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Nicholas Synovic
Nicholas Synovic

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2025 Resolutions Off To A Bad Start

I recently posted my 2025 resolutions. I wanted to write an update post about how they are going and talk about the blockers in my life preventing me from completing them. This isn't meant to be a "woe is me" post, or a post about how difficult it is to complete my resolutions, but for me to publicly acknowledge my shortcomings. In doing so, I want to motivate myself to progress towards my resolutions. In 10 days, I'll post another update. Ideally, I'll have to develop a reproducible system based on Agile principles to complete my goals.

I figured that 10 days in, I should give an update as to how it is going:

  • I will write daily here on Dev.to about my developer journey and projects.

    • Since January 2nd, I have not posted
  • I will post daily to at least one social media account between Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

    • I have not done this
  • I will talk to at least one friend or family member daily over the phone. If I am going to meet someone in person, a phone call to them doesn't count,

    • I've kinda done this
  • I will accomplish 75 Hard,

    • I have failed at least one objective every day except for not drinking alcohol
  • I will optimize my time for learning and researching,

    • This has been going well. I'm reading more academic research papers
  • I will apply to at least one job a day,

    • Haven't started
  • I will start and grow my investments to $10,000, and

    • I haven't been paid yet, so I haven't started
  • I will read every book on my bookshelf.

    • I just finished my first book!

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