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Agile Resolutions

December 2023

Last month was hard. I fell into a bit of a dark place and stopped going to the gym for most of the month. (Investor Tip: Generally you can detect when I’m feeling off because 3MR stops posting.) It’s especially hard because I started off so strong and was really digging into my new Binder Based Planning System and it all seemed so possible.

So be it, sometimes life throws a wrench in the works. And now it’s December and I’ll save the quarterly review and annual planning for later but this is a month of wrapping things up and reflection.

This year didn’t end up the way I expected financially and so we will be looking for some new opportunities soon!

  • 📋 Planning
    • Testing Out Asana
    • Binder Based Planner
    • Monthly Review/ Planning for Jan
    • 2023 Annual Review
    • 2023 Preview
  • 🧠 Inputs
  • ♟️ KmikeyM
    • Launch Shareholder Certificate Product
    • New Project Proposal
    • HBR Holiday Special
  • 💪 Health + Fitness
    • No Drinking Alone
    • Bike 300 Miles
    • Weights 3x Week (13)
  • 💼 Work
    • Apply For 2+ Jobs
    • Blippo+

November 2023

I just updated all my goals for October with a ❌ or ✅ based on how I feel I did on them. It’s definitely more ❌ than I’d like, but I’m okay with it as long as I can improve November. Also, adding some more numbers to some of the goals this month.

  • 📋 Planning
    • ❌ Weekly Planning
    • ❌ Daily Task Planning
    • ✅ Monthly Review/Planning for Dec
  • 🧠 Inputs
    • ✅ Watch 4+ Movies (6)
    • ❌ Finish 4 Books
      • ❌ Hyperion
      • ✅ Powerhouse
      • ✅ Cable Cowboy: John Malone…
      • ❌ Succession S01 Scripts
  • ♟️ KmikeyM
    • ❌ Launch New Podcast Proposal
    • ✅ Shareholder Poker Game
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • ❌ Tennis
    • ❌ Biking
    • ❌ Weights
    • ❌ Meal Prep
  • 💼 Work
    • ✅ K5M Book Project
    • ❌ D+C Support
    • ✅ Blippo+
  • 🌐 Social Network
    • ✅ Attend 3 Events
    • ❌ Meet Up With 5 People

October 2023

Wrote up my review of the third quarter and have been spending a lot of time playing around with process and worksheets. I bought a three hole punch and a binder and I’m making daily, weekly, and monthly worksheets based on thinking about process and later reflection. It feels pretty good so far!

This had led me to perhaps over plan for October but I think this is all doable by the end of the month. It’s not actually more, it’s just a bit more detail. And I have much of it broken down to even more detail in a spreadsheet.

  • 📋 Planning
    • ✅ Weekly Planning Each Week
    • ✅ Quarterly Review
    • ✅ Monthly Review/Planning for Nov
  • 🧠 Inputs
    • ❌ Watch Movies (over TV)
    • Finish 4 Books
      • ✅ Liquid Modernity
      • ❌ Hyperion
      • ❌ After The Internet
      • ❌ Succession (scripts, season 1)
  • 📁 Projects
    • ❌ Launch New Proposal
    • ✅ Develop Binder, Process, Worksheets
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • ✅ Tennis (increase attention)
    • ✅ Biking
    • ✅ Weights
    • ❌ Sober October
    • ✅ Meal Prep
  • 💼 Work
    • ✅ K5M Book Project
    • ❌ CARES Proposal
    • ❌ D+C Support (systems!)
    • ✅ Blippo+
  • 🌐 Social Network
    • ✅ Attend Events
    • ❌ Meet Up With People

September 2023

I’m keeping the exact same goals for September as for August. My creative energy will be going into Blippo+, some Desk + Computer work, and a new podcast project I’ll put before the shareholders. The alt IG account didn’t really work as a way of accountability because I can’t bring myself to post gym selfies. But it’s a private account so maybe I should just do it anyway.

In addition to working on being a bit more proactive and structured with my time I’d like to be more disciplined in my reading. And I’ve started playing with some the ChatGPT tools and I’m finding it really compelling for the first time.

  • 🧠 Inputs
    • 📚 Read 4 Books
      • Hyperion
      • Dead Wake (audio)
      • Liquid Modernity
      • TK
  • 📁 Projects
    • 🎧 New Project Proposal
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • 🎾 Play tennis (1x week)
    • 🚴 Ride my bike (2x week)
    • 🏋️‍♀️ Lift weights (4x week)
    • 🥦 Eat healthy
    • 💤 8+ hours of sleep
  • 💼 Work
    • 📡 Blippo+
    • 🖥️ Desk + Computer

August 2023

I’m writing my August goals 15 days into the month having spent half the month traveling or sick (rough couple of days laid out by COVID). This has helped me realize I need to limit my goals even more.

For the rest of August I will prioritize time to read, work on a few projects, and being healthy. And I’m going to experiment with accountability by posting to my alt private IG account @theK5M.

  • 🧠 Inputs
    • 📚 Read 4 Books
  • 📁 Projects
    • 🎧 New Project Proposal
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • 🎾 Play tennis
    • 🚴 Ride my bike
    • 🏋️‍♀️ Lift weights
    • 🥦 Eat healthy
    • 💤 8+ hours of sleep
  • 💼 Work
    • 📡 Blippo+
    • 🖥️ Desk + Computer

July 2023

July will be spent mostly in Portland, OR and I’ll be spending a lot of it alone, which usually means more shareholder interaction. Knowing that a lot of work is going into these projects I’m going to try to simplify my July goals even further.

  • 🧠 Inputs
    • 📚 Read 4 Books
    • 🎥 Watch More Movies
    • 📱 More Posting / Less Reading on Social Media
  • 📁 Projects
    • 📝 Set a Goal for Writing
    • 🍔 Wrap Season 1 of HBR
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review
    • 📋 Create + Share K5M Routine
    • 📛 Shareholder Summit
  • 💪 Fitness
    • 🚴‍♂️ Increase Cardio (biking)
    • 🏋️‍♂️ Maintain Weight Routine While Traveling
    • 🥦 Prioritize Healthy Foods
  • 💼 Work
    • 📡 Blippo+ (remote)
    • 🖥️ Desk + Computer (ops)

June 2023

This year I’ve been on track with reading and I’ve been watching a lot more movies. I haven’t been writing as many shareholder updates or blog posts, and I’ve kind of given up on social media (to be fair, it’s a horrible train wreck). Instead the focus has been on larger projects, many of which are bound by privacy restrictions until they are farther along.

So one change I’d like to make is to build some more K5M routines into my daily habits so I don’t miss things like when the Policy Vote for Super Hero Movies switched to Watch ALL Super Hero Movies.

  • 📚 Read 4 Books
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • Simplify routine (5-3-1)
    • Increase biking
  • 📁 Projects
    • 🍔 Hamburger Business Review podcast (7, 8, 9, 10)
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review podcast (daily)
    • 🗳️ 2+ more policy votes
    • 📋 K5M Routine (policy votes check, etc.)
    • 📝 Regular writing practice
  • 💼 Work
    • 📡 Blippo+
    • 🧊 CARES
    • 🖥️ Desk + Computer

May 2023

The work with the recently hinted at Blippo+ project took up a lot more time than anticipated, so we’re focusing largely on that for May with the goal of a release in Q4 of 2023. Meanwhile 3MR and HBR continue.

We’ve made no progress on EGG so far this year which is a problem.

  • 📚 Read 4 Books
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • Simplify routine
    • Increase biking
  • 📁 Projects
    • 🍔 Hamburger Business Review podcast
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review podcast
    • 🗳️ More policy votes
  • 💼 Work
    • 🎬 TV+Film Rights of Book (on hold due to Writer’s Strike)
    • 📡 Blippo+
    • 🧊 Start up on CARES again

April 2023

I looked at the last three months in my quarterly review, which helped in choosing what to focus on in April.

  • 📚 Read 4 Books
  • 💪 Health & Fitness
    • Keep up gym routine
    • Increase biking
    • Meal plan
  • 📁 Projects
    • 🍔 Hamburger Business Review podcast
    • ⏲️ 3 Minute Review podcast
    • 🗳️ More policy votes
    • 📝 Draft idea for Board of Directors
    • 🥚 Bring EGG back
  • 💼 Work
    • 🎬 TV+Film Rights of Book
    • ✈️ Trip to Miami
    • 📡 Blippo+

March 2023

With two months of Agile Resolutions finished I can take a look at what is and isn’t working and adapt accordingly. I want to plan on doing less, and then accomplish more of it.

  • Reading is going great, but I’m really relying on audiobooks. Not going to change that for March, but might specify non-audio for the 2nd quarter.
  • Health + Fitness is fine. I put on a little weight at the end of the month but I have my next DEXA scan coming up, which I’m hoping will help move my focus from weight. I’d also like to figure out some measurable fitness goals.
  • Projects is where I want to reduce my load. I’m moving anything D+C related to “Work” as well as the Book Proposal and possible TV/Film rights and the B+ project as those are all possible money makers.
  • Work wise I have a little site and “label” for my work efforts. Need to get the DBA set up in California so I can accept checks to Michael Wave.
  • 📚 Read 4 Books
  • 💪 Health + Fitness
    • Choose a long term goal and a plan to achieve it.
    • Switch to PPL gym routine.
    • Play more tennis. (2x week)
  • 📁 Projects
    • Launch Policy Votes
    • Payments/Deposits Blog Post
    • EGG Brochure + Email
    • Daily 3MR
  • 💼 Work
    • Set up DBA
    • Book Proposal / TV+Film Rights
    • D+C: Submit CARES Proposal
    • D+C: Write Script for Short Project
    • TBD Project

February 2023

  • 📚 Read 4 Books (52 Book Reading Goal)
    • Whiteout (comicbook)
    • Status Revolution
    • Essentialism
    • Advanced Magick for Beginners
    • Pirate Enlightenment
    • High Output Management
  • 💪 Health + Fitness
    • Track Cals/Macros/Fasts
    • Determine Drinking Rules
    • Supplementation
    • Gym 4x Week
    • Drop + Hold Below 175lbs on Trendweight
  • 📁 Projects
    • K5M: Prioritize New Features
    • K5M: Build Week
    • 3MR: Vince’s Challenge
    • Moonshot: Outline Project for Op. Globo
    • EGG: Issue #2
    • D+C: Finish CARES Synopsis of Episodes
    • D+C: Read ‘No Exit‘ For Short Project
    • B+: TBA
  • 💼 Work

January 2023