to build on this foundation of care, resilience, and fun. Here’s to what’s next! 🌟

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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.

At the end of each quarter, I like to take stock of myself and list the projects/goals I have concluded and achieved.

Since Q1 2024 is over, I will list here the projects I completed during this period:

  • Complete the 30-Day Yoga Journey 2024 – Yoga with Adrienne (Jan, 2024)
  • Get new pair of ice skates (switch from hockey skates to figure skates) (Feb, 2024)
  • Complete Course: ADHD, Managing Time and Overcoming Distractions by David Greenwood (Feb, 2024)
  • Dentist check-up/cleaning done (Feb, 2024)
  • Get car maintenance review/oil change done (Mar, 2024)
  • Update and change my blog theme to allow for dark mode (Mar, 2024)
  • Change blog theme to include monospace fonts (Mar, 2024)
  • Schedule and get iron IV Infusion done (Mar, 2024)
  • Finish the King of the Dragons puzzle (Mar, 2024)
  • Complete Ice Skating Classes – Intermediate Level (Mar, 2024)
  • Consolidate Journaling practice (Jan-Mar, 2024)

Work In Progress that I started and wish to complete in Q2:

  • Fix my ALL time reading log spreadsheet with stats for each year
  • Complete the course : How to Process Your Emotions [Therapy in a Nutshell]
  • Complete the #100DaystoOffload Challenge (Noisy Deadlines) => almost there!!

Habits tracked:

  • Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Reading
  • Journaling

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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.

Every year I sit down and reflect on the new year with the following topics:

  • IDEAS
  • NEW PERSPECTIVES
  • What would I like to change about myself?
  • What would I like to change about my lifestyle?
  • What would I like to change about the way I work?
  • What can I do to challenge myself?
  • Goals: What do I want to achieve this year?
  • Projects to continue working on this year
  • Books to Read

I also choose a word/topic focus for the year.

I don’t have big goals or big changes for 2021. I want to consolidate the discoveries I made in 2020. I learned a lot about myself last year. It was a good time to reflect about my habits and now I want to ENGAGE 🎬.

I want to build my Knowledge Database. I’ve been studying Zettelkasten for that. Engage more, do more. Spend less time setting up apps and changing methods. Stick with the established routines. Get into the flow. Make small adjustments only when and IF necessary. Continue to go out on long walks (something I started doing regularly in 2020). Spend less time on my phone. Be less distracted, (re)train my focus. Consume less information. Quality > Quantity.

Hoping the world is a better place in 2021!

Begin 2021

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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.

💾For a complete summary list of my blog posts grouped by year, click here.

🎈 Things I write about :

Sections:

🎨 #NoisyMusings: a little bit of everything 📂 #Productivity: organization, methods, apps, GTD 📚 #Books: everything book related

Some Topics:

#apps | #Nirvana (the app, not the band) | #Todoist | #GTD | #MSTodo | #notes | #journal | #journaling | #BookReview | #ReadingList | #Reading | #ReaderGoals | #BookWyrm | #TheStorygraph | #weeknotes | #podcast | #GTDnotes | #100DaysToOffload | #projects | #goals | #DnD

#internet | #socialmedia | #attentionresistance #minimalism | #digitalminimalism #outdoors | #Hiking | #winter | #iceskating | #music | #heavymetal | #puzzle | #health