2018 Long Term Goals
| Goals/Milestones | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lose ~30 lbs by the end of 2018. | Started at 178 lbs and got down to low 170s on keto. Took a break between mid-Feb to mid-June and went back up to 178 lbs. Started again mid-June, adjusted goals accordingly. | |
| — Weigh 168 lbs. | 3/31/18 | 2/6 - 171 lbs |
| — Weigh 170 lbs. | 6/30/18 | 6/18 - 178 lbs 6/25 - 172 lbs |
| — Weigh 160 lbs. | 9/30/18 | 7/20 - 167 lbs |
| — Weigh 150 lbs. | 12/31/18 | |
| Do a 50+ mile bike ride each month. | ||
| — January | 1/31/18 | Put in a good effort. 32 miles, DTLA to Long Beach. Was extra cold. |
| — February | 2/28/18 | Ride to Westminster/Garden Grove for Vietnamese food, and Metrolink back? Nothing - but that was expected given my trip to Japan. |
| — March | 3/31/18 | 21.6 miles through Elysian Park, up the LA River to Griffith Park and then back to downtown. |
| — April | 4/30/18 | 36.5 mile ride from Pasadena an El Monte, looping through the Emerald Necklace (Rio Hondo + San Gabriel Rivers via Whittier Narrows). 22.7 mile ride up the LA River to the blacktop at Griffith Park and then back to downtown. |
| — May | 5/31/18 | 27.9 mile ride through Orange County, including a dirt canyon for some mountain biking (Buck Gully). |
| — June | 6/30/18 | 24-mile hilly through the Oakland hills, including a dirt trail (Joaquin Miller Park). |
| — July | ||
| Vacation somewhere each quarter. | ||
| — Q1 | 3/31/18 | Japan in February. Portland in March. |
| — Q2 | 6/30/18 | Camping in Anza Borrego in April. Bay Area in late May/early June for CfA Summit, and stayed in Sunnyvale the weekend before. Spent a weekend in Big Bear fishing in mid-June. |
| — Q3 | 9/30/18 | Channel Islands for a camping weekend in July. Weeklong trip to Hawaii in August. |
| — Q4 | 12/31/18 | Charlotte in October for CfA Brigade Congress. |
| Read at least one book a quarter. | Adjusted goals because monthly isn’t feasible for me! (Reading list.)[books.html] | |
| — Q1 | 3/31/18 | Daniel Pink - To Sell is Human, Dan Ariely - The Upside of Irrationality |
| — Q2 | 6/30/18 | Andrew Schrock - Civic Tech, Daniel Pink - A Whole New Mind, How to be a Leader, The Center for Urban Pedagogy |
| — Q3 | 9/30/18 | (Sarah Corbett - How to be a Craftivist), (Thinking, Fast and Slow), (The Lean Product Playbook) |
| — Q4 | 12/31/18 |