In the grand scheme of my life, 2018 is set to be a big one.
Sitting here right now, I already know that this year I’ll graduate college, move somewhere new, and start a big-boy job (more on that another time). The opportunity is to set some year-long goals that can bridge the gap between these disparate segments—to provide confidence during a potentially turbulent transition.
This is why I’ve decided to focus on a theme for the year rather than a concrete resolution. I’ve decided on the theme of Keep Moving. It sounds like a dumb corporate weight loss initiative, but allow me to explain myself.
The people I admire the most are those who don’t stand still. Those who work seemingly tirelessly in pursuit of their passion. Those who end up making things while I sit on my butt, tired from doing nothing. I am similar to those people more than I am dissimilar, but I have more downtime.
Strictly speaking, this is not about productivity. There are a million things that I want to do, like watching more movies and cooking better meals, that I consider meaningful but have nothing to do with an update to my iOS app. I believe the crux of this theme is the basic notion that an object in motion stays in motion. Remaining in motion by washing the dishes after dinner will make me more likely to later work on homework or edit a podcast episode. This is taken directly from my mom, who often spends her weekend break from her busy job doing chores and working in the garden. When I inevitably ask her “Mom why don’t you just RELAX?” she’ll quickly say “there’s a few things I’d like to get done, so I gotta keep moving.”
There’s plenty of things I want to get done in 2018, so I’ll also keep moving.
In the event I have something interesting to add about my theme of Keep Moving, I’ll document it here (writing on this blog definitely counts toward my Keep Moving goal). We’ll see if that ever happens, but in the meantime…
Time to start moving.
