Consolidation - Update 1

CGP Grey's put out a thorough and entertaining explanation of his approach to yearly themes: Your New Year's Resolution Has Already Failed. I'm particularly fond of the theme-bot heuristic.

The last couple of months haven't seen anything dramatic, but I do feel I've been successfully applying my theme of Consolidation.

  • I've redone my lifting regimen to focus on compound lifts and supersets as much as possible with the goal of doing more work in less time while squeezing at least a little cardio out of my efforts. I've also switched as many lifts as I can from seated or equipment stabilized versions to ones where I'm standing free to increase core engagement. Happy with the results so far.

  • Started calorie counting for the first time in many years to not merely provide focus for losing the next 10 lbs, but, more importantly, to give me a solid data point in further investigating my relationship with food. It's already helped pin down time components involved with stress and comforting eating. Not a solution, but definitely a start.

  • Pared the list of performance venues for this year and come up with a general plan for the fallow periods so we can focus on just enjoying ourselves.

  • Got all my tasks and projects collected into OmniFocused and sorted, and figured out a more efficient way to use it to keep me focused.

  • Started the re-write of our main program with a much better direction in regards to having it support my wife's workflow.

I still need to

  • Pare the list of home projects down to just what's needed.

  • Define a couple points of focus for the office staff.

I've got a couple of other things I need to need to do, but they require spending money, so I'm waiting for accounts receivable to get through the patient deductible reset before I'll be comfortable adding them to my schedule.