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I used to write these long, extensive lists of goals when one year rolled over into the next — usually 10 each time. I would structure the list to contain 5 goals that were relevant for “work” (and other things I bundle into “work” like personal projects and technical reading) and 5 more that were more relevant to my personal life, dealing with building relationships, improving my lifestyle, travel, and so on. I was really rigorous about them, too, like setting precise numbers of books I wanted to read or people I wanted to have conversations with. At a time in my life when there was overbearing structure all around me in the form of school schedules, geographic constraints, and academic and professional responsibilities competing for my time, these detailed ten-point lists were a way to continually remind myself how I wanted to spend it. They shaped a lot of my life, especially my career. I stopped doing that, I think, when time froze in March 2020 in perpetuity with the planets and t

It's nearly 2024. I used to write these long, extensive lists of goals when one year rolled over into the next — usually 10 each time. I would structure the list to contain 5 goals that were relevant for "work" (and other things I bundle into "work" like personal projects and technical reading) and 5 more that were more relevant to my personal life, dealing with building relationships, improving my lifestyle, travel, and so on. I was really rigorous about them, too, like setting precise numbers of books I wanted to read or people I wanted to have conversations with. At a time in my life when t

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