2025 Goals

OK.  It’s goal time.

Looking back on 2024, I am most happy with the achievements of my health goals: getting checked out by the docs, eating better, stretching/weights/cardio, maintaining a 32″ waist.  All good.  Rather than do a full annual review of my ’24 Goals, let’s say that I was about 65-70%, which isn’t bad, but it’s not great.  I suspected that is where I would land when I assessed in Q3, so I started researching goals, specifically personal goals, and how to get the most out of them.

I learned a lot, and I aim for the ’25 version to be more about the journey to accomplishment than the achievement itself.  I feel like I’m in a good place, but I want to continue getting better.

Here are my focus areas for this year:

• Ensure Mrs. RCS feels loved and supported every single day:  Over the last couple of years we’ve focused on date nights, increased babysitter rosters, AND increased babysitter budget, and it’s paying off.  Our relationship has never been stronger, which is the foundation for our house.
• Single-digit handicap: I’m at a 12.4 right now, but I’m frustratingly inconsistent.  On an average 9 holes, I’ll have 4 pars, 3 bogeys, a triple, and a snowman.  If I could knock out two snowmen I’d meet get there.  Selfishly this is about practicing and playing more.  I’m excited.
• Take the boys on a weekend outdoor adventure:  We did an overnight in ’25.  Time to up the ante.
• Increase my sleep and recovery average:  The importance of sleep, and focusing on sleep.
• Touch my toes:  A very easy one.  I either can or I can’t.  This one is a forcing effort to focus on flexibility, which is arguably as important as any other physical activity.
• Zero incremental impact on my wardrobe:  The point here is to purge stuff I don’t wear/use and replace it with well-thought-out pieces that will get a ton of wear.
• Zero incremental weight:  Maintain the 32″ waist, and don’t gain a pound.  However, I want to get stronger – and reallocate the weight (if that makes sense).
• Reevaluate and dial in investment and college savings plan:  I’m close, but feel like I need to do some additional analysis and evaluations.  I’ll get this dialed in during Q1 or Q2.
• Read 10 (ten) books:  Last year I read 0.5 books.  I will do better this year.
• Utilize the backyard more (landscaping, fire pit, sports, relaxing, etc.):  We’ve made incredible progress on our backyard over the past couple of years, and we have about one more before it is dialed in.  Our Sea Island Forge pit is incredible, we use it often.  The point of this is to apply the same usage to the rest of the space.

Feedback welcome.