1. Being Present with Friends and Family Shut down my laptop by 5:00 p.m. every evening.
Dedicate 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. every day to spending time with
my son.
Go on a date with my wife at least once every two weeks.
Visit my parents at least once every two weeks.
Go on a week-long vacation with the entire family in Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, in July 2017.
Go on a week-long vacation with my wife and son to the Finger
Lakes in New York in August 2017.
2. Completing an IRONMAN Race Build up to an average of 20 hours per week of combined exercise
time.
Complete two or three 20-mile training runs.
Complete two or three 3-mile swims.
Complete one or two 100-mile bike rides.
Complete three short-distance triathlon races.
Complete a half-IRONMAN.
Complete IRONMAN Florida on November 4, 2017.
3. Writing and Marketing My Books Write, publish, and launch three books (How to Stop Procrastinating, Upgrade Your Lifestyle, and a revised version of
Master Evernote).
Create an email follow-up sequence for each of these three books.
Set up pay-per-click campaigns (through Amazon Marketing
Services) for each of my five top-selling books.
4. Increasing Web Traffic to My Blog, DevelopGoodHabits.com , and Converting These Visitors into Email Subscribers Optimize the 50 most-visited web pages by targeting specific
keywords to increase their traffic.
Build an email marketing sequence for each of the ten top
performing categories of content.
Write and publish at least two articles per week.
5. Fixing and Updating Sections of My Home Finalize the organization of my home office.
Set up a bat house in our garden (
an article on WellnessMama.com
explains the benefits
).
Repair at least ten items around my house.
Those are the important milestones from my list of five projects. As you
can see, it’s not hard to break down a priority into a series of specific
goals, each with a specific deadline and action item.