It is the time of year again, and since Lariam has almost totally gone my life will return even closer to normal this year.
Professional Highlights of 2006
- Lariam is barely holding me back now. About one day a month I still take a sick day, but such days are now fairly bearable. At this rate I expect zero sick days by 2008 (seven years since taking two pills!)
- Returned to an Architect role again and for the first time in years
Personal Highlights of 2006
- Almost have one rental house self sufficient. It should require little maintenance and pay for itself in 15->20 years
- Polished DIY skills. Now able to effectively manage contractors
- Track day at Road Atlanta
- Gotten a handle on Retirement
2006 was really a major regrouping after Lariam and the start of crunching numbers for retirement planning, so what about 2007:
Professional Goals for 2007
- Really make a difference at work instead of just nudging people in better directions
- Give at least two high-visibility presentations
- Re-read and fully digest classic foundation of Software-Development books such as Code Complete. Aim to be an world-class expert in directing software development teams
- At least skim-read 7 Habits and Getting Things Done etc
Personal Goals for 2007
- More retirement planning
- At least one weekend at Road Atlanta and all Solo2 schools
- At least a half-marathon, try for six minute mile or full marathon
- Unless technology takes over again, attempt to buy at least one more rental property and use >90% contractors to upgrade where necessary
Surely no-one but me is interested, but what happened to last year’s goals?
Professional Goals for 2006
- Start picking up the pace work-wise (Lariam willing)
- YES! Now I am probably at 30% of my pre-Lairam work pace, which is not bad at all
- Continuous improvement of speaking skills especially for Code Camps – rival Mark Dunn before 2007!!
- Somewhat. The skills getting close to Mark Dunn et-al, but not quite
- Find more time to help with requests for Podcasts, book writing, company foundation etc
- No, I changed focus to locking down retirement goals instead
- Ensure everything I do for the .Net community is of the highest possible quality
- YES!
- Read/ skim-read all the well known management/ personal success books (cringe)
- Somewhat
Personal Goals for 2006
- Do not annoy anyone if Lariam hits again
- YES! There were only two bad sessions last year, and I was even polite to the incompetent clowns who fired me to protect their jobs
- Live modestly, including driving a used car which gets good mpg
- YES and no. In the USA new cars can be as cheap as used cars to run – I tried to buy a used Miata more than once, but used prices were just too high
- Do at least one auto-cross every month
- Somewhat, I did every school possible including one at Road Atlanta
- Find time to achieve a 6 minute mile
- No, but kept residual fitness
- Move to a more central part of Atlanta
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- Somewhat, my wife and I now how very short commutes and are with walking distance of a great pub
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