2008 #48 Later With...

A few hours later than last week. Definitely late in the grand scheme.

I have nothing of note to put at the top tonight. I just watched Sunshine. Beautiful. This one I do wish I'd seen in the Cinema, but unlike many films I don't know how easy that would have been even if I did know about it around the time it was around.

As you might have gathered from recent things I've said, I am going to complete this year long series and then retire from goal blogging. The purpose this has served is not to be understated, but I firmly believe I can now continue the type of focus this has given me without having to make it a 5-10 point manifesto. Blogging is much more fun when you want to write a post. Even when I enjoyed writing these posts, it was normally because I went off on some tangent.

So, today is 48.
49 will be around 9/12.
50 will be around 16/12
51 will be around 23/12
52 will be the final installment somewhere around the end of the year.

After that, my posts here will be standard cos I can crap. Some of it will continue the themes seen in this series, no doubt, but no more weekly structure, and no guarantee that I'll ever talk about the fact that I'm getting no exercise again, though I do acknowledge this is an ongoing problem..

Now that i've realised there's five to go including the bits of this that I still haven't written this feels a tad premature, but it's the plan. Last thing: they will get briefer, not more detailed, towards the end. The last one might be long though.

1. Winter over-indulgence continues, though not as bad as last week. I'm probably eating a little more than I should be, but I wouldn't call it overeating or overindulging to any great extent.

2. Lovefilm has improved since the first few weeks of the trial and I'm now happy with the service. Great to be enjoying some films again. Recently disappointing TV shows have been good. I remain very entertained. I did say I'd try to get out of the house this week in the evenings but it hasn't happened. It is the work party on Friday though, so that's a whole different form of entertainment!

3. Better week on the whole person to person thing. A lot of the time a better week comes from an opportunity. This weekend was a birthday night out. Enjoyable and social. Am trying to be more talkative in passing at work also. Not a lost cause just yet.

4. Focussed at work, generally. It had to happen eventually - I did have one of those days at work where I didn't want to do any work today. Even the new office can't stop that from happening, however I am very busy and have a very tight deadline to meet in about a week so sitting back isn't an option. Time is flying by at work - that much is definite.

5. Still happy, so nothing of note to talk about. I have finally realised that I have about as little interest in reading about startups as I have for working for one, or indeed starting one. Took me a long time to reach this conclusion. Fire the boss comes with it's own headaches, and the life I want to lead is incompatible with throwing everything into one thing, e.g. work.

6. I picked up the bar bell during this week. I ached for days. I will continue to ease into the weights. See. Still not doing nothing!

Told you it'd be short.