Derailments
I derailed on 3 new goals. Now the stakes are real for these.
- /leetcode, 0$ → 5$
- I created this goal to be better prepared for coding interviews. I avoid Leetcode like plague. This is an emotional difficulty, I’m actually avoiding an insecurity. So I’ll stick to the goal for now.
- /gratitude, 0$ → 5$
- This is part of a larger goal. I derailed it once by mistake and that got me off the rails.
- /subs-cineville, 0$ → 5$
- This is part of my very nebulous “have more pleasure” goal. It also makes sure I don’t end up paying the subscription and make a loss.
Weight goal
I got the Withings scale at the beginning of this year. I always felt “conscious” of my weight, so I figured I actually know it.
(I really like the way valuable Beeminder integrations function as the perfect “own/standardize your data” solution.)
I knew I was floating around 75 kilograms. Once I started tracking, a few things happened:
- I learned the (surprisingly wide) spread of my weight.
- I discovered an extra warning for “I’m not doing well.” periods. I have difficulty caring for myself in when I’m not doing well. I notice this by my weight increasing: Less (intense) exercise, eating for emotional reasons, etc.
- I started wanting to lose weight. I ended up with a drive to weigh below 70 before I’m 30.
I didn’t manage to go below 70 until my birthday. Perhaps I will before New Year’s Eve? In any case, I had great progress towards the goal.
Since I weigh at least once after I woke up, this became a bit of a routine. A nice side effect of this: It’s also a rough estimator of when I wake up.
I now wonder if a few tens (?) of grams precision I gained by weighing myself up to 60 minutes after waking up is worth the trade-off. I could have a way more precise estimator of when I wake up, if I give that up.