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My goals for 2024 [raw]

Profile picture of Nibir SankarNibir Sankar
Jan 7, 2024Last updated Jan 7, 20244 min read

Preface or something, random things I wrote down to keep in mind. Many thanks to Ali Abdaal for helping me (and a lot of people) with this. Also the few of the reasons I write maybe cringe and selfish, well, get over it.

HOW AND WHY? Goal- Plan- System And a review system if it's working or not. interesting Plan must constantly changing, and it should. Planning, making mistakes and updating ALSO LESS IS MOREEE

Starting point and the circumstances matter, and it makes us able to create realistic goals. Also make them clear and measurable

Productivity is not doing more work, it is learning what matters to us and doing them effectively.

Work

  • Be a knowledge worker
    • Why?
      • Because I like learning
      • Because I want to be more wise and knowledgeable
      • It helps me understand the world.
      • It helps me grow, both personally and professionally
      • It makes me a better person and more learned
      • Because it makes me a better than 95% of the world
      • To learn more effectively and intuitively
      • To pave my way for the future that I would like to have for myself, which consists of knowing and experiencing a great deal
      • To escape the ideology of limitedness
      • So that I have something to say in conversations
      • So that I can have a meaningful end to my teenage years
      • I can help others gaining knowledge too.
    • How?
      • Consuming more content- books (2 books/month), articles, YouTube vids (3b1b, Numberphile, etc.)
      • Making atomic notes on Obsidian
      • Having effective productivity techniques to manage time and energy
      • Creating: blog, digital garden, articles, research
      • Following influencing people: Andy Matuschak, Laura Gao, etc.
  • Publish a newsletter every week on substack along with raw babbles/digital garden on my own website. So that it makes me recognisable
    • Why?
      • So that I can understand myself, by writing
      • It makes me share the things that are resonating with me, to the world
      • Maybe it will help or inspire somebody
      • It will act as a log of my growth
      • It will improve my writing and communication skills
      • It excites me. I love writing
      • I want to explore new ideas and consolidate those ideas by bringing them forward to the world
      • To have my own portfolio-ish thing
    • How?
      • Set aside time for consolidating and writing 30 mins a day
      • Make a digital garden/blog website
      • Use commonplace books heavily
      • Make a writing workflow -> Obsidian as a CMS or any other -> website
      • Working on Grammar skills

Relationships

  • Spend more time with friends and family
    • Why?
      • Because socialising is important
      • We need people in our life that care about us
      • I love spending time with them
      • I want to be with them, as they be with me.
      • I want to show me gratefulness for being in my life
      • I want to be present with them, like in IRL
    • How?
      • Meeting people after boards - _, _ and _
      • Setting up time Quarterly to go to trips with Ma and Pa
      • Meeting monthly/quarterly to reunion with the Trio: _, Me and _
      • Catching up frequently on calls with people that matter
      • Go to Tripura with the boys (if possible)
  • Be more confident
    • Why?
      • I want to be charming
      • I want to be daring
      • I want to be able to reach out to my inspirations
      • I want to be able to network and talk to new people
      • I want to remove the overthinking factor, especially when talking
      • I don't want to feel like an imposter anymore.
      • I want to get more opportunities in life
    • How?
      • Not worrying about consequences when talking to strangers or new people
      • Embrace failures (you win some, you lose some)
      • Honestly, talk to more people, on discord, LinkedIn or emailing my role models
      • Avoiding the overthinking, because it's not going to get anywhere

Health

  • Be fit and gain more stamina
    • Why?
      • Because I want to live my life with enough energy
      • To sustain for the future
      • To look good, and because I maybe going to abroad
      • To maintain a healthy and clear mind
      • To be one step towards being a polymath
      • To be more self-confident
      • To enhance my self-image
      • I want to improve my posture
      • I want to be more aware of my own self
    • How?
      • Run everyday. This is crucial.
      • Have a accountability partner (maybe _?)
      • Get back into Taekwondo?
      • Do calisthenics and meditation
      • Maintain consistency

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