2025 Goals
Health
- Prioritise and follow a gym routine that focuses on cardio and weights
- Maintain a sleep cycle of 7 hours of sleep from 12am to 7am
- Maintain sanctity of the hour before sleep - no studying or doomscrolling
| Score out of 10 | 7 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | Put on weight to my ideal range. Lost some muscle mass so I have done the bulking, I just need to cut. |
| What should you STOP doing? | Doomscrolling before bed Last minute studying before a paper |
| What should you KEEP doing? | Eating healthily, not snacking, water consumption Take protein and creatine. |
| What should you START doing? | Reduce the number of times I stay out late Maintain consistency at the gym Fix deadlift form and properly load Follow a proper gym routine for a whole year that focuses on results |
Relationships
- Focus on friendships that I see bringing into my adult life
- Make new friends but don't push too hard with being outgoing
- Integrate Nikhi into the family
- Maintain a personal CRM
| Score out of 10 | 5 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | Made new friends, kept up with old ones, there's some distance with existing ones |
| What should you STOP doing? | Pushing the "outgoing" switch too much. It's okay with certain crowds and one-time meetings but I end up regretting a lot of what I say and do |
| What should you KEEP doing? | Focus on long-term friendships |
| What should you START doing? | Maintain friendships with proper tools |
Fun
- Prioritise work and long-term goals over finding "new" experiences
- Find the fun in things instead of "fun things"
- Focus on fewer hobbies
| Score out of 10 | 8 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | Photography, cooking, hiking, travel 6 countries, 20 cities, 8 National Parks, 10 hiking trails |
| What should you STOP doing? | Finding new hobbies, just focus on one or two this year. Coding isn't counted |
| What should you KEEP doing? | Finding the fun in things. Hopefully, outdoor activities |
| What should you START doing? | Prioritise work and long-term goals over "new" experiences, this isn't 2024 anymore |
Productivity
- Begin my training arc for applied ML and AI
- Fully deploy one app to production with live users
| Score out of 10 | 4 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | 3 books |
| What should you STOP doing? | PM career path |
| What should you KEEP doing? | Increase number of books Read more research papers |
| What should you START doing? | Read more often, both for work and for fun Implement at least 1 research paper this year |
Career
- Fully document my past work for job interviews
- Secure a GOOD* internship for Summer 2025
| Score out of 10 | 4 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | 3 job opportunities, all were not ideal even though there were learning pointers |
| What should you STOP doing? | Stop letting comparisons affect my plans and overly microadjust Product management |
| What should you KEEP doing? | |
| What should you START doing? |
Finances
- Live below my means
- Invest my monthly allowance
- Start a secondary revenue stream
| Score out of 10 | 6 |
|---|---|
| What happened? | Almost drained my wallet dry travelling and enjoying good food, generally living within my means. I won't be travelling as much, so that shouldn't be as big of a deal. |
| What should you STOP doing? | Taking Grab and spending on frivolous purchases that I struggle to justify afterwards Subscribe to more things |
| What should you KEEP doing? | Tracking expenses |
| What should you START doing? | Creating budgets in which I allocate the money into investments Start cancelling subscriptions |