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The David · 10-01-2007, 06:03 PM

Well, we're thirteen hours into October and no one has made a thread, so here it is. My goals for Setember were:

1. Take fish oil: Success.
2. Recover from depression: Reasonable success.
3. Meet new people: Fail.
4. Read The Odyssey: Success.
5. Jog every day: Fail.
6. Enjoy life more: Some success.

My goals for October are:

1. No coffee until October 27. (Cancelled)

2. Finish the PhotoReading course. I'm on disc 2 right now.

3. Ace all of my midterm exams. They should be fairly easy.

4. Read five books on my free time. At least one should be academic in nature (but not for a class), and another should be an unfamiliar subject.

5. Join a new club or organization, here on campus or just somewhere in Chattanooga.

6. Stop being a perfectionist. I'll try to make this compatible with goal #3.

7. Exercise every day. I failed this one last month, yet it is of the utmost importance.

8. Add structure to at least four hours of my free time every day. I tried Neil Fiore's 'Unschedule' and it didn't really work, so I tried scheduling in work along with leisure. Well, I quickly found out that I can't handle that much structure when I am by myself, so for now I'm just doing four hours a day.

9. I am going to try a semi-pesco-vegan diet (if one can call that 'vegan' at all). I'm not going to read labels or anything, and I'll still take vitamins with gelatin, but other than that I'm going for mainly plant foods with some fish. (Cancelled)

10. Read a banned book. My local library is celebrating Banned Book Week, and I want the most scandalous one I can find.

11. Be treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder as soon as possible.

I am sure there will be more. October is going to be fun.

10-01-2007, 06:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
The David Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 1,155	October Challenge - Goals Well, we're thirteen hours into October and no one has made a thread, so here it is. My goals for Setember were: 1. Take fish oil: Success. 2. Recover from depression: Reasonable success. 3. Meet new people: Fail. 4. Read The Odyssey: Success. 5. Jog every day: Fail. 6. Enjoy life more: Some success. My goals for October are: 1. No coffee until October 27. (Cancelled) 2. Finish the PhotoReading course. I'm on disc 2 right now. 3. Ace all of my midterm exams. They should be fairly easy. 4. Read five books on my free time. At least one should be academic in nature (but not for a class), and another should be an unfamiliar subject. 5. Join a new club or organization, here on campus or just somewhere in Chattanooga. 6. Stop being a perfectionist. I'll try to make this compatible with goal #3. 7. Exercise every day. I failed this one last month, yet it is of the utmost importance. 8. Add structure to at least four hours of my free time every day. I tried Neil Fiore's 'Unschedule' and it didn't really work, so I tried scheduling in work along with leisure. Well, I quickly found out that I can't handle that much structure when I am by myself, so for now I'm just doing four hours a day. 9. I am going to try a semi-pesco-vegan diet (if one can call that 'vegan' at all). I'm not going to read labels or anything, and I'll still take vitamins with gelatin, but other than that I'm going for mainly plant foods with some fish. (Cancelled) 10. Read a banned book. My local library is celebrating Banned Book Week, and I want the most scandalous one I can find. 11. Be treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder as soon as possible. I am sure there will be more. October is going to be fun. Last edited by The David; 10-02-2007 at 01:09 AM. Reason: More goals.