I'm not really one for New Years Resolutions, but...

A while ago now I set out to do a "life reboot," an idea I completely stole from Wil Wheaton after reading about his own reboot on his blog. Seeing the success he was having in making his life happier and healthier, I thought I could do with doing the same thing. I wrote a blog about it and tentatively promised updates and my progress.

There have been no updates, as there has been no real progress. In all honesty it all got off to a false start and ended up being forgotten.

Until now.

For 2017 I have decided to try and get this back on track and the key to it working is organisation (coincidentally one of my things to improve is to be more organised.)

Below is the original list of goals I wanted to achieve and will remain unchanged for the moment whilst I try and get some momentum with it, but goals may be added or removed over time.
  • Read More
  • Write More
    • Commit to regular blogs with both Never Playing it Cool and The Player of Games
    • Work more on my story writing
  • Be Healthier (Mentally and Physically)
    • Eat Better Food
    • Exercise More
    • Get Better Sleep
    • Stress Less
  • Be More Organised
  • Watch Less TV
  • Play More Games
My first step has been to download an app for my iPhone that allows me create a recurring list of tasks/activities/habits that I can then tick off as and when I 've done them. Not only that it will prompt me with push notifications to do the things on my list.

So for example I've put things such as "exercise," "write" and "cook proper food" among other things I want to achieve daily. I've also added "learn a new board game" to be done every weekend to help me get through all the games I have had for months/years that haven't even been touched.

At the moment I have around six tasks that I want to be doing daily, but I'm not setting out to do all six every day. As long as I can tick off one or two each day I'll be happy.

So for now we'll watch this spot and see how I get on. Although this blog post ticks off one thing for today.

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