Happy New Year, friends and foes!
I spent the holidays with my girlfriend in the USA (her first time). She met my friends and family, we went to NYC and DC, and we both got super sick. Now we're living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Life is good.
These blogs have been MIA for a month or two because I'm a lazy piece of garbage who doesn't care about his audience. Whoops, I mean...I've been moving from country to country and writing a book so it's taken a back seat.
But we're coming into this new year flaming hot. What better way to begin than to share my first-quarter goals?
As always, please share yours if you do the same. I'd love to hear them. You can use this template if you'd like.
What are your top 3 priorities this quarter? ✅
(remember: if you have lots of priorities, then you have zero priorities.)
my physical health
my relationship with my girlfriend
growing Grindstone
Health: 🫀
What’s the #1 thing you would regret not doing?
Going through my days with aliveness, energy, and sharpness.
How do you want to be better than last quarter?
I'd like to gain muscle and stick to a bedtime.
What do you commit to this quarter?
91/500 days no alcohol
track macros: 150g protein, 2500 calories
no phone in bedroom, ever
no carbs in first meal besides fruit/honey
Relationships: 💕
What’s the #1 thing you would regret not doing?
Being the kind of boyfriend who makes her brag about me to her friends.
How do you want to be better than last quarter?
More acts of service. My natural love language is quality time because it's what I crave. But I want to step up and show I care through my actions more often.
What do you commit to this quarter?
kiss & hug her every day
cook a meal one night per week
create a shared Notion page with our memories & relationship goals
write Influences page—how the people in my life have inspired or affected me (re: Book 1 of Meditations)
start a meetup in every city staying longer than one month
Work: 📝
What’s the #1 thing you would regret not doing?
Maintaining an incredible service for our creators in Grindstone.
How do you want to be better than last quarter?
I want to have everything more organized. Fewer random Docs and Sheets floating around. I want to make it all simple, succinct, and cohesive.
What do you commit to this quarter?
invite 400 creators to a gifted Grindstone session
2 hours of outreach per week
publish Grindstone website: testimonials, one-pager, scheduling page
write at least one sentence of DTT! 3x per week
1-3 podcast episodes per week
1 YouTube video per month
Personal growth: 📊
What’s the #1 thing you would regret not doing?
Fixing my toe so I can start rock climbing again.
How do you want to be better than last quarter?
I'd like to leave more time for studying and analyzing chess.
What do you commit to this quarter?
learn 3 famous games for each chess opening I play: Caro Kann, Ponzianni, Anti-London, Smith-Morra Gambit, Queen's Gambit Declined)
get toe surgery in Brazil
record sales calls and review them with my sales coach
I'll be going back to at least one blog per week.
I hope you don't hate them. If you do, as always...
Keep it to yourself.
Love you bye.