Talked to J a lot recently about long-term goals, measuring success, how to live. I don’t really having that many long-term goals, beyond having decided recently that I want to keep living in the way that I do. While I acknowledge it is a good idea to have something to look forward to, I usually more focused on the now and the later works itself out. That is worth comparing to driving by looking in front of the bumper rather than down the road, as an analogy. I may be over-correcting too much in life. All the same, some of these I’ve started within the last month or two, but the majority are really November items:

• Take a break from dating + girls
• Cut back on coffee (no sitting around drinking coffee all [day|night] at [work|bar|restaurant] mostly)
• Cut back on juice + soda (cyclic sugar crashing rather than eating)
• Spend time more meaningfully, less horsing around:
  • Read more non-fiction
  • More volunteering, currently doing ARC.
  • Contribute more to Open Source
  • More projects: bikes, around the house
  • Finish the CX season.
  • Plan a talk with thesethings
  • Build more intimate relationships with friends/family that want it

That feels like plenty.