More Goals Than United v Wigan
As mentioned before, I have refused to do New Year resolutions for many years now, and have no intention of starting to do them again now. However, what I have done this year is to take some time to reflect, look forward, and work out exactly what I want from life, rather than just letting life be something that happens to me.
Much of this change in outlook has come from 2 big events this year; the arrival of our son Kian, followed shortly afterwards by my 40th birthday. The “life begins” mid-life “crisis” could be at play here, however in my head at least it’s a simple case of a good time to review things.
I have worked out a number of goals, some small and some that are a bit “out there” and audacious. For now, as 2010 looms large, I want to share just a couple of those. Partly because this could be of interest, but mostly because I want to commit these ideas to the written word, and impose some pressure on myself to achieve them.
Goal 1 – health and fitness is a long-standing issue that being a father again has brought to a head. I basically want to be able to run around the park with Kian when he’s older. There are other reasons for wanting to lose weight and get fit, though I can’t think of a better one than for the sake of a high quality family life. Being in good shape is pretty handy for boosting energy and achieving other goals of course!
I actually joined a gym in May 2007, got my weight down from 135kg to 110kg, then pretty much failed to make the short trip down the road for the last 9 months or more, and I’m now back to 135kg. Having a baby in the house was an excuse, and a poor one at that. Fact is, the only thing stopping me from going to the gym is me.
My goal is to hit 95kg – the maximum weight for a tandem parachute jump – to put this into context, I think I was that weight between the ages of 18 and 20.
Goal 2 – I’ve always had the thought in my mind to work for myself – quite simply I make a shit employee, and I generally hate being one. This year I’ve done some serious soul-searching and dabbling with various ideas, and finally got around to registering the Avallach business name in July. Due to typical “wife, kid, mortgage” obligations (along with the ex-wife and kid ones) I’ve been building things in my “spare” time.
The net effect of this is a complete detachment from what I do in daylight hours, and a burning desire to go into business on a full time basis. I have no idea where the date came from, but I have set 30 Sep 2010 as the target date for my “farewell” morning tea.
I have NO idea how this will happen – probably a combination of getting my hands dirty with sales stuff and working my balls off – so if anyone reading this happens to have any ideas, needs something developing, or a wedge of cash to fund a startup with big ambitions, then drop me a line!
