Getting Focused

I'll be going away tomorrow for a fun filled weekend of TKD seminars and black belt testing (not mine unfortunately), so there won't be any posting in the next couple of days. The good news is that when I get back I'll have plenty of pictures and stories to post, so no more lack of blogging material to keep me up while I'm procrastinating.

Speaking of which, I was thinking about list making as a habit and if its really worth it or not. I'm not a habitual list maker, but I do tend to jot down "SHIT to do" lists once in a while when I have a busy day/week/month coming up (and I actually label it that way too). Some other people on the other hand make intricate lists of goals for the year - ranging from reading lists, to exercise goals, career attainment, and hobby related checkpoints (Check out this blog I like to read - this guy's on top of his shit!). I wonder if it really has a psychological effect of helping people to get organized and focused. Or will it be just another thing to feel guilty about? Maybe I'll try it and see how it goes.

So here's an attempt at setting goals and getting focused - my first list.
I'm thinking I'll start on a daily basis, with just a small thing at a time and keep track of my progress here. But what do I start with? What's important to me right now? Well, there's my back - I need to do daily exercises to keep my scoliosis at bay. Then there's math - I have some catching up to do on the problem sets. Then of course there's a ton of reading I need to get done, too. I need something conrete, but personal and interesting.

Learning Hungarian, how about that. I need to keep up on my Hungarian - I have about a month left to reach some basic level of competency so that I'm able to get around in Budapest once I get there. I'll have to quantify this somehow so more details to come...